Illusioneffect:

I've had lots of discussions about this movie. When I watched it in cinemas first of, I was just so overwhelmed that I couldn't even understand what was really going on. I was just soaking in the cinematic masterpiece that it was
So I recently watched it on my laptop in 4k. Just from the sound only at the beginning with the rain dropping sounds, I just replayed just that 1 minute before we could see Oppenheimer's face over and over and over again; the music blasting all through the movie just had its own story to tell that it didn't really feel like a movie to me anymore but a visual orchestra. When I heard that Can you feel the music I immediately went to Spotify to listen to it repeatedly. No doubt, this movie is one of my top 5 movies of all times.

abduleez1:


This one na Lamba....

I want to believe that the Awards bodies have a certain way of thinking and appraising films and there standards is quite different from reviews aggregator sites like RT.

Blonde for example had a 42% "Rotten Score" but it didn't stop the lead actress Ana De Armas from getting nominated for Best Actress in almost all the major awards this year. She got nominated in BAFTA, SAG Awards, Golden Globes and ultimately The Academy.
That already speaks unison.

phr0nesis:

The movie was condemned, but her performance was praised, hence she got nominated, while the movie was shelved

abduleez1:


The film's themes and topics were always going to be controversial so it definitely won't be favourable to critics opinion.

This reinforces the fact which I'm responding to that Rotten Tomato score doesn't really affect a movie's Awards hopes as far as it's not an irredeemably bad movie. As long as the movie had one of its acting performers get nominated all through for excellence, in essence it testifies to the film at least being good in one aspect of filmmaking.

You can't remove acting from a film. It's a crucial part of it. That's the essence of the performing arts. So if they gave only the actors reward for excellence, it's still essentially to the film's benefit.


There's also other examples here that I don't want to bring in cause it's been reiterated here before like Joker and The Whale.

phr0nesis:

In my initial statement, I said they "somehow" influence awards choices. Not all the times, but a lot of the time. I'm not disputing your statement in any way

abduleez1:


No issues bro... I'm just highlighting a few things.

abduleez1:
OPPENHEIMER.....9.9/10

A bit slow at first, then the story begins to pick up on the hour mark. At 1hr28mins into the film, the story fully escalates and it's a joyride henceforth. Everything about the movie was superb. There's not much I can say about the film that hasn't been said already.

But, it's a cinematic Masterpiece. Premium Cinematography. Superb acting performances from all the entire cast especially to the likes of Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Jason Clarke.
The standout performances for me in the movie were for both Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt. Both gave Oscar worthy performances. It's an ensemble movie nicely done with virtually all the characters having a role to play in elevating the story.

The connection of the opening scene of the film in the explosion chain reaction with the text saying: "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, He was chained to a rock and punished for eternity", in relation to Albert Einstein's words to Oppenheimer, both scenes are creatively profound.
Einstein said Oppie was going to face the consequences of his achievement and was going to be punished for it by people, and when they've punished him enough they'd later give him an award, celebrating his life achievements but really it was to compensate him and to make themselves feel better.
What a way to start a movie and end it.
Christopher Nolan is a master storyteller.

I also loved the symbolism of Nolan using colour for past events and black and white for present happenings. A break from the norm. Also, the illustrations of Oppie's thoughts using the solar system, colors, sound and light to properly convey his emotions. It's just brilliant.

The minus 0.1 point deduction was for not revealing to me the sweet face of defeat of Lewis Strauss at the press release after being rejected by the Senate committee.

After seeing the film, now I understand the hype. This is the first clear Best Picture contender I've watched all year round. The award just seems destined for this film.

drizzle0007:


Emily blunts performance was not great at all. Her acting seemed forced. Least favourite part of the movie.

abduleez1:


I don't really think it was forced.

She was just most likely playing a tortured soul. If you look closely she had a difficult communication or relationship with her kids. She was nonchalant in her duties as a mom that they initially had to put the first kid under the care of close friends. I actually hated her initially cos she was a nuisance but after the scene when that annoying prosecutor Roger Robb interviewed her and how she delivered that scene, she immediately changed my perception of her portrayal.

oyaskii:
Apt response 👍🏿. I can't imagine the number of movies of other genre that was made off the profits of the billions, Superheroes were making at the B.O at a time.

oyaskii:
Apt response 👍🏿. I can't imagine the number of movies of other genre that was made off the profits of the billions, Superheroes were making at the B.O at a time.

abduleez1:
James Gunn delivering Ws back to back...


R rated Etrigan the Demon project?? DC is so fvvking back!!

This man wan use excitement kee person.

abduleez1:
OPPENHEIMER.....9.9/10

A bit slow at first, then the story begins to pick up on the hour mark. At 1hr28mins into the film, the story fully escalates and it's a joyride henceforth. Everything about the movie was superb. There's not much I can say about the film that hasn't been said already.

But, it's a cinematic Masterpiece. Premium Cinematography. Superb acting performances from all the entire cast especially to the likes of Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Jason Clarke.
The standout performances for me in the movie were for both Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt. Both gave Oscar worthy performances. It's an ensemble movie nicely done with virtually all the characters having a role to play in elevating the story.

The connection of the opening scene of the film in the explosion chain reaction with the text saying: "Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this, He was chained to a rock and punished for eternity", in relation to Albert Einstein's words to Oppenheimer, both scenes are creatively profound.
Einstein said Oppie was going to face the consequences of his achievement and was going to be punished for it by people, and when they've punished him enough they'd later give him an award, celebrating his life achievements but really it was to compensate him and to make themselves feel better.
What a way to start a movie and end it.
Christopher Nolan is a master storyteller.

I also loved the symbolism of Nolan using colour for past events and black and white for present happenings. A break from the norm. Also, the illustrations of Oppie's thoughts using the solar system, colors, sound and light to properly convey his emotions. It's just brilliant.

The minus 0.1 point deduction was for not revealing to me the sweet face of defeat of Lewis Strauss at the press release after being rejected by the Senate committee.

After seeing the film, now I understand the hype. This is the first clear Best Picture contender I've watched all year round. The award just seems destined for this film.

oyaskii:
"Oppenhemier" (2023)

"Now i am become ☠️.. the destroyer of worlds
J. Robert Oppenheimer, July 16, 1945"

Perhaps one of my biggest regret in all my years as a cinephile will probably be passing up the opportunity to see this on the biggest of screen, so i had wait months for the home media to drop because CN is so hell bent on a long cinematic run for his flicks 😒, it finally dropped and it still took me 2 weeks after it dropped to see it, so as to be in the right "head space" and i can wholeheartedly say, the wait was 100% worth it, because simply put, this masterpiece is the best movie i have seen this year, and most likely the best i have seen in a long while.

There are so many good things to talk about this epic biopic that i am so spoiled for choice.

This might be one of the very well told biopic in Hollywood history, The J. Robert Oppenheimer big screen story was all that you wanted it to be, A genius scientist that was not even the best of his generation is tasked with creating a weapon of mass destruction, a literal "world destroyer", after an initial hesitation due to what it would mean for those who "mean well for the weapon" and "those who do not", but with his jewish heritage mix with intense antisemitism of the Nazis in WW II, he is finally convinced that making said "destroyer of world" weapon will end the Nazi's antisemitism and effectively end the war, fuelled by this and his eternal obsession for success and perfection, he gathered like minds on a long stretch of barren land on Los Alamos to make the "world destroyer", but before the bomb is even complete, Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrër of Nazi Germany, the eternal enemy of the jewish folk, puts a bullet through his brains, eliminating "the need" for the bomb, but with the Japanese still hell bent on the war, JRO forges ahead in making it, and the movie then juxtaposed into the thought and afterthought of the sheer personal moral wobble and unbridled guilt or not of making the deadliest weapon this planet has ever known.

The cast is such an underrated star studded feature, Christopher Nolan was able to convince some of his "usual suspects" to star in this and also added some more star power. This movie had Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Josh Harnett and even Gary Oldman. But perhaps the star of the show has to be RDJ and a certain "Cillian Murphy". It was nice to see RDJ shine in a project where he is not wearing an iron suit, post MCU RDJ is a gem! and except something shifts significantly, he is locked for best supporting actor during the award season.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an eccentric enigma of many facets, a physicist maniac obsessed with how atoms and neutrons, affect the Jewish and communist world around him and how his personal life fits into all this . In Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan, found a perfect method maniac to bring his epic biopic to life, Cillian has always been on the fringes on previous CN project, but he is at the center here, the very nucleus of the entire thing, in the entire run, he never for once stayed out of character, with one of the finest method acting i have ever witnessed. He had the best acting performance by a lead actor this calendar year, and should deservedly get the Oscar top price.

Christopher Nolan has already established his hold as a master filmmaker obsessed with absolute perfection but he takes it up a notch with this . The production value of this was 100%, the finest in a while. The deliberate usage of "White and Black" for the Lewis Strauss narrative and Colored for the JR Oppenhemier narrative meant there were so many shots you can actually frame. The cinematography was heavenly and it might be subtle, but Christopher Nolan uses different aspect ratio for different scenes in his movie to properly tell a particular analogy or emotion the said scene is trying to protray, and it was used brilliantly here. It might seem tedious to watch in one take because so many things seem to be happening at once, but the payoff is huge, followed carefully, the enitre movie was like an interstallar travel through space and time, that is beautifully crafted for the sci fi, drama or both enthusiast to enjoy. My disdain for movies with excessively long runtime is open, but 3 hours felt a little bit short, because of how good this was. Christopher Nolan favors loud noises with intense background score, (He surprisingly opted for Ludwig Göransson instead of Hans Zimmer , and the "student" made "the master" proud"to convey dread and anxiety, so this movie will be much more enjoyable with good subtitles on. I also noticed how, each scene with where they discuss the science of the atomic bomb, it cuts to a representation of explosive atomic reaction. Yeah....i have no doubt that this is the "Best Picture" of the year...none of that Barbie rogbodiyan nonesense!

This is my best movie this year, heck, This is "the" best movie this year!, and it might be for awhile. A phenomenal motion picture true and true.

9/10.

Kaycee7:
Etrigan R-rated film
Dr Fate show
Chai! Joy really comes in the morning

Kaycee7:
Nolan made fùcking Dane Dehaan act his àss off in a minor role. I had no idea this guy could get more goated as a director in my books.

Imagine Strauss at the press release after being rejected by the Senate Committee and he takes of his glasses and just quietly says "I am Iron Man" 😁😁😁

abduleez1:


Wtf is this.... 😂😂😂

Kaycee7:
A Stark variant. Multiverse na your mate?

abduleez1:


Omo, the movie is a cinematic triumph.
I actually used over 5hrs to properly watch and savour the movie in its entirety. I couldn't rush it and there were numerous scenes I can't count that I had to continually repeat to fully get the significance.
It's a surely memorable movie.

abduleez1:


Some people just love to pretend as if Superhero fare hasn't delivered some of the best films or TV shows that has come out the last two decades.

Some facts people seem to forget is that Comic Book Movies is the most adaptable genre presently. No one comes close.

A comic book film can be a Western like LOGAN, a character study like JOKER, a space opera like GOTG, a horror delight like SWAMP THING, a neo-noir detective film like THE BATMAN, a racial/social commentary like WATCHMEN (2019), a WWII pic such as WONDER WOMAN, a superhero team-up Masterpiece like INFINITY WAR, a dystopian superhero world like THE BOYS, Gothic horror fantasy like THE SANDMAN.


This genre has endured for decades and has adapted as the times required. It's a battle tested genre and a survivalist champion. An industry Hegemon. Dedicated organised fandom.

The industry might be facing some hiccups at the moment but it ain't going anywhere anytime soon. It's just to make some tweaks and rediscover what audiences really want and retrace its roots and what made CBMs a novel genre in the first place. Superhero in TV and Films have been around since the 50s.
It's highly adaptable. So we'd be seeing CBMs films and TV shows for a long time.

Kaycee7:
Chris Nolan coming in late in the second half with a screamer to save cinema in 2023.

I've been appreciating Ludwig for a while now but this movie really put him solidly in the running for Zimmer's throne cos I deadass thought it was Zimmer in the composer's seat, as usual, until I saw the credits.