Not unlike Nolan's other films this is a Movie that must be seen more than once to fully grasp. The movie is a dialogue heavy biopic that focuses on Oppenheimer's moral struggles but the story is told by jumping between different timelines throughout the entire film which makes it unnecessarily convoluted.
Although the film is mostly a talkie, the soundtrack was not so different from The Dark Knight's which I found to be overly dramatic and very unfitting. I also found the acting to be overly dramatic as well when it would be just characters talking to each other.
One last con is that the movie is 3 hrs long and it doesn't need to be that long, add to that the nonlinear story telling and it becomes a tough film to sit through.
All cons aside, the film still has some of the best and most iconic scenes of the year, so if you're interested in the subject material I strongly recommend it but you need to go in with expectations that you are going into a 3 hr long talkie and not a summer action filled blockbuster.
Although the film is mostly a talkie, the soundtrack was not so different from The Dark Knight's which I found to be overly dramatic and very unfitting. I also found the acting to be overly dramatic as well when it would be just characters talking to each other.
One last con is that the movie is 3 hrs long and it doesn't need to be that long, add to that the nonlinear story telling and it becomes a tough film to sit through.
All cons aside, the film still has some of the best and most iconic scenes of the year, so if you're interested in the subject material I strongly recommend it but you need to go in with expectations that you are going into a 3 hr long talkie and not a summer action filled blockbuster.
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