• mlc894@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I think the movie is impressive in how it took the life of a very interesting man and turned it into something boring. Like, I didn’t even think that was possible beforehand.

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    Setting up the entire movie’s pacing and story around the legal aftermath & Strauss is what made it disappointing for me. It took too much away from the real-world implications of a nuclear weapon, an arms race, and the devastation it caused.

    Overall, cutting out Strauss would have shaved ~30min at least and made the movie into a more cohesive & refined viewing experience.

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    2 years ago

    Too long? A movie could’ve ended on Trinity test, and then fades out to black and a text about Oppy’s legal procedural appears.

    Basic biopic stuff, well-spent IMAX experience. lol

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    2 years ago

    I hate the way Big Concrete Slab is always trying to put down independent film makers in favour of yet another Hollywood blockbuster. #SmashTheSystem #SmashTheSlab

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    2 years ago

    This post was sandwiched between a bunch of posts from the SideOfTheRoad Community in my subscribed feed, so it was weirdly appropriate. Smashed cars, abandoned furniture, Oppenheimer reviews, random toilets … all to be expected.

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    I feel like the current system is if they have not totally effed it up then its considered good and if they manage a halfway decent movie then its just the greatest.

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    Haven’t even seen it and it has vibes of “this could have been a 90 minute TV special”.

    If I’m going to the theater, I’m going for a spectacle. Anything less than that can be streamed.

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      2 years ago

      Disagree.

      There’s plenty of biopics out there - but this one really has some powerful moments, that benefit from the cinema.

      It adds a bit of depth and gravitas.

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    2 years ago

    I’m a bit scared that this is actually accurate and that going to the cinema might turn into a big disappointment…