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I guess I should watch my 4K/UHD. I was waiting until we get closer to the Oscars. I watched this movie twice beforehand in a movie theater in which I experienced different viewing options with IMAX and again with a GDX screen with Dolby Atmos.

I wouldn’t know, I haven’t seen Tenet.

Can we get back to talking about Oppenheimer? An in-depth Oscar eligibility discussion should be happening in this thread. We're talking about the Oscar eligibility requirements in three different threads right now. That's kind of hard to follow.

Well, we figured that. :laugh:

I don't want to turn this thread into Scorsese nor Scott film discussion thread. Let's just agree to disagree with Colin regarding those two great directors.

Oppenheimer globally passing the 600M mark today.

Actually, the bombs were dropped 78 years ago.

Right, Nolan was telling his story about Oppenheimer and not how dropping the bomb affected Japan and its people. That's a subject matter for another type of movie storytelling.

The movie's cast was littered with "A" listed actors. The subject matter of the film and Nolan's involvement would attract such actors even in limited roles.

A Day After Trinity is really good. I watched it twice with the second time having an audio commentary.

Talking about what the movie got right and wrong is a definite clue that spoilers will be revealed.:)

Mark, When I attended my IMAX showing for an 11:20 a.m. screening, Oppenheimer started at 11:28 a.m. Only eight minutes.

Unlike Nolan's Oppenheimer, the BBC miniseries cast didn't have a bunch of "A" listed actors in it. Furthermore, some of the Brit actors' "American" accent wasn't that good in my opinion. At times, I could hear their natural accent come through. However, one of the things that I liked about...

I edited my quoted post because the mini-series did talk about it, but I think the movie did a much better job of displaying the public humiliation.

Guess what? One of those two things you noted weren't mentioned in that 7-hour miniseries.

I think you got the wrong woman. I didn't think they glossed over either of those two things.

Obviously, Nolan's focus was on Oppenheimer and the trials he had to go through in his life. Perhaps that slant doesn't appeal to you, but that doesn't mean it doesn't appeal to many others. Perhaps, you should watch the 1980 BBC 7-hour miniseries, if you want more science and engineering.

They in Oppenheimer (1980) miniseries.

For those that have seen the movie, that 1965 NBC program is very interesting, especially because it has long segments with Groves talking about the final decision-making process just prior to August 6, 1945.

Last night before I went to bed, I watched that 1980 documentary on The Criterion Channel. It was quite good and it's interesting that it came out the same year that the BBC 7-hour miniseries was televised on PBS.

One thing the movie didn't really show is the close friendship between Oppenheimer and Ernest Lawrence.

By the way, a shout out to Emily Blunt. Her scenes during the last 20 minutes were great.

I liked it more the second time.

You regret seeing this movie. I can understand you're a little disappointed, but it's still a really good movie.

I can't believe I spent 13 hours on Oppenheimer between watching the 7-hour miniseries and then this 3-hour movie twice in movie theater.

I kind of agree with you because unlike the miniseries, the movie didn't really talk about the issues they resolved regarding the denotation of the weapon. When Capt. Deak Parsons wasn't part of the cast that gave me a hint the movie wasn't going to talk about the issues they had with implosion...

Interesting.

Hmm, I thought it looked pretty good recreating that Atom bomb test. Perhaps, Nolan made a mistake in alternating shots of that sequence when the blast occurs, and a delay shot of the shock wave.

What were you guys expecting? Did you expect Nolan to show the bomb dropping on Hiroshima? Or how they armed the weapon in-flight on the way to the target city? This was never going to be some exciting film subject with action sequences. It was always going to be somewhat dull with a lot of...