Oppenheimer

in response to Nat

What movie is best watched without any prior knowledge or context?

But moreso because I think the film is crafted so expertly it can take you along for the ride without needing much of any background knowledge. I read American Prometheus, which inspired the film, and sure, there is more information about Oppenheimer's life and context, but it really is stunning how little you can walk into Oppenheimer with, and get so much out of it.

WATCHING

3 days ago

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Oppenheimer

grayaelc

“Even better than I could have hoped for? I read the translation Nolan based this on as a refresher and recommend that too. The casting was so fantastic. It was a thrill of a movie even with it being, you know The Odyssey. My hot take is that we need to make teenagers read the Odyssey again.”

Jules

“yeah. sorry. if you’ve been wondering if you have to see it on a big big super screen, yeah. you do. maybe one of the small imax sub types will do, but normal size cuts off about 35% of each shot. this is a big budget sweeping movie like the epics of the 60s, and you will be asking a lot of “how the hell did he do that” moviemaking questions. you will have fun. robert pattinson continues his gener”