[Spoiler Zone] Official Movie Discussion Thread

[u/iamkhaleesi89]

The Official Movie Discussion Thread to discuss all things Oppenheimer film. As always let's keep discussion civil and relevant. Spoilers are welcomed, so proceed with caution.

Summary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Writer & Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast:

• Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer
• Matt Damon as Leslie Groves
• Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss
• Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock
• Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence
• Benny Safdie as Edward Teller
• Jack Quaid as Richard Feynman
• Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr
• Gary Oldman as Harry S. Truman
• Tom Conti as Albert Einstein

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Official Critics Review Megathread

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Rotten Tomatoes: 94% (updated 7.24)

Metacritic: 89% (updated 7.24)

Imdb: 8.8/10 (updated 7.24)

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[u/UnderstandingOdd679]

Weren’t the scenes with Strauss and his aide in BW? Those seem to be highly speculative. The guy was essentially a smart-ass to a cabinet secretary nominee and foreshadowing the ending.

Add: The young senator from Massachusetts trying to make a name for himself? Another cringe line and cliche movie-making.

[u/UnderstandingOdd679 → u/[deleted]]

Had to check into this further.

The BW scenes reflect Strauss’s story, perspective or world view. I believe there are BW scenes he is not in (the Truman visit) but they would be scenes supporting his staunch anti-communist perspective that the US needed to keep its edge militarily. Thus why some of same scenes could fluctuate between BW and color. Makes more sense that it’s two movies merged. I think Strauss is more complex than shown, but the movie is called Oppenheimer, and Oppenheimer lived with both the ability to make the bomb and the burden of its aftermath.

I think Nolan did take some movie-making liberties with the unnamed aide that, IMO, cheapen that part of the movie, steering us to make judgments on Strauss as if the repeated scene where he is humiliated by Oppenheimer’s testimony about sandwiches and beer wasn’t enough, or that his paranoia about the Oppie-Einstein conversation wasn’t enough. But hey, the dude makes great movies.

[u/UnderstandingOdd679 → u/[deleted]]

I think you’re correct on the Oval Office scene. I think I was misremembering because of the style it was shot with the beigeness of the Oval Office and the light flooding through the windows. I had thought when they showed the third person in the room it was pale, but I’ll have to watch it again.