The Oppenheimer Movie Through My Filter

Christopher Nolan, one of the most important creators of our time, tried to highlight his own hitherto unseen virtues in the form of a biographical, almost documentary piece with Oppenheimer. Nolan has let go of the idea of making films that are easy to process. This movie doesn’t mean to educate us. I highly recommend refreshing your knowledge about the Manhattan Project again and all the scientists mentioned before hitting the cinema. If you do it, you will feel more prepared, and you can keep up with the movie.

The musical accompaniment to the film from Ludwig Göransson is amazing. I wonder what this movie would be without the music. I know music is part of all movies, but in this case, it adds to the drama and the tension a lot. Also, why are Swedish people so good at music?

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What have I expected from the movie?

I wanted emotions and background stories. I saw Oppenheimer on the opening weekend and felt dazed. When the movie was over, I sat in the chair for a brief moment — tried to collect my thoughts. Wiped my tears off and, of course, looking for the closest toilet as everyone else. Some scenes are so good that I still remember them vividly. I guess Cillian Murphy occupied my head disguised as Oppenheimer. This will remain so for an unknown period of time. There are plenty of well-written critiques of this movie. I’m not here to judge — not as I could- but to share my feeling after seeing the movie.

Knowledge is not power. Knowledge is pain.

I don’t know why I was thinking this, but that’s what I saw on Oppenheimer’s face. That point where he realized that the theory would work indeed. His knowledge was a pain, a heavy burden on his heart.
How little he knows that society will also feel its weight. Moreover, all future wars will have a dark, eternal weight because of this project. He started as a curious young man who went a long way to accomplish something no one knew was possible. He -and the team- changed the world. What did he get? Instead of pride, he also faced a challenge that no one would wish for himself. Maybe because this change can mean anything. People need this movie. We need to see how insane the war is. This reminds me of the second thought I wanted to share.

Don’t let incompetents run the world

Who are the incompetents? The people who work to make themselves seem as influential and powerful as possible. Most of these people — as we saw in the movie — are found in politics and the military. They show off by killing innocent people. Don’t let psychopaths run this world, just for a change, for the sake of novelty, just out of curiosity.
Try neurotypicals and neurodiverse people. We have morals; we have empathy. We would never let Hiroshima and Nagasaki happen.
Anyone who made it possible to drop atomic bombs is clearly not a human being. We should have heard much more about Leó Szilárd and his attempts to prevent Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I might have heard more about him since I’m also Hungarian. I might be naive, but I do believe that collaboration is better than competition.
Build instead of destroying. Everyone is living on the same planet. There is no reason to condemn the Earth to death. A lot of us are still trying to achieve something.

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