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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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