Posted on 07/20/2023 12:18:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
I’m a huge student of WWII and read a lot about this project which, believe it or not, was cheaper than the project from which came the Boeing B-29.
Yet, I’m really not that interested in this movie. I’ve gotten to where I just don’t trust Hollywood with “based on a true story” movies. I prefer pure fiction. If I want to know about the development of the nuclear bomb I prefer to read non-fiction about it.
If you want to see lots of “booms” check out Trinity and Beyond.
It even has William Shatner narrating it.
I’m of the understanding that Fermi and Teller were more important than Oppenheimer.
Why must every movie be so long now ? Even dumb comedies are clocking in at 2 hours . This film is 3 hours ! Think I’ll take a pass. No wonder films cost 100s of millions of dollars to make.
I generally like Nolan but I doubt he has anything THAT interesting to say that would justify three hours
This movie, I think, is more about what happened to Oppenheimer AFTER the Manhattan Project than what the project itself was about.....................
I am hearing it downplays Oppies’ connection to Soviet spies.
I think it’s all of it.
My suggestion all: Wait for John Nolte’s review or Critical Drinker’s review before saying yay or nay. Those two are reliable.
He was a commie sympathizer.
Oppenheimer was a Commie fellow traveler. God rest his soul.
The author really liked the movie.
Because commie chicks are easy.
He was a brilliant man for sure.
However he was also an example of one of those scientists who was totally gung ho to develop a weapon to use against the Germans, but suddenly developed a conscience when it became clear that it would also threaten the motherland.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Truman said “get this SOB out of my office!”
He was a commie sympathizer.Which he freely admitted.
OTOH, many of the rocket scientists behind the strategic missile program were former Nazis.
Based on what I've read, the movie is more an indictment of the AEC chairman who just happened to be a Republican.*
Whatta shock. 
I’ll pass.
At some point we need to have the conversation around how the US dropped two atomic bombs and the Japanese ruling council still voted to continue the War.
The ATOM BOMB did not end the war by itself.
If it comes from Hollywood, it’s Propaganda.
vilified for voicing learned opinions that go against America’s arms-race thinking.
That is as far as I got into the review before I came to the same conclusion
I remember a quote from Oppenheimer. I can’t find it anymore. It was something to the effect that we could not be trusted with the bomb. I originally thought the “we” referred to mankind. Now I think it refers to the United States.
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