A Review of ``Oppenheimer'' by Christopher Nolan

I rarely visit a movie theatre, and I've not before reviewed some Hollywood film, but I watched this
mere days ago and deemed it both worthy and suitable for endorsement.  This review will reveal parts
of the film's story without concern for potential viewers, and so be warned; I recommend viewing it.

The film follows the life of the title character, skipping over his early life and moving quickly to
his professorship.  I found the ordering of many events difficult to track, as the film jumps around
between different periods often, and in some cases with little indication; I decided finely tracking
the events wasn't the film's point and enjoyed it anyway.  Of particular note is how the film builds
up to the final conversation, between Oppenheimer and Einstein, by repeatedly showing it yet lacking
details, implying things about it, teasing at what was said before dismissing the chance of learning
about it, and finally showing it as the film ends.  The conversation itself is a wondrous analogy to
that question of whether an atomic bomb would cause a chain reaction and destroy Earth's atmosphere.

I was vaguely aware of certain elements the film touched, such as scientists wondering if the atomic
bomb would destroy Earth, and how a scientist took bets about exactly such an event happening, but I
wonder about the veracity of the film, and whether someone such as I was meant to notice just enough
such details then to accept more of the film at face value.  It was a pleasant film, and I doubt not
its verisimilitude, but it makes me wonder about what exactly was the fact and what was the fiction.
This is a film which has certainly compelled me to read an associated book for more certain answers.

The film is rated R, not because of the extreme violence presented, harsh language, or charred human
remains left after a nuclear explosion, but because therein are some naked women and two sex scenes.

This film is one serious, which I'm to understand has been an issue with cinema lately due to shitty
super hero movies; there's a handful of jokes, but the film never breaks the fourth wall or any such
thing.  On that note, I wasted time and money watching the second ``Avatar'' film, out of curiosity,
and so it was nice to see a film that used some of its much smaller budget for hiring a few writers.

It was pleasant and in a way sad to see a representation of the United States of America before evil
had completely taken hold of it.  Almost everyone in the film is a man, white or Jewish, and even as
fiction it was disheartening to see a country that could build an entire town in just a short while,
a country that asked its scientists whether they were loyal to it or not, a country that had a soul.
Oppenheimer is subject to surveillance at several points during the film, and it only made me notice
that I'm under much greater passive surveillance than suspected communists were active surveillance.

The director well achieved his goal; more than any other film I've seen recently it's a work of art.