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I saw Oppenheimer, it wasn't what I expected (jemmy.jeena.net)

submitted 1 year ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/moviesandtv@lemmy.film

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I watched Openheimer in a IMAX movie theater today, it was not bad I liked it, especially the cinemography.

But somehow - probably because I didn't do enough research before going - I was expecting a lot of nerdy physics science like in the Martian, but it was mostly politics.

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[–] The_Mike_Drop@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for your comment it was thought provoking.

I definitly agree with "The film also showed that Oppenheimer himself was naive, thinking that "better I do this than evil men" assumes you can control what you build after you build it. The politics was the battle for control of the bomb, and the realisation that he lost that control as soon as it was complete."

But as for how I personally view the event... I went to see a movie and in how I personally view a movie it failed to justify its length and its non-linear presentation.

If I consider the event, I view it as a fixed point in time, something done that cannot be undone and arguing for or against it is tangential. There are lessons to be learned, like what you have pointed out that I agree make a compelling case study. But if that was the takeaway from Oppenheimer, then you just did a better job of telling it than the movie. Short, succinct, to the point.

I did not need Florence Pugh to be riding his dick at a commitee hearing to get that the hearings were uncomfortable, y'know?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I though Pugh was wasted honestly.

I agree that that one event is done, but viral research might be another example of scientists asking themselves "can we do this" and not "should we do this". The atomic bomb was one example, but we still need to evaluate and learn the lesson.