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Love any info on a new Nolan flick. I wouldn't call Tenet a misfire, but it wasn't my favorite of his to be sure. Nolan is a dual citizen of USA and England...think he grew up in both. Did Dunkirk for England about WWII, maybe this is his attempted at the American version ha. Or maybe he found a substitute for his Howard Hughes project. (which I still hope he pursues, said it's the best thing he ever wrote, didn't go after it because it was the same time as Scorsese's Aviator)

Heard Cillian Murphy would play Oppenheimer. That would be cool. But I always like seeing Nolan work with fresh talent. Since Oppenheimer has German roots how about Micheal Fessbender? He even kinda looks like him from picture. Who knows love to see where this goes.

Also this meme is great. Dont know how to take it from instagram so here is the link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT4egdFMgXW/

And just like that, I now like atom bombs.

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Early front runner for me

https://www.atomicheritage.org/sites...d%20square.jpg

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/phot...65-464-695.jpg

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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...er-1235034103/

Sounds like Emily Blunt is about to jump on as Oppenheimer/Murphy's wife.

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OK, so this is a Nolan film, so the question is... ...how will he make this confusing?

More like this is a Nolan film. Emily is the wife. How will she die? My guess...in an atom bomb.

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Sounds great. I’m no diehard Nolan fan, but I’ve always wanted to see a good film on Oppenheimer, and I do think Nolan can deliver.

Christ. I read an article its going be an ensemble and what has been announced is just the tip of the iceberg. Not sure who else he can get. I was not expecting Damon and especially RDJ but I am here for it.

Did a little research. Seems to be at least 2 or 3 more major roles. One of them is Jean Tatlock who had a romance with Oppenheimer and died when she was 30. I have had a feeling and think I read a rumor Jennifer Lawrence was attached to Nolan awhile back. Feel like she is going be cast. Just a feeling. Can't wait to see who else gets cast. Looking epic.

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Here's a real interview between Oppenheimer and Murrow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSG_G5CVVlM

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Christ. Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Benny Safdie added. Nolan might actually drop an A bomb lol

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/...n-oppenheimer/

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Hmm. Interesting hopefully. I've read several long books on this and it's quite a story, a nexus of science, war, politics, Nazis, Japanese, Soviets and the next war. A long movie or a mini-series or possibly a maxi-series seems appropriate.

Got really excited for a second when I opened thread and seen WWII.. thought Nolan might be going big what he done at the beginning of Dunkirk.. those too short scenes before it goes to the beach and becomes something different,.his Saving Private Ryan if you will. I felt that was him experimenting with it. Oh well, this will be interesting too but shucks. Maybe one day, big Nolan uncomplicated war movie.

I am hoping, probably hopelessly, that he attacks a Western one day. Probably not up his alley but a guy can hope.

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Not much, just a glimpse and a release date:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgBZLAx8mM8

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Teaser dropped few days ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrT5lpK6L1E

If I had to guess with Nolan probably during the holidays most likely Christmas. I'd check the biggest Universal movie coming out during the holidays and expect it in front whatever it is. Maybe it will drop earlier, but Nolan and Universal will want it in front of a big release.

Movie isn't being released until next July, still a year away.

Oppenheimer (2023)
 

heres the official trailer
https://youtu.be/bK6ldnjE3Y0

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why so serious?

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This could be good. The story behind the bomb is an epic project and Oppenheimer was right in the dead center of the development. Sometimes people get the idea that the US development of the bomb was overkill, but we forget that the Japanese, British, Germans and the USSR were doing something similar so somebody was going to get there first, and since it was all secret, nobody was publicizing how far along they were. Whoever got there first would control a large piece of the future.

If anybody was going to do a new movie on The Bomb (it's been done several times before), Nolan seems like the guy. The project was huge, with an uncertain outcome and Oppenheimer had the conceptual grasp about how to do it. I got a chuckle at Matt Damon as Gen. Leslie Groves, a blustering, take command, military sort of guy who spent a couple of years poking the scientists with sticks to keep things moving. I'll be curious to see what Damon does with the role.

To me, it looks like a winner, but I'm a science geek, so it's an obvious story to me...don't know about anybody else.

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@xSookieStackhouse

I merged this in with the thread that already existed for this upcoming film. Please make sure to check if a thread exists before creating new threads.

Thanks for posting the new trailer! :)

i did checked i went search and didnt see the thread

Comes right up when you search for Oppenheimer

If you're into epics (Nolan certainly is that), it's hard to find something bigger than the story of the Bomb, at least not since the parting of the Red Sea. The politics and history and future of fission dominated the remainder of the 20th century and continues into this one. Several other movies have been done, starting in 1947 with The Beginning or the End. I don't know that we have answered that question yet.

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"Movie isn't being released until next July....."

It doesn't seem like a holiday movie, especially in light of Oppenheimer's famous quote from the Bhagavad Gita - “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”.

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I don't get why trailers come out 7 months before a film is release.... Did it used to be this way, I don't think so.

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It's been that way for quite a while, December is usually par for big tentpole summer movies to release one.

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Nolan never made a bad movie.

Oppenheimer | New Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYPbbksJxIg

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Here's a powerful statement on this movie from the man himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1fs0TCDbkc

Wow

While I like a lot of Nolan's work, I disagree with this. In my opinion, "Tenet" was a bad movie. It was impossible to understand what was going on. I could watch that movie 10 times and still not understand the plot.

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Yea I appreciated his ambition on that flick but was way to muddled. He has had complexed stories before where he relied on the audiences smarts to catch up like in Inception...however Inception you felt like you could grasp on at points and catch up. Tenet never really had those markers so you always felt behind.

I also thought the casting was weird. Denzel's kid was sort of wooden to me and a strange pairing with Debicki. If you are trying to make Denzel's character a badass protagonist pairing him with the lead actress 6 inches taller without shoes was distracting. It shouldn't be but it was to me¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Not too mention Kenneth Branagh's accent was sort of cartoonish. The casting was just off. Then it had all the pressure of keeping cinema afloat at the height of covid. I think his heart was creatively in the right place but it felt like his worst effort to me.

Now granted I saw it 3 years ago in theaters and haven't revisited it. I may again soon. I do need to give it another chance. I might have more luck at home. The palindrome for a movie is a neat idea but he may have out smarted himself on it.

I am a Nolan mark so I'll be in theaters to watch Opprenheimer. Hopefully it's a return to form...at least I know it will be worth the price of admission for the spectacle.

I'd also say it's between TDKR and this for his weakest movie...but while I do think TDKR is the weakest of the trilogy and his filmography still...I think I just knew way too much about the making of TDKR going into it. The casting really ruined it. I've seen people react to it on YouTube and it's a much better experience going into it blind.

I agree with you that TDKNR is the weakest film of the Batman trilogy, and am intrigued by your comment. What was it about the casting that ruined it for you? Did you feel like the people cast were not a good fit for their roles, and why?

A solid "R" and over 600 lbs of film stock. This guy is always doing stuff.

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It's a fascinating project. I've read several long books about the Manhattan Project and I can't imagine anybody other than Nolan making a movie out of it. It's a fascinating story of an event that really changed history. It needs science, politics and personalities.

Have you seen this?
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

Nolan should have named this Fat Man and Little Boy: A Love Story

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IMAX is giving Oppenheimer 3 weeks


Which has pissed off Tom Cruise because his MI film is only getting a week and half.

It's been a while, but yeah. I recall Paul Newman as Leslie Groves, the US general in charge of the project, the guy who was suspicious of everybody and kept the scientific people focused on what was a military project, not an academic/scientific pursuit. I checked on IMDB and then recalled that the guy who played Oppenhiemer in that version (Dwight Schultz) was a guy local to me, who, before movies, was a somewhat regular stage actor in Baltimore theatrical productions. I'd seen him on live stage and met him a couple times early in his career.

Oh freakin cool! I would've loved to seen Dwight Schultz on stage..and you meet him too, very cool was that at a performance or...?

I'm a big fan of Dwight Schultz, I think he's a dynamic character actor. I know him from Star Trek Next Gen, and some guest spots including one helluva performance on Babylon 5...and of course the movie Fatman and Littleboy which I'm rewatching before the countdown.

Schultz grew in the same area I lived in and attended college in what was Towson State College, now Towson University. I was later than him, but he returned and did some college production roles after he graduated. Towson State College had an excellent theater program and hired pros for a few roles in student productions, so that the undergrad actors got some experience working with people who were actual working actors. As a student, I attended their productions (I'm not an actor) which were often followed by a meet-and-greet with the cast members.

To be fair, I'm not really sure who Nolan's movie is aimed at when you consider what the movie is about and why they released this as a Summer movie just because Nolan's name is attached to this?? This seems more like a Fall type of movie and honestly, I'd be a little pissed too if I were Cruise seeing a movie like DEAD RECKONING taking a backseat to OPPENHEIMER on IMAX of all screens.. You don't need to see a movie like OPPENHEIMER on IMAX like you would for Tom Cruise and his elaborate stunts in IMAX..

After my first viewing, I absolutely would have agreed with you. Alas, watching it a second time knowing that...



...had the effect of slowing it all down and having it mostly all click into place, and I ended up enjoying it a lot more.

I still say he bit off more than he could chew with Tenet, but i liked it a lot more the second time, and it made a ton more sense.

Meanwhile, looking forward to seeing his latest at the Dolby Deluxe near me...

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I think seeing a nuclear blast on an IMAX screen is better than any scene from any Tom Cruise movie. So Tom can suck it

Just out of curiosity, but did Cruise run over your dog or what that you have this grudge against him?? They really should've opened Nolan's movie in the Fall because this is a movie that people generally don't care about in the Summer at the movies.. I guess we shall see how well this does, but it looks boring and aimed at a certain audience..

Twas sarcasm

But the guy is full of himself and so used to getting his way that I do kinda enjoy seeing him squirm.

I enjoy the Mission Impossible franchise, but Nolan is well known for shooting in IMAX so it makes sense they would bump MI. And it’s not like MI is anymore relevant than a typical summer Marvel movie.

EDIT: Plus, Nolan is doing something groundbreaking for IMAX by shooting in a new B&W film stock. Whereas MI is just more of the same; Tom jumping around to prove he can.

This just doesn't seem like a movie you show in the Summer and would be more suited in the Fall around award season?? Seriously, a Giant Prehistoric Shark is going to dominate the box office in just 2 months to the point where Nolan's movie will get lost in the shuffle and it doesn't deserve that..

I think the reasoning behind it is Nolan’s name puts butts in seats, and a lot of IMAX theaters are in destination spots (i.e. people typically take their one vacation in the summer). So while it’s true that a movie like this isn’t typical for summer the conditions in which most people would see it on IMAX only take place in the summer.

Cruise vs. Nolan


Experience it in IMAX


Rated R

Yeah?? Well DUNKIRK didn't exactly do very well, Nolan's name attached or not.. I feel like Nolan could make a movie involving paint drying and the Obsessive Nolan fans would show up to watch it??

what kind of paint we talking? matte or semi-gloss?

What exactly would a Chris Nolan horror movie look and sound like?

Too loud with unintelligible dialogue and that Hans Zimmer brrrraaaaa noise on the soundtrack.

It made half a billion dollars worldwide. The only metric under which it didn't "do well" is "did it make a totally bonkers amount of money like Batman?"

And the mention of "Obsessive Nolan fans," similar to replies in other threads, suggests a weirdly personal component where box office is important only so it can be used to take fans of <whatever> down a peg, I guess? Seems petty and pointless to me.

Box office receipts are not a score we use to determine who's right to like or dislike a thing.

I'm a fan of both Chris Nolan and Tom Cruise. But Tom does seem to have a king-sized ego. But he still is in the right to be angry. What's wrong is that he resorted to demanding screens from Margot Robbie's film Now Barbie that won't play in the theater I go to now. Christopher Nolan is a genius. He made Imax more money than tom cruise with his dark knight trilogy Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Inception. Tom Cruise should be more respectful because he's looking bad in more ways than one.

Anyone grab their IMAX tickets yet?

I'm very interested on this, but for God's sake somebody please ban Nolan from participating personally in the promotional phase of his films again. These last weeks/months have been completely deranged with the whole bunch of "I don't use CGI!", "an actual atomic explosion?????? [clickbait]", the vacuous comments on the film length and weight and Chris having an extensive opinion on every single seat at the movie theater. What a guy.

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I'd blame the journalists/websites before I'd blame Nolan. He's probably just giving standard promotional interviews and answering the questions he's asked, and then they're reframed to be as dramatic as possible.

Initial reactions seem positive

I'm still maintaining that OPPENHEIMER doesn't need to be seen in IMAX unlike MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE that has a wide variety of stunts that would make sense seeing in IMAX.. I just can't believe they released this in the Summer instead of the Fall around award season??

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Tried to avoid watching any trailers for this, but the last few movies I've gone to see have all had one for it.


Made me realize I had 3 IMAX movies on my list for this year, they showed a trailer for Dune 2.

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Anyone here familiar or have expertise with the differences in IMAX prints? PM me I have a quick question

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Nolan.

No.

The guy can really make downright stupid movies at times.

Reviews, glorious reviews.

The negative reviews are more entertaining.

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I wonder if this will be one of those movies that I think is fantastic but also never want to see again.

I am become Meh, destroyer of hype...

The Oppenheimer-Joker process in action?

This has MoFo countdown written all over it.

On a side note I'm a reasonable driving distance from Indianapolis where the IMAX film print will be showing, hence my previous question about the advances of the format. I made a trip up there in 2014 for Interstellar and was kind of bummed out as it wasn't quite the night and day experience I was expecting (and I really enjoyed the movie). I was wondering if the digital aspects had caught up to the film experience as I am pretty surrounded by the digital theaters that offer IMAX.

I see, I remember watching Tenet in a standard format and the sound was almost enough to make you deaf in certain spots. The images were almost similar.

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Who is going to see this in the theater and how many are going to an IMAX theater?
I am definitely going to see this in an IMAX theater even though I don't always like Nolan's movies.

IMAX, the way poppa Nolan intended me to.

Byew!!!!!

It's a movie about the creation of the atomic bomb, whether you see it in IMAX or not, it'll still be the same result in the end..