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Post by ic59 on Jul 27, 2023 10:31:06 GMT -5
Attended my second movie since the start of Covid, Wednesday, seeing the movie, Oppenheimer, and recommend it. Two things: 1. I knew a man who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was married to my wife's cousin and after the War he went into teaching and eventually headed up the Physics Dept. at Fordham. I mention this because it might help explain my interest in the film. Michael died from cancer about 40 years ago and the movie goes back to a period close to 100 years ago. So naturally all the characters are dead (??). My wish is that the movie had been made in the sixties or seventies when many of the people involved might have been still alive. Of course that would have meant no IMAX theaters. 2. To better understand the movie I suggest you watch the movie Patton, as it puts things in perspective.
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Post by chelseadal on Jul 27, 2023 14:01:09 GMT -5
The movie was excellent 59. Great acting as well.
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Post by ic59 on Jul 27, 2023 14:35:31 GMT -5
The movie was excellent 59. Great acting as well. chels, I know little about acting but I thought that Robert Downey was exceptional. And I expect that he will be up for an Academy Award. But, I'm wondering if it will be for a Best Actor, or a Best Supporting Actor?
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Post by chelseadal on Jul 27, 2023 15:01:46 GMT -5
I'm hoping supporting actor because Cillian Murphy (who was great in Peaky Blinders) was exceptional as well in the main character role.
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Post by ic1983 on Jul 27, 2023 18:56:17 GMT -5
Explosive film.
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Post by Super on Jul 27, 2023 20:38:59 GMT -5
Attended my second movie since the start of Covid, Wednesday, seeing the movie, Oppenheimer, and recommend it. Two things: 1. I knew a man who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was married to my wife's cousin and after the War he went into teaching and eventually headed up the Physics Dept. at Fordham. I mention this because it might help explain my interest in the film. Michael died from cancer about 40 years ago and the movie goes back to a period close to 100 years ago. So naturally all the characters are dead (??). My wish is that the movie had been made in the sixties or seventies when many of the people involved might have been still alive. Of course that would have meant no IMAX theaters. 2. To better understand the movie I suggest you watch the movie Patton, as it puts things in perspective. Not sure about the Patton reference in an excellent film focused on the Pacific Theater.
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Post by ic59 on Jul 27, 2023 20:40:30 GMT -5
Great response.
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Post by ic59 on Jul 27, 2023 20:50:30 GMT -5
Attended my second movie since the start of Covid, Wednesday, seeing the movie, Oppenheimer, and recommend it. Two things: 1. I knew a man who worked on the Manhattan Project. He was married to my wife's cousin and after the War he went into teaching and eventually headed up the Physics Dept. at Fordham. I mention this because it might help explain my interest in the film. Michael died from cancer about 40 years ago and the movie goes back to a period close to 100 years ago. So naturally all the characters are dead (??). My wish is that the movie had been made in the sixties or seventies when many of the people involved might have been still alive. Of course that would have meant no IMAX theaters. 2. To better understand the movie I suggest you watch the movie Patton, as it puts things in perspective. Not sure about the Patton reference in an excellent film focused on the Pacific Theater. Super, my point about Patton was that he was great when we needed him (during the War) but you could see the potential problem that he would have posed after the War if he had not died under questionable circumstances. Oppenheimer was also great when we needed him, during the War. After the War he was considered a problem, and like Patton we tended to forget his wartime accomplishments. Both larger than life figures. At least that is how I saw it.
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Post by gregcrow on Jul 27, 2023 21:58:47 GMT -5
Excellent film. Liked that it was specific to Oppenheimer and stayed true to that. Agree that Robert Downey was Excellent. Haven't always appreciated his work, but no denying he was great in this. I would love to see another film focusing on the debate surrounding the dropping of the bombs.
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Post by gregcrow on Jul 27, 2023 22:00:09 GMT -5
Saturday I'll give you my review of Barbie.
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Post by ic59 on Jul 28, 2023 7:20:03 GMT -5
Excellent film. Liked that it was specific to Oppenheimer and stayed true to that. Agree that Robert Downey was Excellent. Haven't always appreciated his work, but no denying he was great in this. I would love to see another film focusing on the debate surrounding the dropping of the bombs. greg, I see your point. However, the decision to drop the Bomb was made about 80 years ago, and we now live in a different world. That is why I wished the film (or a film about Oppenheimer) would have been made in the sixties or seventies. The basic argument, which you well know, was that landing in Japan would have cost thousands of American lives. So, today probably many more would not want the Bomb dropped, but in the sixties or seventies people might have thought differently. But, by having someone like Putin with an atomic weapon at his disposal your suggestion certainly has merit. P.S. The film showed that the real race was against Germany, and that was probably who most scientists thought that the Bomb would be used against. JMO.
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Post by ic59 on Aug 3, 2023 8:31:27 GMT -5
A question for Guy. And while he was probably before your time at EHS, did you have a history teacher by the name of Dave Oppenheim? Spelling is close to Oppenheimer, so that is why I'm mentioning him. I knew him fairly well, and he was an Iona grad.
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