Christopher Nolan's next project - Oppenheimer and the A-Bomb?

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In reply to azul_rain • 9:58p, 11/2/21
hedge said:
not a big rdj guy, sucks hes in it
Yeah, audiences hate him.
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In reply to Michael Cera Palin • 9:59p, 11/2/21
PWestAg18 said:
Highly recommend people read "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer". Covers his whole life in very very fine detail. It's a dense read but there's plenty of time before the movie

Also good:
"The Making of the Atomic Bomb" -Richard Rhodes

"The Los Alamos Primer" -try to find a version with annotations by Robert Serber, has some good humor mixed in and good description of nuclear physics for those who aren't physics nerds.

Looking forward to what Nolan does with this. I am a bit afraid this is one of those topics for me where no movie can do it justice and I'll walk away disappointed no matter how good it is.
PLEASE USE SPOILER TAGS, NOT EVERYONE HAS READ THE BOOK!
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 10:00p, 11/2/21
he plays the same character in every movie (except TT) and now i get to hear the idiot marvel bros
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In reply to azul_rain • 10:25p, 11/2/21
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hedge said:
he plays the same character in every movie (except TT) and now i get to hear the idiot marvel bros
There's a lot of truth to that, since his resurgence. However, he also hasn't really been in a movie where he has been asked to do more, or something different.
He's definitely a good actor, and I trust Nolan.
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In reply to azul_rain • 1:30a, 11/3/21
hedge said:
he plays the same character in every movie (except TT) and now i get to hear the idiot marvel bros

Watch 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'
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In reply to azul_rain • 7:05p, 11/3/21
hedge said:
not a big rdj guy, sucks hes in it


It's a Nolan movie. Who gives a ***** He can get a totally new and different character out of someone like RDJ.

Were you a big Robert Pattinson fan before Tenet? I wasn't, but he was great in that role.
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11:12a, 11/4/21
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I just hope that the story happens on the screen, and isn't like Tenant.
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In reply to dc509 • 11:24a, 11/4/21
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twist, this movie is actually simultaneously a sequel and a prequel to TENET
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In reply to PneumAg • 11:33a, 11/4/21
Pattinson was in some good movies prior to Tenet, I liked rdj before he known as Iron Man, and that's not a knock on superhero movies IMO, Iron Man 1 was the best
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In reply to bobinator • 11:33a, 11/4/21
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And is shot through brief flashbacks from Oppenheimer's memories with zero dialog and only brief glimpses of the restroom and cafeteria at Los Alamos.
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12:54p, 11/4/21
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Like Dunkirk, I bet there are three different timelines of this film:

1. The moments leading up to the actual test explosion / Hiroshima
2. The research going on during the Manhattan Project. (Maybe RDJ is Feynman?)
3. Oppenheimer after the war
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In reply to Malachi Constant • 1:20p, 11/4/21
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Those are three different non-overlapping points in time. C'mon this a Nolan movie. The timelines have to be overlapping, or inside of one another or something.
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In reply to bobinator • 2:04p, 11/4/21
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You're probably right.

All three timelines need to overlap
The timelines need to move faster/slower through time (Dunkirk)
One of the timelines can be going backward entropy-wise (Tenet)
One of the timelines should be boot-strap paradoxxing to one of the others (Interstellar)
One of the timelines can be inside another timeline (Inception)
All of the timelines ought to have dialog that's difficult to hear.
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3:36p, 11/9/21
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I can hear it now... "buying or building a nuclear bomb was cheaper than digital effects anyway..."
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In reply to bobinator • 4:29p, 11/9/21
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bobinator said:
Those are three different non-overlapping points in time. C'mon this a Nolan movie. The timelines have to be overlapping, or inside of one another or something.
He flips it on its end. This time we think they are all happening at the same time, and then we find out they arent at the climax.
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3:23a, 11/19/21
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4:34p, 12/9/21
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4:49p, 12/9/21
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Florence Pugh for the win!!!!

Rami Malek is meh....but maybe Nolan can use him effectively like he does with Anne Hathaway
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In reply to TCTTS • 4:54p, 12/9/21
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TCTTS said:



Insane cast. Pumped
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In reply to TCTTS • 5:18p, 1/4/22
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Is he having a comeback? Glad to see it.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 5:19p, 1/4/22
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Same. Have always really liked Hartnett.
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6:22p, 1/4/22
Still waiting on that Hollywood Homicide sequel.
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2:21a, 1/6/22
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Some good info in here - like who's playing who, a bit more story/character context, etc - that I wasn't aware of...

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3:32p, 2/5/22
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Don't want to reread the whole thread, but Ludwig Gorannson is doing the soundtrack.
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6:19p, 2/22/22
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Cigarette out of the wrong side of his mouth. 2/10, would not watch.
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6:25p, 2/22/22
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Image was released to announce that principal photography has officially commenced.

Also, Kenneth Branagh has joined the cast...

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In reply to TCTTS • 6:45p, 2/22/22
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TCTTS said:
Image was released to announce that principal photography has officially commenced.

Also, Kenneth Branagh has joined the cast...

Think he's the Russian spy in the Manhattan Project?
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In reply to hunter2012 • 6:51p, 2/22/22
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:03p, 2/22/22
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TCTTS said:
Image was released to announce that principal photography has officially commenced.

Also, Kenneth Branagh has joined the cast...

Is it just me, or is the cigarette CGI?
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In reply to BenTheGoodAg • 7:05p, 2/22/22
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I think it's just the lighting. Close up, it's definitely real.
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