..but at 180 minutes this is definitely a long film but after watching the veiwer is non the wiser. I remember a TV series years ago on the race to create the atom bomb which was far more informative especially regarding the technical issues.
Nolan's effort is squarely focused on Oppenheimer as a man, however even after three hours I didn't get much insight into him. He is shown as a communist adulterer but his brilliance as a scientist is strictly a tell not show afair.
The movie is certainly very well made, has an inch thick gloss coat and there are plenty of familiar faces yet it's style overshadowed the substance. For example several sex scenes get more screen time than the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which would be considered the money shot in other genres but here comes an hour before the closing credits.
Nolan's effort is squarely focused on Oppenheimer as a man, however even after three hours I didn't get much insight into him. He is shown as a communist adulterer but his brilliance as a scientist is strictly a tell not show afair.
The movie is certainly very well made, has an inch thick gloss coat and there are plenty of familiar faces yet it's style overshadowed the substance. For example several sex scenes get more screen time than the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which would be considered the money shot in other genres but here comes an hour before the closing credits.