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.
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.
Oppenheimer was a Commie fellow traveler. God rest his soul.
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.
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
To me the best book on this subject is “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” by Richard Rhodes. It’s pretty lengthy and sometimes a bit dense with the science but it is a fascinating read. Can’t recommend this book highly enough.
That's true, although most people don't know it. The first BIG B-29 plant was a massive endeavor - brought into being by Henry Ford himself, IIRC.
Even here in Georgia at AF Plant 6 (now run by Lockheed-Martin) they had a huge B-29 production effort.
Atomic Blasts- Operations Greenhouse Through Upshot-Knothole - 1951-1953 - 29:22 - Color - Silent - This video shows a compilation of early atomic blasts taken from individual short films of the tests. These formerly classified films have never before been seen by the public. The video shows close up footage of boiling, tumbling, rolling fireballs of great destructive force as the nuclear power from the splitting of nuclei of atoms is unleashed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pu_ZUl9YDM