Christopher Nolan’s attempt at creating potentially one of the most important films in humanities history has proven to be a success.
Oppenheimer is three hours long and gives the audience a mixture of different filmmaking techniques, and since it has been filmed for IMAX format in both 35 mm and 70 mm it packs an even bigger punch!
Personally speaking for me, this is not a patch on Interstellar on some of his other work. You can see that there are similarities with this film and has others as a film makers mark. It is a long watch and very intense. As a film, you must pay attention to at all times as not to mess anything, there are flashback scenes and complex scientific terms.
Our main protagonist played by Cillian Murphy leads as our front man and the father, of the hydrogen bomb. The film is more of a biopic, rather than an event based story, and follows the life of Robert Oppenheimer. At times, this even feels like more of a courtroom drama and can be a little daunting to watch.
Our other cast members include Emily, Blunt, Florence, Pugh, Robert, Downey Jr., rami, Malek, Matt, Damon, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Clark, Casey, Affleck, and the list goes on. You can check out the full cost list here.
From the initial trailers, and my first reaction is, I wasn’t sure if this film was going to be all that entertaining. I will write. I would say that the emergence of discovery of scientific breakthroughs the forefront of this movie, rather than any on screen explosives – there is only one major event in the film that we see that happening and it is not what you might think.
I was a little disappointed, in terms of entertainment factor, however, the on-screen ensemble and cost interactions that make up for a lot of the messing “actionable“ sequences, I was maybe expecting to see. We have a tremendous amount of talent in this film, and it goes without saying that the costing was perfect in this case.
Without going into too much detail as this would be a long review. I would say, be prepared to sit for a long long long time in the cinema, so make sure you are in a comfortable auditorium.
The film had a rather sombre, dread like feel to it – and rightly so – this is not an easy topic to portray on screen and you can see the care that was taken during the filmmaking process.
With that being said in terms of actual technical ability, this film is pretty much faultless and at times, even shakes the foundations and which are seated.
Overall, though Oppenheimer, as a film to see fresh air. However, this is not one for the faint hearted and does require you to be open-minded, subjective, and loyal to the end. If you fall asleep at the cinema, please do not watch this as this is pretty much guaranteed. And if you’re looking to be entertained, this may not be the one for you.
