I agreed with a lot of this, and I still think the movie was a 8 or 9 out of 10.
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Jesus fucking christ.Collateral damage: American civilian survivors of the 1945 Trinity test
The Trinity test site was chosen, in part, for its supposed remove from human inhabitation. Yet nearly half-a-million people were living within a 150-mile radius of the explosion, with some as close as 12 miles away. None were warned or evacuated by the US government ahead of time.
^ General Groves was warned repeatedly about the dangerous fallout that would impact civilians in the surrounding area, but refused to warn them or evacuate. Afterwards when it was realized that plutonium had spread all over the region, nothing was done and no one was notified of the dangers. Children played with fallout, got cancer and died:
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Young teenager Barbara Kent said that several hours after the atomic bomb went off on July 16, 1945, she and some friends in Ruidoso, New Mexico—a part of Lincoln County—noticed white flakes drifting down from a big cloud in the sky. “We were grabbing the white flakes, and putting it all over ourselves, pressing it on our faces,” Kent said. “But the strange thing, instead of being cold like snow, it was hot. And we all thought, ‘Well, the reason it’s hot is because it’s summer.’ We were only thirteen; we didn’t know any better.” Kent says that this photo of her and her friends was taken that day, and that it features them playing in the fallout. Image courtesy of Barbara Kent’s daughter, Kaysie Kent.
Also in the years following the test, Barbara Kent—who had played with fallout along with her fellow campers—began hearing that her fellow campers from that summer had been falling ill. By the time she reached 30, she recalled in 2021: “I was the only survivor of the girls at that camp,” adding that she herself has had several cancers, including endometrial cancer and “all kinds of skin cancer.”
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Nolan's refusal to use CG really rubbed me the wrong way in Dunkirk. coming off of Atonement, the beach at dunkirk felt like a retreat. he got 2,000 extras but that beach had 380,000 people.
Collateral damage: American civilian survivors of the 1945 Trinity test
The Trinity test site was chosen, in part, for its supposed remove from human inhabitation. Yet nearly half-a-million people were living within a 150-mile radius of the explosion, with some as close as 12 miles away. None were warned or evacuated by the US government ahead of time.
^ General Groves was warned repeatedly about the dangerous fallout that would impact civilians in the surrounding area, but refused to warn them or evacuate. Afterwards when it was realized that plutonium had spread all over the region, nothing was done and no one was notified of the dangers. Children played with fallout, got cancer and died:
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Young teenager Barbara Kent said that several hours after the atomic bomb went off on July 16, 1945, she and some friends in Ruidoso, New Mexico—a part of Lincoln County—noticed white flakes drifting down from a big cloud in the sky. “We were grabbing the white flakes, and putting it all over ourselves, pressing it on our faces,” Kent said. “But the strange thing, instead of being cold like snow, it was hot. And we all thought, ‘Well, the reason it’s hot is because it’s summer.’ We were only thirteen; we didn’t know any better.” Kent says that this photo of her and her friends was taken that day, and that it features them playing in the fallout. Image courtesy of Barbara Kent’s daughter, Kaysie Kent.
Also in the years following the test, Barbara Kent—who had played with fallout along with her fellow campers—began hearing that her fellow campers from that summer had been falling ill. By the time she reached 30, she recalled in 2021: “I was the only survivor of the girls at that camp,” adding that she herself has had several cancers, including endometrial cancer and “all kinds of skin cancer.”
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nope. i recognized him immediately.
You're more on the ball than me then. It just didn't click for me at all. I only found out when I read about it afterwards.
. One of my favourites so far. Can't wait to watch this movie again
This was a time when physics was constantly breaking new ground and reshaping the entire world. All the most interesting problems to solve were in that field. He was a bright student who had an interest in and knack for theoretical physics. He got into Harvard, finished a physics undergrad there, went to Cambridge for grad school, had a miserable time and tried to poison his prof with the apple, etc., before finding a better environment and thriving. It's gone over quickly but his early days are present in the film.
This killed the movie for me. I felt absolutely nothing seeing RDJ rant about Oppenheimer in that small black and white room.
It was just strange, because that's probably one of the best acted scenes in the movie. RDJ really nails it. But I was just not sure why this was suddenly the focus on the whole movie for an hour. Some 30 sec flashback clip of him making a joke about isotopes lead to this? And it was very weird how RDJ's assistant seemed to be completely against him, but we barely knew who that guy was. I don't know. I guess they were trying to create some kind of moment of triumph the end the movie instead of just slowly fizzling out, but it was strange.
So many simps on LinkedIn these days. I feel bad for some who get laid off by big tech, but they're crying, begging and virtue signaling their appreciation for the opportunity to work with multinationals.
Yeah, that rant didnt do anything for me. Im like why do I care about this guy. It felt manufactured and Nolan's use of a loud epic soundtrack to indicate this was some kind of explosive finale didnt help matters. i think the movie peaked at the test and then he had the choice to make the movie about Oppenheimer's regret or this Amadeus style rivalry and he tried to do both and the movie suffered for it.
That's got to be a joke. Movie ticket scalpers???I was looking at IMAX showings near me and they are packed out. But this is ridiculous.
Movie is doing insane numbers in IMAX. Something like 50% of its revenue or sales came from IMAX screens. My LieMAX theater is completely booked on discount Tuesdays. I watched Avatar 2 there and i dont remember it being this packed on the first discount Tuesday.
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Begins was coming off of two really poor Batman movies that had effectively killed the franchise. Nolan wasnt that well known either. But Begins was very well received and that joker tease at the end got massive applause in the theaters. The next one was always going to do much better.
As a fellow Las Vegas resident, where exactly did you see it and was it the 70 mm version?
AMC town square.
Do they have the 70 mm IMAX there? I've actually never gone there but that's sort of the other end of town. That's towards Summerlin, right? I usually go to Boulder Station or Sam's Town to see a movie. The Palms has (had?) a good theater.
Here is a list of 70mm IMAX. You have to be careful, there are some theaters that have IMAX and 70mm screenings, but not both at the same time. I've seen a lot of 70mm around here, but in standard format for sound and not IMAX.
Ledger was a side character, and Nolan didnt kill DiCaprio, McChaugeneheyheyehey, Christian Bale, Danzel Washington Jr. and that nameless Dunkirk protagonist to earn those opening weekends. Tenet made $340 million when half of the theaters were still closed.
