Don't get me wrong, the visuals and the history were incredible. But looking at the discussions online it feels like people only care about the sound design or the explosion. To me it barely even felt like a standard biopic, it felt more like a horror movie about the exact moment you realize your theories are actually going to destroy the world.
The scene with Truman really stuck with me. Truman treats the bomb like a standard political tool and completely washes his hands of the morality, while Oppenheimer just gets crushed by the guilt of it all. And the scene where the cheering crowd just melts away during his victory speech? It perfected captured how messed up it is to try and justify something that you know deep down is completely unjustifiable.
Wondering what you guys thought. Did you actually buy his whole ethical paralysis thing, or do you think Nolan went way too easy on hm and made him too much of a sympathetic victim?
The scene with Truman really stuck with me. Truman treats the bomb like a standard political tool and completely washes his hands of the morality, while Oppenheimer just gets crushed by the guilt of it all. And the scene where the cheering crowd just melts away during his victory speech? It perfected captured how messed up it is to try and justify something that you know deep down is completely unjustifiable.
Wondering what you guys thought. Did you actually buy his whole ethical paralysis thing, or do you think Nolan went way too easy on hm and made him too much of a sympathetic victim?
