As a Nolan agnostic (bravura but thumping and humourless) I have to say I thought it was terrific. Like he finally found a story equal to his bombast. It had the odd trope and unrealistic line that plagues biopics but these were the highest stakes in human history and he really made you feel it. Still bravura, thumping and humourless of course, just in a good way. It’ll be Oscars on a rocket sled but don’t hold that against it.
No plans to see Barbie, although my wife saw it and said it was 'good'. I will see Oppenheimer, however. Not because I'm a Nolan fan (I'm still WTF re. Tenet), but because I'm a science geek and the story is an interesting one. But so help me god if there's some Nolan plot twist where creating the bomb creates a space-time wormhole and Cillian Murphy travels back in time to stomp on baby Hitler's head while wearing a Peaky Blinders-style hat...
As a Nolan agnostic (bravura but thumping and humourless) I have to say I thought it was terrific. Like he finally found a story equal to his bombast. It had the odd trope and unrealistic line that plagues biopics but these were the highest stakes in human history and he really made you feel it. Still bravura, thumping and humourless of course, just in a good way. It’ll be Oscars on a rocket sled but don’t hold that against it.
No plans to see Barbie, although my wife saw it and said it was 'good'. I will see Oppenheimer, however. Not because I'm a Nolan fan (I'm still WTF re. Tenet), but because I'm a science geek and the story is an interesting one. But so help me god if there's some Nolan plot twist where creating the bomb creates a space-time wormhole and Cillian Murphy travels back in time to stomp on baby Hitler's head while wearing a Peaky Blinders-style hat...
Pretty fucking right on Simon! Glad you didn't have to watch another Nolan film to write this.