Oppenheimer review I saw on my walk today. - eviltoast
  • PineapplePartisan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This just isn’t true. The vast majority of the movie is people talking in rooms. There is nothing really added by the big screen. I wish I had just waited to stream it.

    • demonquark@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Totally agree with this. The much hyped “nuclear explosion without CGI” looked like a run of the mill action film car bomb. I mean it was a good looking explosion. It just wasn’t wow.

      The rest of the film is just … talking. Well-acted talking, well-written talking, but talking.

      I liked Oppenheimer. Wasn’t wowed.

      • Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net
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        1 year ago

        Where were y’all like a week ago when everyone was calling this the greatest movie of all time? Well I’m glad I’m not the only one that thought it was just an okay movie!

      • archiotterpup@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, the hype of the visuals really let me down. They built it up and then it just felt very flat.

        I even found myself agreeing with Truman, of all people. Get that crybaby out of there.

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        1 year ago

        Wait… they hyped that it wasn’t made with CGI?

        God damn I fuckin’ hate cinema nerds…

    • Kabe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s true for me.

      The entire build-up to the Trinity test, the explosion and then the shockwave was awesome on a 50 foot tall IMAX screen. It wouldn’t have been the same just watching it at home.

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        1 year ago

        The build up to the detonation was amazingly tense and it was only after the film ended I realised I knew what was going to happen the whole time as it’s a based on real events, lol.

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          1 year ago

          I know, lol. You know everyone is going to be fine, but the suspense is still excruciating.