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Oppenheimer - Not a review






             From  the  writer-director  who                     The  close-up  shots  convey  even
             took our spirits on an exhilarating               the intricate emotions in the eyes,
             journey          through           dreams,        the    wide      ones     covering       the
             battlefields,  cities  of  crime,  and            stunning  landscapes  and  scale  of
             black  holes,  comes  a  character                the  world,  the  moving  ones  that
             study  of  one  of  the  most  divisive           build  tension,  and  the  stationary
             personalities. This time we travel                ones that immerse us in the story
             inside  his  mind,  exploring  the                —everything              is         crafted
             pitfalls  of  humanity  and  science.             beautifully.

             The  film  begins  with  a  quote
             which  cleverly  foreshadows  the                 We take a peek into the quantum
             events that unfold:                               world             that            troubled
                                                               Oppenheimer’s  mind,  and  Nolan
             "Prometheus  stole  fire  from  the               pulled  this  off  in  a  way  that  only
             gods and gave it to man. For this,                he  could.  The  way  he  puts  us  in
             he  was  chained  to  a  rock  and                his  shoes  and  makes  us  feel  his
             tortured for eternity."                           mind  collapsing  into  this  hidden

                                                               world      is   pure     magic.      Every
                                                               exposition,                conversation,
                                                               montage,  and  monologue  felt
                                                               authentic  and  flows  in  harmony,
                                                               never  feeling  out  of  place  and
                                                               fulfilling           its         purpose.
                                                               Coincidentally,  this  reminded  me
                                                               of our very lives, as each moment
                                                               passes  by,  good  or  bad,  happy  or
                                                               sad, there’s always a purpose.


                                                               Nolan  likes  to  challenge  his
             The  director,  Christopher  Nolan,               audience, and here he wants us to
             plays  his  trick  with  time  here,  as          interpret  the  film  ourselves.  The
             he always does. This proves once                  subjective           and         objective
             again that he is a master in the art              perspectives (Fission and Fusion)
             of non-linear storytelling. And his               on     two      separate        timelines,
             filmmaking  prowess  is  on  full                 distinguished  by  the  use  of  black
             display        as      he      and       the      and  white  imagery,  are  pure
             cinematographer            (Hoyte        van      genius.
             Hoytema)        have      captured       the
             atmosphere perfectly, setting the
             moods.




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