Nolan somehow managed to make a 3 hour drama that’s so jam packed that there isn’t a SINGLE good moment to take a pee-break and that reminds you of the very real ever-present dread that atomic weapons exist in our world.
I ran into that problem too. One night I was gonna pop my 4K in just to see how it looked, and I ended up watching the entire thing in one sitting because there was no good place to pause even tho I had work the next day 🤣
EXACTLY!!! I just watched it on my big screen on Peacock and I didn't budge a bit. By the time the movie ended, I was gasping for air. This was an incredible movie from start to finish.
@@drumaticpageofmusic4148 That is not a problem, that is a miracle, and a moviefan should be jumping around for joy like a mexican bean if he/she sees or even has a film like that.
Saw it in theaters twice. Still got such a rush of emotions during the Trinity scene even though I knew from history what would happen. That’s a sign of a great director.
I thought the trinity explosion was underwhelming, it didn’t even look close to a nuclear explosion. The opening scene with the fireball making contact with the ground looked much better. I watched it 3 times in theatres and I kinda chuckled the 3rd time looking at how bad the trinity test explosion was haha
@@ReverseFlash23 Yeah completely relying on practical explosions and not using archival footage was a misstep imo. The famous slo mo airburst explosion footage would’ve been way more impactful
@@ReverseFlash23 I have to agree. I was so disappointed with the explosion. The whole movie was hyping up to that moment and it was like poof, done. Literally poof. I've seen video of the real test and it was much more impressive, even in lo-fi black and white.
The shot of the V2 rocket teased earlier in the movie, then shown again at the end, but then this time it pans to reveal it’s not just one, but many… man, that’s gotta be one of my favorite things that Nolan has put to the big screen. Such a chilling ending.
Winner of 7 Oscars: Best Picture, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan Best Director, Christopher Nolan Best Actor, Cillian Murphy Best Supporting Actor, Robert Downey Jr Best Film Editing, Jennifer Lame Best Original Score, Ludwig Gorranson Best Cinematography, Hoyte Van Hoytema.
Your commentary and insight is so much more literate and analytical than many other reactors, really enjoyed this reaction! And honestly you might be the first reactor I've watched who picked up on the reason for the color and B&W. Bravo haha
ENORMOUS props to Ludwig Gorannson for his incredible score for this film. It's been a pretty regular repeat since I came out of the theater after watching the film for the first time lol.
@@pauldeak3265 I've seen a couple people make that argument, but I honestly don't hear it. Maybe for a couple pieces, but that's it. There are so many unique tracks in the film. Can You Hear the Music, American Prometheus, Trinity, Destroyer of Worlds, Quantum Mechanics, etc..... To be fair, I was also not the biggest fan of Tenet though (really the only Nolan film that did not really grip me), so maybe I'm just not hearing the similarities between the two scores if there are any.
The last line and the way Cillian delivers it, truly is a gut punch. And yes, the guy who plays Neils Bohr, aka Kenneth Branagh, is in 'Murder on the Orient Express' and if you're going to watch all of Nolan's films you'll see him again, in 'Tenet' and 'Dunkirk.' He somewhat of a protagonist in one and the antagonist in the other.
“Is it possible they talked about something more important” And what are they actually talking about?? The possible end of the world… Such a great film and awesome reaction thank you.
I've seen this movie a few times before this reaction and always assumed the black and white parts were anything having to do with the first trial, but it didn't quite work and never made complete sense. The simple "it's from his perspective" explanation makes so much sense. Even many of the camera shots during the black and white scenes are from behind Struass's head, giving us his perspective.
Actually I'm pretty sure the colour is subjective, from Oppenheimers point of view, and the black and white is objective, historically impartial and accurate. Its why the performances are noticeably different in the scene we see from both styles.
Well I am a scientist and I can tell you the sound thing at the bomb testing was accurate. From where they were watching the explosion, there would have been about a minute delay between seeing the light and hearing the sound/experiencing the shockwave. One thing I found really funny is that the actor who played Werner Heisenberg (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a German actor who’s mostly known for doing cheesy rom coms. Also I don‘t know if you already know this or not, since you have a history degree but a poisoned apple ties Oppenheimer to another brilliant man of his time called Allen Turing. He was a British mathematician who built the first “computer” ever to decrypt the enigma a German encryption machine. Sadly he later took his own life by eating an apple that he poisoned with cyanide. There is an incredible movie about him and his work during world war 2 called The Imitation Game, I highly recommend you watch it
Yea, but the nuclear detonation doesn't look accurate, it just looks like a big gasoline explosion, which is what it was. I think this is one time he should've used CGI, because it would've be far more accurate looking.
Fun fact, that would constitute a whopping 4% of the entire DoD defense budget for 2023, a huge portion considering that was just for the development and production of the first device.
@@hkaayaakuu Oh, well then yes, she's married. I just saw you had almost 40 likes and no one corrected you, so I was wondering if she divorced XD All good tho
Dang I never realized Kitty might have had postpartum depression. That definitely needs to be represented more. All your reactions are so insightful! Hate having to wait two weeks between uploads!
Yeah, I knew it was something related to that, but I didn't know the term. I thought it was more of Kitty's disappointment that the reason why she wasn't happy with Harrison was still prevalent: a brilliant woman forced to be a housewife. By the way, more awareness about postpartum depression has to be there. I keep hearing a lot of news about young mothers accidentally murdering their babies out of desperate attempts to make them quiet. When I was young, when someone in our family had a child recently, some of our relatives especially other mothers and middle-aged women used to stick around the mother and child to take over when the child gets grumpy and feed it whenever necessary. I don't know if this practice is still around in this generation of atomic families. Nannies are there, but not everyone can afford/trust nannies. Families stick together.
This is Nolan's crowning achievement in what is already a long career of hit films. This film's editing and storytelling style, the way it rapidly jumps between time periods, this is a style that Nolan has been experimenting with since The Prestige (2007). Not all of his films are like this, but you can see shades of this style in The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, and Dunkirk. He perfected the technique for Oppenheimer, and I think the results were spectacular!
I saw it in Theater with my wife and loved it so much I had to go back with my daughter and watch it in IMAX. What a movie. Truly a masterpiece from Christopher Nolan.
Really great film and both Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey, Jr. definitely earned their praise and awards. I didn't really like that Robert Oppenheimer practically abandoned his family, tho. The toll that the Manhattan Project took on him was overbearing.
Downey absolutely did deserve it @@juniegyllenhaal3937 😂 . And matt damon seriously , his entire performance felt so artificial , looked like he had piles or something .
@@juniegyllenhaal3937 Are you joking? His monologue near the end of him absolutely losing it over the trial is one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen, period.
I feel like everytime I watch a reaction from you I am gaining new perspectives on movies I have already seen and thought about and it is just wonderful! Also, Cillian Murphy's acting was out of this world, the way he could portray so much emotions without saying a word or moving a muscle
One of the few movies I've seen in my life where at the end there was stunned silence with peoples mouths open, sitting in aghast, shock in their eyes. Probably took at least a minute for people to snap out of it and there was still silence as everyone walked out. Seeing this in IMAX was beyond spectacular. The visuals, the sound, the acting, feeling everything sitting on your chest..... Had to experience it again the very next day. This was made for IMAX.
I think Emily Blunt said it best about the film. That Nolan had Trojan Horse'd a biopic into a thriller. I love how Nolan crafts a series of small "detonations" of emotions, to all go off at the end. Much like the pulling/demolition of a building. Nolan does this in most of his films, e.g. Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception, Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight. *boom boom boom boom BOOM!!!* Oh, and how about the music??? Especially that small scene near the start of the film, after "Can you hear the music, Robert?" Is that not phenomenal? Probably one of the big scenes that contributed to Goransson winning an Oscar. Loved your reaction, I would have liked this video a bunch more times if it would let me!
I saw this in theaters twice. The first time I saw it, I stumbled out of the theater and had to sit back down at a bench outside. It completely wrecked me existentially. I also appreciate that almost every supporting performance almost completely stole the show. I love your analysis at the end, how we are far removed enough from these events that we can see the whole picture like a puzzle. You've fast become my favorite reaction channel as you have genuine reactions and you don't "over" react if that makes sense. You have reasonable and relatable gut reactions to the right emotional beats and you always have great insight on what you just saw.
43:20 Oppenheimer and crew were at the south bunker, 10 000 yards from Zero so it took the shockwave about 27 seconds to reach them. That's also about the time the fireball stopped glowing so they got that part right, even though the entire sequence was obviously dragged out for cinematic effect.
Man, I watched this at the theater with my wife… the Trinity test scene… I really considered walking out of the theater… my anxiety was just way out of control and… you already know what’s gonna happen! This film deserved every award it won👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nolan pulls a multi ending again like Dark Knight, Inception, and Prestige. "We thought we might start a chain reaction that will destroy the world, I believe we did". This revelation is not just metaphorical for other countries to build bigger bombs that could potentially destroy the world, but also it starts the chain reaction of Lewis Strauss campaign to discredit and destroy Oppenheimer who was condescending to him, but ends up getting denied from the cabinet himself. The Atomic Bomb = Ego, I have one, someone has a bigger one, everyone loses.
Atomic = Ego is an interesting perspective. How i took this film was when Ernest Lawrence tells Oppenheimer when telling him to get his act together by saying that Oppenheimer ain't just self important but actually important. For me that was the summary of movie where Lewis Strauss was self important while Oppenheimer being actually important.
I knew you were a teacher but didn't know it was history you taught. As someone who once considered becoming a history teacher that's awesome to find out. You should definitely react to more history films
Great reaction like always, This movie is another masterpiece from Nolan. What he has put before our eyes definitively deserves to be seen, as does Cillian Murphy's performance in the role of Oppenheimer and the irreconcilable but fantastic, but Robert Downey Jr. in the role of Lewis Strauss is in another level what a great performance truly amazing. The Trinity Test recreation was filmed without special effects, Nolan is no stranger to recreating dramatic events on the big screen but in perhaps his most ambitious move yet, the director decided to film the atomic bomb test without using any CGI or visual effects. That means what you see on screen really did take place - although on a smaller scale. The movie opens with an ominous opening caption, which reads: “Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.” The film is based on Kai Bird’s 2005 Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus and explaining the comparison, Kai writes in his book: “Like that rebellious Greek god Prometheus who stole fire from Zeus and bestowed it upon humankind, Oppenheimer gave us atomic fire. The cast lived together during filming, Nolan moved his cast and crew into digs together. Emily Blunt likened the situation to ‘summer camp’ and told People: “We were all in the same hotel in the middle of the New Mexican desert. We only had each other.” in another unusual move, Nolan wrote the script in first person in order to reflect how most of the film is being told from Oppenheimer’s perspective and using his memories. Matt Damon told in an interview: “I’ve never seen that done before. Instead of ‘Oppenheimer walks across the room,’ it’s ‘I walk across the room.’ This was a way for him to signal that, Okay, this is what the movie’s going to feel like. It’s going to feel immediate.” I have to say if you love Nolan movies and the storytelling like he does you should watch "Tenet" it also has some kind of conection with this movie it touches the subject of Oppenheimer. you really should watch that. Keep up the good work.
Nolan winning the Oscar for Oppenheimer reminds me of Julianne Moore winning for Still Alice. You have an artist who has consistently been a trendsetter in their previous works yet continuously ignored until they make, what is essentially, A Regular Movie. Oppenheimer is good but it’s a very straightforward biopic elevated with the frenetic editing of The Dark Knight.
22:20 Sounds like you're describing the radiological disaster of Operation Castle, Bravo shot. Test of the first "practical" hydrogen bomb in the Pacific, on Bikini atoll. In addition to overshooting its expected yield by 2.5 times due to a miscalculation, the winds unexpectedly changed direction and carried fallout to the neighboring inhabited atoll. The weird white "snow" the children played with was coral from the reef, vaporized by the detonation, coated with the radioactive products of the detonation. It wasn't hot, it just didn't melt like normal snow would - because it wasn't actual snow.
As a history buff, you might like another *Cillian Murphy* film - *The Wind That Shakes The Barley* . It's set in Ireland during the Irish War for Independence and the Irish Civil War. Bring your tissues.
Bless your sweet heart. Once again you show us your sensibility. I thourougly enjoyed this. I agree with your views on Nolan. I think you can see him developping his skills over his movies, over the years. To me, this feels like his Magnum Opus (so far). The scenario, the chronology in which he told the story, the cast, the cinematography, the music has all come together to fit perfectly in this magnificient work. It's just brilliant. I didn't know you were a mother. Congratulations. I didn't know you were an history teacher too. Well done there too. I really enjoyed getting into full teacher mode!
best reaction, as are your other reactions to reactions of stuff I've watched. The tragic thing is, his fears are closer than ever before now; as the clock is at present 90 seconds away from Midnight. Thank you for your continued viewing of such gems, and your honest reactions to them.
I saw this in IMAX three times, once while sitting in the front row, and it was an exhilarating experience. The music especially really carried the mood for me. And it was So loud. I’m really glad you focused on the ending because I think it was delivered so perfectly. It’s an event that has literally changed the course of time and history forever; the threat of nuclear war.
Saw this in theaters 6 times 😂 I literally love this movie. It’s one of my favorite films ever without a doubt. It deserved every award it got this past award season. Enjoying your reaction so far!
I remember reading last year when Oppenheimer was released. That 90% of the cost of developing the nuclear bomb was acquiring the fissionable materials. Now the world sits on a razor's edge.
My Grandfather (RIP 2023) was on the diversion plane for the Enola Gay. He was the flight engineer on "Strange Cargo". He told me stories about handling the "device"... he said they accidentally dropped one of them on the tarmac during loading. It took almost until his death last year to openly talk about it. Another version is "Fat Man & Little Boy". It's about everything here but a different perspective. These films hit harder to the family because of Grandpa.
So he was not on the "Necessary Evil? ;) Jk, just recently learned that was the name of one the B-29s escorting the "Enola Gay". Found it extremely ironic given what they were about to do...
@@TehIdiotOne NOPE. But at least the Air Force came to his hospital room when he was dying, to give him a folded and framed flag and a Medal. 🙄 In 2023!!!! The gaul.
Seen this a few times now. That ending left me breathless. For several minutes; And I haven’t stopped thinking about it since. On a lighter note, the “Hmm?” sound effect when the implosion maker is detonating tests & needs to pop his head out to see the explosion makes me chuckle every time I watch.
I watched the movie twice and still didn't realize that was Gary Oldman as President Truman until someone pointed it out 🤦. The whole cast absolutely killed it, especially Robert Downey Jr during the 3rd act!
An incredible movie and settled with one of the most moving and overwhelming endings in the history of cinema that epiphany that Oppenheimer has about the future of humanity and planet Earth leaves you crying 😢
Just came across your channel with this video and loved your reactions. Was fun to watch since I love the film so much and Nolan in general. Also I remember hearing that story about the little girls who were just outside the radius and thought it was snow, it's so horrific and eerie to think about. Will defs watch your other vids!
I've never seen another movie do such a good job of getting into the headspace of its protagonist. The feeling of tortured, soul-crushing guilt is so riveting to empathize with.
Before moving to New Mexico, I had no idea about Los Alamos. When I grew up in California, I had no idea about Livermore. Then we get a little movie called, Oppenheimer. I now know more about Los Alamos even though I have lived in Rio Rancho (skirt of Albuquerque) for half of my life. I now know the importance of a certain Lab in Livermore, named Lawrence Livermore Lab. It was likely told to me a long time ago about LLL, but I have since forgotten it or never really cared about the importance.
I love watching your channel because I learn something new each time. I’ve seen this movie 5 times in IMAX and this is the first time it occurred to me that Kitty could’ve been acting the way she did due to post partum depression. So thank you once again for your valuable insight.
4:03 Yup. Kenneth Branagh. The list of movies/plays/etc he's appeared in is waaaay too long to list here, but he won an Oscar as screenwriter for 'Belfast' (2022), & he was nominated multiple times (including the lead in 1990's 'Henry V'). I think this is his...*third*...Nolan film? He portrayed a British commander in 'Dunkirk' & was the main antagonist in 'Tenet'...
24:55 I went opening weekend to see the movie. When the nuke detonated & the music stopped? We - a packed IMAX theater of roughly 250 people - were so silenced & in awe, we could all hear Oppenheimer breathing. No munching of popcorn, no rattling of ice in cups...I already had goosebumps before I realized it, but man...
33:40 Emily Blunt 1,000% earned her Oscar nom for this scene alone. How she started out meek to draw Robb in, then flipped the script & put him on his heels...
So many great performances in this one. Jason Clarke was one of the standouts for me. Dude was so good at playing a government prick 🤣 I’ve always been a fan of his and I’m glad he’s still getting work. Also Alden Ehrenreich had some funny ass moments towards the end. That glare he gives Strauss like “I’m done with this guy’s bullshit” was golden 🤣
Jason Clarke deserves more praise, between this and Winning Time among other things. I didn't even realize the guy was Australian until well into Winning Time for crying out loud.
Ok. So you went right into 'Oppenheimer' before 'Dunkirk' Thought that you would do it by chronology, both historically speaking and in terms of Nolan movies. Nevertheless, thank you for reacting to the Best Picture award winner for 2023. I like the approach the movie took in that it did not attempt to editorialize. It basically presented the events as they happened and let the viewers decide for themselves how they wish to perceive the totality of what they saw and its historical legacy. From a directorial, cinematography and casting standpoint, all of these elements are topnotch. Found an interesting tidbit about Christopher Nolan first becoming aware of Oppenheimer as a youth, after hearing the lyric "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" in the Sting song "Russians" from 1985.
This is a great movie. I am always both horrified by and thankful for the atomic bomb. My Grandfather was going to be landing in mainland Japan had they not surrendered. Based on the casualty projections of Operation Downfall, I probably would not be here. I love military history and have studied the war in depth for two and a half decades and as terrible as it is, in my opinion, the bombings were necessary and lifesaving long-term. It was the less terrible of two horrific options. Hundreds of thousands dead or over ten million dead. I asked a veteran what he thought of the bombings. He said, "When you sucker punch someone, you can't complain when he flattens you." I had to edit some language in his response.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cried at the audience scene. Him imagining his creation killing everyone in that room and him stepping in those ashes? My god, his eyes were saying more than his words.
Saw it on release day and in a full screening, during the silence when the bomb does off, nobody made a sound. Not a cough, no rustling through a packet of sweets, no scratching at the bottom of the popcorn box.. nothing. Everybody just soaked in every second. I've never been prouder of an audience of strangers.
I LOVE the potty mouth. Every time you drop the f bomb, I smile inside. When the pretty girl next door drops the unexpected, it's so funny. Especially since it's done with such enthusiasm. 🙆😁
There is a very annoying misconception about the portrayal of the nuclear explosion in this movie, and in general. If you want the action-packed thrilling sound blasting experience from the explosion like it is in most movies, you are in the wrong place. You are not going to get that in Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is supposed to show you exactly how the Los Alamos scientists and faculty members experienced the Trinity test. A very realistic portrayal. You see the pillar of fire first because of the insane speed of light and then hear the sound, plus the shockwave passing through. In real life, this is how it would seem for anyone observing a nuclear detonation from a distance similar to that of the people in Los Alamos. The stuff you see in other movies, you would have to observe from a distance so close, death is guaranteed. Not from the distances shown in those same movies.
Such a great movie. At the theater, I bought one of those super mega gigantic cups of soda and was squirming in my seat because I didn't want to miss anything. Have any plans to do any more Nolan movies?
I loved two films from last year, Oppenheimer and Godzilla Minus One. The monster movie is a fantastic companion piece because it deals with the unstoppable horrors coming and how people found the courage to rise above it.
The silence in the theater when the bomb went off was pretty loud, then the sound of the Shockwave literally freaked everyone out even though some where anticipating it it was great
It's always a pleasure when I get your upload notifications! Thank you for putting the time into your content and channel, even with a toddler on your hands.
@@LiteWeightReacting I'm sorry, I also didn't want to spam, I just wanted to know your opinion on this topic deeply, It's just that in many countries around the world Oppenheimer's explicit sexual scenes, nudity and sex were criticized for being unnecessary, uncomfortable and disgusting, even in Middle East movie was censored all sexual scenes
You talked about not turning the reaction into a history lesson. But I think that idea would make your content and channel so cool and unique. Loved the history perspective of your analysis. Thank you. 🎉
The first 2 hours of the film were a bit hard to keep up with, but by the end we were given so many unexpected satisfying payoffs and "twists" from a historical biopic. Strauss having the hearing suddenly go sideways on him and getting denied, Kitty completely shutting down the prosecutor, seeing what Einstein and Oppenheimer really talked about, and even though it was scary, that final line. It all came together so well.
This is probably the first movie that has TWO movies intertwined within itself. One being the bomb being built & the subsequent investigation after. You could have made two movies out of this but this man Christopher Nolan wove them together. If there's a word bigger than genius he i sit.
A truly great actor can make four simple words the most gutting thing you've ever heard in your life. Saw this in theaters three times, and that last line sent chills down my back every time 😮😮😮
Wuz up ya'll! This movie deserved every award its gotten, Especially Cillian Murphy, Lite I recommend a zombie flick call 28 Days Later if you haven't seen it yet, Cillian Murphy plays the main character.
I recently rewatched it on 4K. I was able to watch it in theaters twice and luckily once was how it was intended which was IMAX 70MM and I am happy I did. Nolan brilliantly molds a 3 hour biopic that is so intricate in its science and execution but yet makes it extremely interesting.
Great movie, Great Reaction! Thank you, Lite! Also awesome to know you have a history degree! I just got mine last year with a concentration in Military History, so I really enjoyed seeing Nolan’s take here on this and Dunkirk. Have an awesome rest of the week!
It's in colour when the scenes are from Oppie's direct thoughts or perspectives, black and white for when the scenes are speculative, i.e. Strauss' perspectives.
Loved the reaction! This was an amazing watch in theaters - I don't think I've ever seen a movie that builds suspense for a solid two hours this well before haha. Keep being awesome! I'm going to go catch up on the latest episode of Bloodborne now :D
When you say you taught world history, what grade level are we talking about? High School level? Grade School level? Also, what does the curriculum usually include when teaching World History? Is there a specific time period?
Nolan somehow managed to make a 3 hour drama that’s so jam packed that there isn’t a SINGLE good moment to take a pee-break and that reminds you of the very real ever-present dread that atomic weapons exist in our world.
I ran into that problem too. One night I was gonna pop my 4K in just to see how it looked, and I ended up watching the entire thing in one sitting because there was no good place to pause even tho I had work the next day 🤣
EXACTLY!!! I just watched it on my big screen on Peacock and I didn't budge a bit. By the time the movie ended, I was gasping for air. This was an incredible movie from start to finish.
Piece of advice: if you feel any indication, that you need to use the bathroom, do it before the film starts. And then: let's go.
@@drumaticpageofmusic4148 That is not a problem, that is a miracle, and a moviefan should be jumping around for joy like a mexican bean if he/she sees or even has a film like that.
Saw it in theaters twice. Still got such a rush of emotions during the Trinity scene even though I knew from history what would happen. That’s a sign of a great director.
I thought the trinity explosion was underwhelming, it didn’t even look close to a nuclear explosion. The opening scene with the fireball making contact with the ground looked much better.
I watched it 3 times in theatres and I kinda chuckled the 3rd time looking at how bad the trinity test explosion was haha
@@ReverseFlash23 Yeah completely relying on practical explosions and not using archival footage was a misstep imo. The famous slo mo airburst explosion footage would’ve been way more impactful
@@ReverseFlash23 I have to agree. I was so disappointed with the explosion. The whole movie was hyping up to that moment and it was like poof, done. Literally poof. I've seen video of the real test and it was much more impressive, even in lo-fi black and white.
He really is the best at building tension! He’s unmatched!
the whole cinema was shaking in that scene. it was breathtaking to say the least.
The shot of the V2 rocket teased earlier in the movie, then shown again at the end, but then this time it pans to reveal it’s not just one, but many… man, that’s gotta be one of my favorite things that Nolan has put to the big screen. Such a chilling ending.
Such a beautiful end. Scientifically speaking the atmosphere didn't ignite. Politically speaking, we're on fire all the time.
Those aren’t V2s. They are ICBMs
They are icbms, not sure which weapons system, doesn’t look like minute man missiles.
@@Jeffcatbuckeye its a mirror from the pilot who saw v2 rocket and oppenheimer who imagine him in the cockpit but this time its not v2 but icbm
Winner of 7 Oscars:
Best Picture, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan
Best Director, Christopher Nolan
Best Actor, Cillian Murphy
Best Supporting Actor, Robert Downey Jr
Best Film Editing, Jennifer Lame
Best Original Score, Ludwig Gorranson
Best Cinematography, Hoyte Van Hoytema.
Well deserved.
Your commentary and insight is so much more literate and analytical than many other reactors, really enjoyed this reaction! And honestly you might be the first reactor I've watched who picked up on the reason for the color and B&W. Bravo haha
Thanks Dylan! This means a lot!!
ENORMOUS props to Ludwig Gorannson for his incredible score for this film. It's been a pretty regular repeat since I came out of the theater after watching the film for the first time lol.
Honestly, my new favorite score. Probably recency bias, but the score is packed with awesome pieces. I have it now over Inception and Interstellar
Very good music indeed, but if you listen carefully, it is an almost carbon copy of Tenet and Inception! :)
@@pauldeak3265 I've seen a couple people make that argument, but I honestly don't hear it. Maybe for a couple pieces, but that's it. There are so many unique tracks in the film. Can You Hear the Music, American Prometheus, Trinity, Destroyer of Worlds, Quantum Mechanics, etc.....
To be fair, I was also not the biggest fan of Tenet though (really the only Nolan film that did not really grip me), so maybe I'm just not hearing the similarities between the two scores if there are any.
@@ReverseFlash23 As a Star Wars fan it's hard to me to argue to it being my favourite, but it's certainly quite high up there.
Hes a true apprentice to Hans Zimmer who was too busy with Dune 2.
The last line and the way Cillian delivers it, truly is a gut punch.
And yes, the guy who plays Neils Bohr, aka Kenneth Branagh, is in 'Murder on the Orient Express' and if you're going to watch all of Nolan's films you'll see him again, in 'Tenet' and 'Dunkirk.' He somewhat of a protagonist in one and the antagonist in the other.
Also played Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. lol
“Is it possible they talked about something more important”
And what are they actually talking about?? The possible end of the world…
Such a great film and awesome reaction thank you.
Thank you Gino!
not a possibility, a certainty along a long enough timeline
What is worse than biting into an apple and seeing a worm?
Biting into an apple and seeing half a worm. 🤣
The scene's that are in Colour are in Oppenheimer's perspective, the scene's in black and white are in Lewis Strauss perspective.
I've seen this movie a few times before this reaction and always assumed the black and white parts were anything having to do with the first trial, but it didn't quite work and never made complete sense.
The simple "it's from his perspective" explanation makes so much sense. Even many of the camera shots during the black and white scenes are from behind Struass's head, giving us his perspective.
Yeah she mentions it a couple of times during the reaction.
Love this detail from Nolan!
Actually I'm pretty sure the colour is subjective, from Oppenheimers point of view, and the black and white is objective, historically impartial and accurate. Its why the performances are noticeably different in the scene we see from both styles.
@@KS-xk2so This is what I read as well. Although the Opp/Strauss perspective theory is a pretty good one too.
Well I am a scientist and I can tell you the sound thing at the bomb testing was accurate. From where they were watching the explosion, there would have been about a minute delay between seeing the light and hearing the sound/experiencing the shockwave. One thing I found really funny is that the actor who played Werner Heisenberg (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a German actor who’s mostly known for doing cheesy rom coms. Also I don‘t know if you already know this or not, since you have a history degree but a poisoned apple ties Oppenheimer to another brilliant man of his time called Allen Turing. He was a British mathematician who built the first “computer” ever to decrypt the enigma a German encryption machine. Sadly he later took his own life by eating an apple that he poisoned with cyanide. There is an incredible movie about him and his work during world war 2 called The Imitation Game, I highly recommend you watch it
Good to see someone recommending The Imitation Game, great movie :)
The fact that Nolan shot this on actual film with practical effects is mind blowing
Yea, but the nuclear detonation doesn't look accurate, it just looks like a big gasoline explosion, which is what it was. I think this is one time he should've used CGI, because it would've be far more accurate looking.
@@ChrissonatorOFL Or he coulda blown a nuke lol
From an inflation Calculator in 1945, $2,000,000,000 adjusted for inflation to 2024 equals $34,480,666,666.67 a 1624% increase.
That's, um, a lot
Whew! That’s no drop in the bucket!
@@LiteWeightReacting It was a massive investment from the US for sure
Fun fact, that would constitute a whopping 4% of the entire DoD defense budget for 2023, a huge portion considering that was just for the development and production of the first device.
@@TheGoIsWin21yeah that kind of proves Oppenheimer’s point lol
A single mom, a history teacher, a gamer and a youtuber. Wow lite im amazed at your hardwork.
Wait, did I miss something? I thought she was married.
@@seanibarra-loredo7290 I'm just taking a guess . I'm not sure if she's married or single. I barely knew she had kids.
@@hkaayaakuu Oh, well then yes, she's married. I just saw you had almost 40 likes and no one corrected you, so I was wondering if she divorced XD
All good tho
she is very happily married!!!
A leftist.
Dang I never realized Kitty might have had postpartum depression. That definitely needs to be represented more. All your reactions are so insightful! Hate having to wait two weeks between uploads!
Yeah, I knew it was something related to that, but I didn't know the term. I thought it was more of Kitty's disappointment that the reason why she wasn't happy with Harrison was still prevalent: a brilliant woman forced to be a housewife.
By the way, more awareness about postpartum depression has to be there. I keep hearing a lot of news about young mothers accidentally murdering their babies out of desperate attempts to make them quiet. When I was young, when someone in our family had a child recently, some of our relatives especially other mothers and middle-aged women used to stick around the mother and child to take over when the child gets grumpy and feed it whenever necessary.
I don't know if this practice is still around in this generation of atomic families. Nannies are there, but not everyone can afford/trust nannies. Families stick together.
They make it pretty obvious, the whole sitting in a dark kitchen with a bottle of scotch ready to collapse while the baby is crying.
It's pretty obvious.
The black and white is just how Lewis Strauss sees the world
This is Nolan's crowning achievement in what is already a long career of hit films. This film's editing and storytelling style, the way it rapidly jumps between time periods, this is a style that Nolan has been experimenting with since The Prestige (2007). Not all of his films are like this, but you can see shades of this style in The Prestige, Inception, Tenet, and Dunkirk. He perfected the technique for Oppenheimer, and I think the results were spectacular!
I saw it in Theater with my wife and loved it so much I had to go back with my daughter and watch it in IMAX. What a movie. Truly a masterpiece from Christopher Nolan.
Really great film and both Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey, Jr. definitely earned their praise and awards.
I didn't really like that Robert Oppenheimer practically abandoned his family, tho.
The toll that the Manhattan Project took on him was overbearing.
Yeah the whole Manhattan project was absolutely insane!!
Downey did not deserve it over Damon
Downey absolutely did deserve it @@juniegyllenhaal3937 😂 . And matt damon seriously , his entire performance felt so artificial , looked like he had piles or something .
@@juniegyllenhaal3937 Are you joking? His monologue near the end of him absolutely losing it over the trial is one of the best pieces of acting I've ever seen, period.
Oppenheimer was a scumbag in his private life though. A womanizer. Shouldn't blame the bomb for it
I was thrilled by your reaction. Your passion and your genuine understanding of the subject matter and its implications were genuinely moving.
I feel like everytime I watch a reaction from you I am gaining new perspectives on movies I have already seen and thought about and it is just wonderful! Also, Cillian Murphy's acting was out of this world, the way he could portray so much emotions without saying a word or moving a muscle
One of the few movies I've seen in my life where at the end there was stunned silence with peoples mouths open, sitting in aghast, shock in their eyes.
Probably took at least a minute for people to snap out of it and there was still silence as everyone walked out.
Seeing this in IMAX was beyond spectacular.
The visuals, the sound, the acting, feeling everything sitting on your chest.....
Had to experience it again the very next day.
This was made for IMAX.
I think Emily Blunt said it best about the film. That Nolan had Trojan Horse'd a biopic into a thriller. I love how Nolan crafts a series of small "detonations" of emotions, to all go off at the end. Much like the pulling/demolition of a building. Nolan does this in most of his films, e.g. Oppenheimer, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Inception, Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight. *boom boom boom boom BOOM!!!*
Oh, and how about the music??? Especially that small scene near the start of the film, after "Can you hear the music, Robert?" Is that not phenomenal? Probably one of the big scenes that contributed to Goransson winning an Oscar.
Loved your reaction, I would have liked this video a bunch more times if it would let me!
I saw this in theaters twice. The first time I saw it, I stumbled out of the theater and had to sit back down at a bench outside. It completely wrecked me existentially. I also appreciate that almost every supporting performance almost completely stole the show. I love your analysis at the end, how we are far removed enough from these events that we can see the whole picture like a puzzle. You've fast become my favorite reaction channel as you have genuine reactions and you don't "over" react if that makes sense. You have reasonable and relatable gut reactions to the right emotional beats and you always have great insight on what you just saw.
43:20 Oppenheimer and crew were at the south bunker, 10 000 yards from Zero so it took the shockwave about 27 seconds to reach them. That's also about the time the fireball stopped glowing so they got that part right, even though the entire sequence was obviously dragged out for cinematic effect.
The Trinity test scene is one of the best sequences in a movie I’ve seen in years. Pure cinema.
Man, I watched this at the theater with my wife… the Trinity test scene… I really considered walking out of the theater… my anxiety was just way out of control and… you already know what’s gonna happen! This film deserved every award it won👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nolan pulls a multi ending again like Dark Knight, Inception, and Prestige.
"We thought we might start a chain reaction that will destroy the world, I believe we did". This revelation is not just metaphorical for other countries to build bigger bombs that could potentially destroy the world, but also it starts the chain reaction of Lewis Strauss campaign to discredit and destroy Oppenheimer who was condescending to him, but ends up getting denied from the cabinet himself.
The Atomic Bomb = Ego, I have one, someone has a bigger one, everyone loses.
Atomic = Ego is an interesting perspective.
How i took this film was when Ernest Lawrence tells Oppenheimer when telling him to get his act together by saying that Oppenheimer ain't just self important but actually important.
For me that was the summary of movie where Lewis Strauss was self important while Oppenheimer being actually important.
I knew you were a teacher but didn't know it was history you taught. As someone who once considered becoming a history teacher that's awesome to find out. You should definitely react to more history films
It's so awesome and refreshing watching a reaction to this with someone who knows the background and the history. Loving this 🥰
Great reaction like always, This movie is another masterpiece from Nolan. What he has put before our eyes definitively deserves to be seen, as does Cillian Murphy's performance in the role of Oppenheimer and the irreconcilable but fantastic, but Robert Downey Jr. in the role of Lewis Strauss is in another level what a great performance truly amazing. The Trinity Test recreation was filmed without special effects, Nolan is no stranger to recreating dramatic events on the big screen but in perhaps his most ambitious move yet, the director decided to film the atomic bomb test without using any CGI or visual effects. That means what you see on screen really did take place - although on a smaller scale. The movie opens with an ominous opening caption, which reads: “Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. For this he was chained to a rock and tortured for eternity.” The film is based on Kai Bird’s 2005 Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus and explaining the comparison, Kai writes in his book: “Like that rebellious Greek god Prometheus who stole fire from Zeus and bestowed it upon humankind, Oppenheimer gave us atomic fire. The cast lived together during filming, Nolan moved his cast and crew into digs together. Emily Blunt likened the situation to ‘summer camp’ and told People: “We were all in the same hotel in the middle of the New Mexican desert. We only had each other.” in another unusual move, Nolan wrote the script in first person in order to reflect how most of the film is being told from Oppenheimer’s perspective and using his memories. Matt Damon told in an interview: “I’ve never seen that done before. Instead of ‘Oppenheimer walks across the room,’ it’s ‘I walk across the room.’ This was a way for him to signal that, Okay, this is what the movie’s going to feel like. It’s going to feel immediate.” I have to say if you love Nolan movies and the storytelling like he does you should watch "Tenet" it also has some kind of conection with this movie it touches the subject of Oppenheimer. you really should watch that. Keep up the good work.
Nolan winning the Oscar for Oppenheimer reminds me of Julianne Moore winning for Still Alice. You have an artist who has consistently been a trendsetter in their previous works yet continuously ignored until they make, what is essentially, A Regular Movie. Oppenheimer is good but it’s a very straightforward biopic elevated with the frenetic editing of The Dark Knight.
20:32 Well, much of the Japanese military acted in a basically subhuman manner throughout the war.
Exactly... 'These people' always forget to mention that.
They were quite frankly, insane.
22:20 Sounds like you're describing the radiological disaster of Operation Castle, Bravo shot. Test of the first "practical" hydrogen bomb in the Pacific, on Bikini atoll. In addition to overshooting its expected yield by 2.5 times due to a miscalculation, the winds unexpectedly changed direction and carried fallout to the neighboring inhabited atoll. The weird white "snow" the children played with was coral from the reef, vaporized by the detonation, coated with the radioactive products of the detonation. It wasn't hot, it just didn't melt like normal snow would - because it wasn't actual snow.
As a history buff, you might like another *Cillian Murphy* film - *The Wind That Shakes The Barley* . It's set in Ireland during the Irish War for Independence and the Irish Civil War. Bring your tissues.
Nolan keeps making masterpieces even now, this guy is insane
Bless your sweet heart. Once again you show us your sensibility. I thourougly enjoyed this. I agree with your views on Nolan. I think you can see him developping his skills over his movies, over the years. To me, this feels like his Magnum Opus (so far). The scenario, the chronology in which he told the story, the cast, the cinematography, the music has all come together to fit perfectly in this magnificient work. It's just brilliant.
I didn't know you were a mother. Congratulations. I didn't know you were an history teacher too. Well done there too. I really enjoyed getting into full teacher mode!
I like your videos a lot! Your reactions are genuine. Thanks for being real
Thank you!!
best reaction, as are your other reactions to reactions of stuff I've watched. The tragic thing is, his fears are closer than ever before now; as the clock is at present 90 seconds away from Midnight. Thank you for your continued viewing of such gems, and your honest reactions to them.
Love that when you talked about the documentary I immediately knew it was Turning Point The Bomb and the Cold war, love an informed reactor!
Wooo! Heck yeah! Historians unite!
Soooooo enjoyed your reaction and post watch discussion. Your analysis was deep and well done. Much moreso than other reactors. Thanks!!!!
I kept expecting Cillian Murphy to break into a Talking Heads song. He looked just like David Byrne.
I saw this in IMAX three times, once while sitting in the front row, and it was an exhilarating experience. The music especially really carried the mood for me. And it was So loud.
I’m really glad you focused on the ending because I think it was delivered so perfectly. It’s an event that has literally changed the course of time and history forever; the threat of nuclear war.
Awesome movie. I live a few hrs away from Los Alamos, and plan to go visit it within the next month or so.
you're going to love this upon second rewatch. Second time around you should pay attention to how brilliant the score is. Great reaction
Really enjoyed this! Normally do not watch reactions but this was really well done!
Saw this in theaters 6 times 😂 I literally love this movie. It’s one of my favorite films ever without a doubt. It deserved every award it got this past award season. Enjoying your reaction so far!
26:46 I’m glad I’m not the only one who cried during this scene. I was sobbing in the theatre and people were looking at me like I was crazy.
I remember reading last year when Oppenheimer was released. That 90% of the cost of developing the nuclear bomb was acquiring the fissionable materials. Now the world sits on a razor's edge.
My Grandfather (RIP 2023) was on the diversion plane for the Enola Gay.
He was the flight engineer on "Strange Cargo".
He told me stories about handling the "device"... he said they accidentally dropped one of them on the tarmac during loading.
It took almost until his death last year to openly talk about it.
Another version is "Fat Man & Little Boy".
It's about everything here but a different perspective.
These films hit harder to the family because of Grandpa.
So he was not on the "Necessary Evil? ;)
Jk, just recently learned that was the name of one the B-29s escorting the "Enola Gay".
Found it extremely ironic given what they were about to do...
@@TehIdiotOne NOPE. But at least the Air Force came to his hospital room when he was dying, to give him a folded and framed flag and a Medal.
🙄
In 2023!!!!
The gaul.
Danke!
No, thank you!!!!
Seen this a few times now.
That ending left me breathless. For several minutes; And I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
On a lighter note, the “Hmm?” sound effect when the implosion maker is detonating tests & needs to pop his head out to see the explosion makes me chuckle every time I watch.
I watched the movie twice and still didn't realize that was Gary Oldman as President Truman until someone pointed it out 🤦. The whole cast absolutely killed it, especially Robert Downey Jr during the 3rd act!
Seriously he blended right in!
An incredible movie and settled with one of the most moving and overwhelming endings in the history of cinema that epiphany that Oppenheimer has about the future of humanity and planet Earth leaves you crying 😢
Perfect timing! I'm just waiting for the stream to start so this is a great way to pass the time😄
Wow! It was a Lite night!!
@@LiteWeightReacting And they're only getting Lite-r!
Just came across your channel with this video and loved your reactions. Was fun to watch since I love the film so much and Nolan in general. Also I remember hearing that story about the little girls who were just outside the radius and thought it was snow, it's so horrific and eerie to think about. Will defs watch your other vids!
I've never seen another movie do such a good job of getting into the headspace of its protagonist. The feeling of tortured, soul-crushing guilt is so riveting to empathize with.
Before moving to New Mexico, I had no idea about Los Alamos. When I grew up in California, I had no idea about Livermore. Then we get a little movie called, Oppenheimer. I now know more about Los Alamos even though I have lived in Rio Rancho (skirt of Albuquerque) for half of my life. I now know the importance of a certain Lab in Livermore, named Lawrence Livermore Lab. It was likely told to me a long time ago about LLL, but I have since forgotten it or never really cared about the importance.
Please complete all Nolan's filmography
This
That’s been the plan all along!
I love watching your channel because I learn something new each time. I’ve seen this movie 5 times in IMAX and this is the first time it occurred to me that Kitty could’ve been acting the way she did due to post partum depression. So thank you once again for your valuable insight.
4:03 Yup. Kenneth Branagh. The list of movies/plays/etc he's appeared in is waaaay too long to list here, but he won an Oscar as screenwriter for 'Belfast' (2022), & he was nominated multiple times (including the lead in 1990's 'Henry V').
I think this is his...*third*...Nolan film? He portrayed a British commander in 'Dunkirk' & was the main antagonist in 'Tenet'...
24:55 I went opening weekend to see the movie. When the nuke detonated & the music stopped? We - a packed IMAX theater of roughly 250 people - were so silenced & in awe, we could all hear Oppenheimer breathing. No munching of popcorn, no rattling of ice in cups...I already had goosebumps before I realized it, but man...
33:40 Emily Blunt 1,000% earned her Oscar nom for this scene alone. How she started out meek to draw Robb in, then flipped the script & put him on his heels...
Branagh freakin killed it!
All the awards were well deserved. It was a good oscars after a long time
As a US history lover I definitely loved this movie, the horror of the creation of the bomb and his face! It brought tears to my eyes lol.
So many great performances in this one. Jason Clarke was one of the standouts for me. Dude was so good at playing a government prick 🤣 I’ve always been a fan of his and I’m glad he’s still getting work.
Also Alden Ehrenreich had some funny ass moments towards the end. That glare he gives Strauss like “I’m done with this guy’s bullshit” was golden 🤣
Jason Clarke deserves more praise, between this and Winning Time among other things. I didn't even realize the guy was Australian until well into Winning Time for crying out loud.
Ok. So you went right into 'Oppenheimer' before 'Dunkirk' Thought that you would do it by chronology, both historically speaking and in terms of Nolan movies. Nevertheless, thank you for reacting to the Best Picture award winner for 2023.
I like the approach the movie took in that it did not attempt to editorialize. It basically presented the events as they happened and let the viewers decide for themselves how they wish to perceive the totality of what they saw and its historical legacy. From a directorial, cinematography and casting standpoint, all of these elements are topnotch.
Found an interesting tidbit about Christopher Nolan first becoming aware of Oppenheimer as a youth, after hearing the lyric "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" in the Sting song "Russians" from 1985.
This is a great movie. I am always both horrified by and thankful for the atomic bomb. My Grandfather was going to be landing in mainland Japan had they not surrendered. Based on the casualty projections of Operation Downfall, I probably would not be here. I love military history and have studied the war in depth for two and a half decades and as terrible as it is, in my opinion, the bombings were necessary and lifesaving long-term. It was the less terrible of two horrific options. Hundreds of thousands dead or over ten million dead. I asked a veteran what he thought of the bombings. He said, "When you sucker punch someone, you can't complain when he flattens you." I had to edit some language in his response.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who cried at the audience scene. Him imagining his creation killing everyone in that room and him stepping in those ashes? My god, his eyes were saying more than his words.
Only Chris Nolan could get me to sit through a 3 hour drama and leave the theatre feeling like my life has changed
Liteweight my queen she's back with the reactions and I love her laugh she has a very powerful laugh
Saw it on release day and in a full screening, during the silence when the bomb does off, nobody made a sound.
Not a cough, no rustling through a packet of sweets, no scratching at the bottom of the popcorn box.. nothing.
Everybody just soaked in every second. I've never been prouder of an audience of strangers.
I LOVE the potty mouth. Every time you drop the f bomb, I smile inside. When the pretty girl next door drops the unexpected, it's so funny. Especially since it's done with such enthusiasm. 🙆😁
At the Trinity test they were about 6 miles away from ground zero, so it took 25 seconds for the soudwave to hit them...💥☮️
I like your reaction because you are emotive and seems to sincerely enjoy it, very good.
Nolan is a master of our time it’s an honour to grow up with his movies ..
There is a very annoying misconception about the portrayal of the nuclear explosion in this movie, and in general. If you want the action-packed thrilling sound blasting experience from the explosion like it is in most movies, you are in the wrong place. You are not going to get that in Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is supposed to show you exactly how the Los Alamos scientists and faculty members experienced the Trinity test. A very realistic portrayal. You see the pillar of fire first because of the insane speed of light and then hear the sound, plus the shockwave passing through.
In real life, this is how it would seem for anyone observing a nuclear detonation from a distance similar to that of the people in Los Alamos. The stuff you see in other movies, you would have to observe from a distance so close, death is guaranteed. Not from the distances shown in those same movies.
You forget this about history. The further you get the better you see the picture but the more puzzle pieces you lose.
Wassup Liteweight how are you today really excited for this reaction always enjoy your videos 😊
Hey Omari! Thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoyed the reaction!
Such a great movie. At the theater, I bought one of those super mega gigantic cups of soda and was squirming in my seat because I didn't want to miss anything.
Have any plans to do any more Nolan movies?
I loved two films from last year, Oppenheimer and Godzilla Minus One. The monster movie is a fantastic companion piece because it deals with the unstoppable horrors coming and how people found the courage to rise above it.
The silence in the theater when the bomb went off was pretty loud, then the sound of the Shockwave literally freaked everyone out even though some where anticipating it it was great
One detail the film doesn’t get into: Einstein visited in Japan in 1923. He went to Kyoto, Tokyo, and… Hiroshima.
It's always a pleasure when I get your upload notifications! Thank you for putting the time into your content and channel, even with a toddler on your hands.
Thank you!!! 😊
@@LiteWeightReactingdidn't even respond to my message. He responded to all messages except me because I'm from another country. That bothered me.😢
I responded Gonzalo, if you keep spam posting like this I’m going to block you. This is your only warning.
@Gonzalo_Almendra how is she supposed to know you're from another country? You might want to cover up, your inner creep is showing.
@@LiteWeightReacting I'm sorry, I also didn't want to spam, I just wanted to know your opinion on this topic deeply, It's just that in many countries around the world Oppenheimer's explicit sexual scenes, nudity and sex were criticized for being unnecessary, uncomfortable and disgusting, even in Middle East movie was censored all sexual scenes
You talked about not turning the reaction into a history lesson. But I think that idea would make your content and channel so cool and unique. Loved the history perspective of your analysis. Thank you. 🎉
The first 2 hours of the film were a bit hard to keep up with, but by the end we were given so many unexpected satisfying payoffs and "twists" from a historical biopic. Strauss having the hearing suddenly go sideways on him and getting denied, Kitty completely shutting down the prosecutor, seeing what Einstein and Oppenheimer really talked about, and even though it was scary, that final line. It all came together so well.
It’s the only movie I’ve watched 3 times in a theater, I didn’t want to miss a single detail of the story and imagery.
I really did love this movie. Glad it won a bunch of awards.
So am I!
This is probably the first movie that has TWO movies intertwined within itself. One being the bomb being built & the subsequent investigation after. You could have made two movies out of this but this man Christopher Nolan wove them together. If there's a word bigger than genius he i sit.
A truly great actor can make four simple words the most gutting thing you've ever heard in your life. Saw this in theaters three times, and that last line sent chills down my back every time 😮😮😮
Kenneth Branagh is the name of the actor who portrayed Niels Bohr at the beginning.
Wuz up ya'll! This movie deserved every award its gotten, Especially Cillian Murphy, Lite I recommend a zombie flick call 28 Days Later if you haven't seen it yet, Cillian Murphy plays the main character.
I need to check that out!
@@LiteWeightReacting28 Days Later is in my top 5 horror movies of all time. Highly recommend it!
My sister and i also went for the barbenheimer but separately as i only saw Oppenheimer
I recently rewatched it on 4K. I was able to watch it in theaters twice and luckily once was how it was intended which was IMAX 70MM and I am happy I did. Nolan brilliantly molds a 3 hour biopic that is so intricate in its science and execution but yet makes it extremely interesting.
Great movie, Great Reaction! Thank you, Lite! Also awesome to know you have a history degree! I just got mine last year with a concentration in Military History, so I really enjoyed seeing Nolan’s take here on this and Dunkirk. Have an awesome rest of the week!
Glad you enjoyed this 😊 I think Dunkirk may be next!
It wasn't just Kitty -- Edward Teller was widely reviled in the scientific community for his testimony.
It's in colour when the scenes are from Oppie's direct thoughts or perspectives, black and white for when the scenes are speculative, i.e. Strauss' perspectives.
This movie was a masterclass in soo many things, but tension and sound at the top of that list
Cillian is such a good actor.
Loved the reaction! This was an amazing watch in theaters - I don't think I've ever seen a movie that builds suspense for a solid two hours this well before haha.
Keep being awesome! I'm going to go catch up on the latest episode of Bloodborne now :D
When you say you taught world history, what grade level are we talking about? High School level? Grade School level?
Also, what does the curriculum usually include when teaching World History? Is there a specific time period?
Just discovered this channel... Liking it very much so far