When
Oppenheimer came to theaters, I was looking forward to a glorious movie and a glorious theater experience. In short, the shiny new theater I picked presented such a customer-hostile environment that I walked out before even buying a ticket, and bought a copy of the disc a few months later. Then I watched it, and was appalled by the lack of character development on the interesting historical figures, while the director instead chose to linger for a third of the film's runtime over a dull, neurotic girlfriend. In short, this film was a beautifully made complete waste of time and right now that disc is wasting my shelf space, but only because I haven't yet thrown it out. I haven't written a review until now either, because the film's lack of cohesive content made commentary difficult. There really wasn't much to say about it beyond a simple "don't bother" delivered months after it had left theaters, so I didn't bother. Giving this thing any kind of
n-stars movie rating would be akin to reviewing one of those
semi-funny AI generated Star Wars / Miami Vice mash-up videos. Sometimes interesting visuals, but really nothing beyond that.
Anyway, here's a writer's take on the film, and it's not pretty (
link, just under one hour). If the hour length gives you a case of the TLDWs, here's her summary:
- Unnecessary Complexity
- Inconsistent Pacing
- Inadequate Context
- Failure to Establish Thematic Framing
Whew. The poor woman actually watched the damn thing three times (that's nine hours!) to bring us this analysis. I wish there was an obvious link from her review video for some sort of coffee fund donation, because that kind of dedication deserves more recognition.
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