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[DISCUSSION] Oppenheimer (Spoilers)
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Ok, hear me out. I really like Cillian and RDJ in this movie, and the performances all the way were incredible.
But I got a massive disappointment when the explosion happened. People touted left and right how it was done only with practical effects, no CG! And in the end it looked like a warehouse exploded, it was so tiny. Was the real atomic bomb that underwhelming?
Other than that, the 3 hours flew by. I was engaged the whole time, it was an amazing piece of cinema.
I thought it was the other way around.
The silence when the explosion happened engulfing the screen with fire, letting it sink for you that how destructive it is, followed by the boom to shake you with its impact was so well done.
For me, this movie is a tragedy; the explosion was the juxtaposition of the project team celebrating while what boils down to the death of 70k Japanese. Phenomenal - without being judgmental.
I was also underwhelmed by the execution of the Trinity test specifically. I know they relied on solely practical effects, so it’s not realistic that they would match the awe of the actual test footage.
It didn’t leave with the same existential dread like other relevant media has in the past.
But the dread is that the world has the atomic bomb at it's fingertips now