Arnav Chopra

One of Nolan’s best movies, filled with subatomic drama and intensity while captivating despair from the aftermath of the explosion on scientists. While Nolan could have added more character depth to Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy’s acting was truly marvelous. During tense moments of orchestrated betrayal, Murphy’s reactions were unexpected but somewhat relieving in retrospect to the personality of Oppenheimer. His tone, pitch, hand gestures were always important based on the scenes. Certainly one of Cillian’s best roles ever. RDJ gave another marvelous performance with his portrayal of Lewis Strauss. There was confidence, bashfulness, and intelligence throughout the entirety of the movie. Well casted. Matt Damon also delivered a commendable performance with his inflection, tone, and ability to take command at any time during any moment in the movie. The last 20-30 minutes were a bit depressing and stretched out. I felt Nolan could have shown more character depth on Oppenheimer at that time, but perhaps it’s best for some part of his personality to be hidden for us to figure out on our own. (How did he really feel after the blast, why did he not kill himself after unknowingly killing more than 200000?). Though these are always the perplexing questions you conceive after any Nolan movie. Overall, this movie is visually spectacular, intense at a subatomic level, and portrays a harsh yet true reality in the scientific world.