We saw Oppenheimer yesterday at the cheap senior matinee show. It was very well done and provides ample food for thought about the nature of progress, personal ambition, hubris, regret, fear and change. It is a movie that goes above and beyond the basics of the story about Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project. I think it well worth watching for anyone.
When I was young, I served on a US Navy ballistic missile submarine. After each of our frequent practice missile launches, I had plenty of opportunity to reflect on the consequences of having developed the atomic bomb, and something very much like the closing scene played in my head sometimes.
My only recommendation is to avoid the IMAX theater. It was painfully loud.
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Well of course Los Alamo wasn't where "the bomb" was tested, but it's where a lot of testing/development (maybe even accidents?) took place.
My 26 year old son was with me and had read Oppenheimer's biography, "American Prometheus" and he said the movie was very true to the book, though it left out a lot of details.
Agree. His life after losing the clearance wasn’t a pitiful as portrayed in the movie. He traveled a lot and was welcomed everywhere even in Japan. He died of cancer of course, but he seemed quite at peace with that.
Also, the schadenfreude in the movie at the comeuppance of Strauss not being confirmed for secretary of commerce wasn’t really in the book at all. The part that Rami Malek played of condemning Strauss at the hearing wasn’t in the book either, as far as I recall.
Movie theaters today are amazing. Leather recliners. They sell beer and wine. Way too loud for me but I now bring earplugs.
Agree. His life after losing the clearance wasn’t a pitiful as portrayed in the movie. He traveled a lot and was welcomed everywhere even in Japan. He died of cancer of course, but he seemed quite at peace with that.
DW and I enjoyed it. We were happy to have read American Prometheus prior to seeing it for much more in depth background. Agree that it was way too loud in the IMAX format. I happened to have recently added the NIOSH sound level meter app to my phone and turned it on just out of curiousity. Peak volume was 119 dB. Ouch.
DW and I enjoyed it. We were happy to have read American Prometheus prior to seeing it for much more in depth background. Agree that it was way too loud in the IMAX format. I happened to have recently added the NIOSH sound level meter app to my phone and turned it on just out of curiousity. Peak volume was 119 dB. Ouch.
Years since I've seen a movie, but the rocking chairs were a nice plus. But not enough to make up for the half hour of ads before the movie. I'm done. Hope to see Oppie when it comes on TV. Always thought he got a raw deal later in life. I wonder if the movie is true to his actual life and his "involvement" with the "commies."