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Originally Posted by tranquility
Ya, I never got the hype for Oppenheimer, wow, guy invents the deadliest weapon. I generally dislike movies about the military aka 'how can we figure out better ways to kill one another?'.
Can't wait for the latest Planet of the Apes, now that's my kinda warfare lol.
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It's interesting how taste's differ.
I thought Oppenheimer was stunning-- but I'd already read the book and am very interested in that period of history.
It's not that he invented the bomb-- he was able to corral and ride herd on the scientists that invented the bomb. His country called, and he answered.
And? His timing where he spoke out with his.... checkered past fell right around the time of the "Red Scare" and the McCarthy Hearings. It literally couldn't have been any worse.
Additionally, he tried to put the genie back in the bottle, and that was fairly naive. Honestly, if the military/government spends $30 Billion dollars (in 2023 money), do you really think they're not going to pickle off their new toy to see what all that money bought?
I found Oppenheimer (the man) to be fascinating-- a lot of contradictions, certainly feet of clay, willful blindness to what the military would do with his invention, but for all that- a genius.
A genius who was treated very poorly by his government.
I really enjoyed the movie, and I'm not a huge Christopher Nolan fan.
Now Planet of the Apes? You couldn't pay me to see it. Never had the slightest interest in that series, from the very first one onward.
R.