Neetu Datta

Oppenheimer In the very first scene, we see Oppenheimer inject an apple with cyanide — making it clear that the man is emotionally volatile, vindictive, and incapable of committing to the long term consequences. Even of his own actions. This is the tale of a man who is incapable of thinking past himself. Peppered with colorful phrases as, “it’s not about what’s written, but feeling behind it” and “math is like sheet music. You don’t have to know it.” The movie has pathos but that is all it has going for it. Since, through his illustrious career, if Nolan fails to do that, he is a complete hack and not just a glorified cinematographer masquerading as a film maker. His core base for this movie includes his producer and all those that agree that books make for good decoration. In parts it feels that the movie is a lamentation of how American imperialism can seduce some of the sharpest minds with sparkling resources, but will ultimately cripple that mind from wisdom. This thesis point, the movie could have achieved in the fashion of a home run, if they hadn’t been too afraid to upset their core base. By the end of the movie, Oppenheimer is crushed by his power being taken by those responsible for putting him on a pedestal. The guilt of the damage he caused is just a consequence of his actions. The Gatling gun, a predecessor of the machine gun was made as a cautionary tale of what happens when people commit to war. The H-bomb was the Gatling gun of the 30’s-40’s. But the irony is the common factor between these two. Which is America. The Oppenheimer movie is an ode to those that fail to learn and make a historic version of the same regurgitated nonsense. In closing, God is more likely to play dice than Hollywood is to cut down on blatant glorification of people in positions of power.