Review of Oppenheimer (2023) by Sbroderick — 22 Jul 2023
When the film starts getting too much for you and you need a break from the barrage on the senses, just close your eyes and imagine that Oppenheimer is played by Morgan Freeman. Advertised to be a more mature evolution of Christopher Nolan movie but it suffers from the same problems as his other films. Outside of the genuinely astounding visuals and sound design, it plays out like a trailer of the movie itself. It's like he's trying to shove an entire series into a movie and I'd have been happy if half of it was cut out. It's kind of like a genius billionaire teenager made the movie. Another fun thing to do in the parts where you start losing concentration because you're only human: Imagine your face is the camera and notice just how many times you have to look around, or move in time, or change to black and white or witness a very odd sexual metaphor out of nowhere. It's a good movie, it's a LOT of movie, Cillian Murphy is great (other than him and Matt Damon, no one really get's a chance) but I can't imagine it being remembered as a great and I think these great reviews will subside eventually because it's a 3 hour music video.
If Steven Spielberg was hired as Nolan's directing coach then I think amazing things would happen.
This review of Oppenheimer (2023) was written by Sbroderick on 22 Jul 2023.
Oppenheimer has generally received very positive reviews.
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