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Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 8:11 pm
by Chris_H_2
not looking forward to seeing how nolan once again completely ruined the opportunity to convey a compelling story in a too-cute-by-half way.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Tue May 09, 2023 8:15 pm
by Chris_H_2
although i just saw that gary oldman (one of my favorite actors of all time) is playing truman. so that's good.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 2:14 am
by lennytheweedwhacker
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Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Wed May 10, 2023 4:05 pm
by Coach
Stickman wrote:
I was already sold, but now I am really excited to see how this comes out.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 12:01 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Reading some more stuff about this, early screeners coming out “devastated”. I’m coming around to wanting to see this. I guess it is a story I’m interested in after all

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 1:55 pm
by The Argonaut
Should I book tickets to go down to the city to see it in IMAX 70mm? The long-unfindable The Mother and the Whore is about to start a run in the same neighborhood where the IMAX 70mm theatre is. If they were playing at the same time, I'd definitely go and make a weekend of it. But I'm not sure either one by itself is worth it.
Should I go see Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm???

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 2:08 pm
by BurtReynolds
You should be like me and go watch The Barbie Movie.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 2:39 pm
by Stickman

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 2:40 pm
by tree_
Dang, that's awesome. Excited to see it.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 2:46 pm
by BurtReynolds
Are people forgetting this is the same guy who made Dunkirk and Tenet? Emotional movies these are not.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 2:49 pm
by tree_
BurtReynolds wrote:Are people forgetting this is the same guy who made Dunkirk and Tenet? Emotional movies these are not.
Dunkirk is actually quite emotional and captivating. I haven't seen Tenet.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 3:44 pm
by BurtReynolds
oh, you.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 3:47 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
BurtReynolds wrote:Are people forgetting this is the same guy who made Dunkirk and Tenet? Emotional movies these are not.
But Interstellar was about love.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 4:01 pm
by BurtReynolds
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Are people forgetting this is the same guy who made Dunkirk and Tenet? Emotional movies these are not.
But Interstellar was about love.
I was gonna say his attempts to inject emotion into his movies have been disastrous. Just be the sterile, distant guy. It's fine. Sort of. I guess.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 4:04 pm
by tree_
BurtReynolds wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Are people forgetting this is the same guy who made Dunkirk and Tenet? Emotional movies these are not.
But Interstellar was about love.
I was gonna say his attempts to inject emotion into his movies have been disastrous. Just be the sterile, distant guy. It's fine. Sort of. I guess.
He's really good at conveying tension and anxiety, and I can't think of a more appropriate subject than the friggin' nuke. This ain't exactly a love story.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 5:04 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 5:11 pm
by tree_
tragabigzanda wrote:I think this will make a fairly enjoyable movie about ethical paradoxes, but Burt’s right the Nolan is probably incapable of rendering human emotion on screen
dude have you seen dunkirk lately? I teared up at least twice from the human emotion it conveyed on screen. And it avoided anything cliche or easy. It's a smart yet emotional movie.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 5:18 pm
by Stickman
tragabigzanda wrote:I think this will make a fairly enjoyable movie about ethical paradoxes, but Burt’s right the Nolan is probably incapable of rendering human emotion on screen
Someone wasn't paying attention to the end of Intersellar

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 5:30 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER (2023)

Posted: Thu June 22, 2023 5:48 pm
by Stickman
tragabigzanda wrote:
Stickman wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I think this will make a fairly enjoyable movie about ethical paradoxes, but Burt’s right the Nolan is probably incapable of rendering human emotion on screen
Someone wasn't paying attention to the end of Intersellar
It’s the only Nolan movie I haven’t seen
In my rankings, The Dark Knight, then Interstellar