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Post by Michaels Lover on Jul 23, 2023 10:32:54 GMT
Watched a few classics over the past few days, that I've seen many times before, but it's been a while: the Back To The Future movies and Stand By Me
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Post by aazzaabb on Jul 23, 2023 11:31:17 GMT
I went to see Oppenheimer yesterday. It was good but didn't live up to the hype for me. To me the political courtroom drama about whether he was a communist or whether he was loyal to the US or passed secrets to the Soviets was disproportionately overemphasized and dragged out. I felt the movie would have been more interesting with a different emphasis, namely the difference of opinion and attitude between Oppenheimer and Leó Szilárd regarding the dropping of the bomb on Japan. There was a glimpse of that. It did show the petition organized by Szilárd and signed by several hundred scientists in which he attempts to stop it. But Szilárd still only got about 3 minutes of screentime in the whole movie and most of the focus was on the drama around Oppenheimer's supposed leftist leanings and the mccarthyism of the 50s that made him a victim, and I found that a lot less interesting than the different attitudes among the scientists regarding the bomb. The differences with Szilárd should have been the main conflict of the story IMO. To me that would have been more interesting than this McCarthy-era courtroom drama. Cilian Murphy was great though. I can see him winning an Oscar for this.
ETA: re Szilárd's petition this is a great thread:
I went to school with Cilian and was an extra in his first little indie film Disco Pigs so it’s been a thrill for me watching him evolve. His mum also thought me French. Thanks for the review. I don’t know much if anything about the creation of the nuclear bomb but I’ll go watch it to see Cilian’s performance -and I might even learn something- and I’ve been watching interviews with the cast and Chris Nolan so am very intrigued. |
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Post by aazzaabb on Jul 23, 2023 11:32:28 GMT
Watched a few classics over the past few days, that I've seen many times before, but it's been a while: the Back To The Future movies and Stand By MeAll amongst my all time favourites! 😎 |
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Post by respect77 on Jul 23, 2023 13:00:12 GMT
I went to see Oppenheimer yesterday. It was good but didn't live up to the hype for me. To me the political courtroom drama about whether he was a communist or whether he was loyal to the US or passed secrets to the Soviets was disproportionately overemphasized and dragged out. I felt the movie would have been more interesting with a different emphasis, namely the difference of opinion and attitude between Oppenheimer and Leó Szilárd regarding the dropping of the bomb on Japan. There was a glimpse of that. It did show the petition organized by Szilárd and signed by several hundred scientists in which he attempts to stop it. But Szilárd still only got about 3 minutes of screentime in the whole movie and most of the focus was on the drama around Oppenheimer's supposed leftist leanings and the mccarthyism of the 50s that made him a victim, and I found that a lot less interesting than the different attitudes among the scientists regarding the bomb. The differences with Szilárd should have been the main conflict of the story IMO. To me that would have been more interesting than this McCarthy-era courtroom drama. Cilian Murphy was great though. I can see him winning an Oscar for this.
ETA: re Szilárd's petition this is a great thread:
I went to school with Cilian and was an extra in his first little indie film Disco Pigs so it’s been a thrill for me watching him evolve. His mum also thought me French. Oh that's so cool. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2023 13:35:29 GMT
I went to see Oppenheimer yesterday. It was good but didn't live up to the hype for me. To me the political courtroom drama about whether he was a communist or whether he was loyal to the US or passed secrets to the Soviets was disproportionately overemphasized and dragged out. I felt the movie would have been more interesting with a different emphasis, namely the difference of opinion and attitude between Oppenheimer and Leó Szilárd regarding the dropping of the bomb on Japan. There was a glimpse of that. It did show the petition organized by Szilárd and signed by several hundred scientists in which he attempts to stop it. But Szilárd still only got about 3 minutes of screentime in the whole movie and most of the focus was on the drama around Oppenheimer's supposed leftist leanings and the mccarthyism of the 50s that made him a victim, and I found that a lot less interesting than the different attitudes among the scientists regarding the bomb. The differences with Szilárd should have been the main conflict of the story IMO. To me that would have been more interesting than this McCarthy-era courtroom drama. Cilian Murphy was great though. I can see him winning an Oscar for this.
ETA: re Szilárd's petition this is a great thread:
I went to school with Cilian and was an extra in his first little indie film Disco Pigs so it’s been a thrill for me watching him evolve. His mum also thought me French. Thanks for the review. I don’t know much if anything about the creation of the nuclear bomb but I’ll go watch it to see Cilian’s performance -and I might even learn something- and I’ve been watching interviews with the cast and Chris Nolan so am very intrigued. You did not! |
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Post by aazzaabb on Jul 23, 2023 16:19:19 GMT
I went to school with Cilian and was an extra in his first little indie film Disco Pigs so it’s been a thrill for me watching him evolve. His mum also thought me French. Thanks for the review. I don’t know much if anything about the creation of the nuclear bomb but I’ll go watch it to see Cilian’s performance -and I might even learn something- and I’ve been watching interviews with the cast and Chris Nolan so am very intrigued. You did not! Yes. Although I was hardly ever in school due to my unorthodox upbringing. |
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Post by TonyR on Jul 23, 2023 18:50:32 GMT
Yes. Although I was hardly ever in school due to my unorthodox upbringing. Firstly! What?!?! Secondly. You can't just say unorthodox upbringing and leave it at that!! |
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Post by aazzaabb on Jul 23, 2023 20:51:46 GMT
Yes. Although I was hardly ever in school due to my unorthodox upbringing. Firstly! What?!?! Secondly. You can't just say unorthodox upbringing and leave it at that!! I know! Cillian Murphy knows me! How lucky is that guy!! It was many years ago before he was famous. We used to call his mum Mad Murph! 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2023 7:20:35 GMT
Firstly! What?!?! Secondly. You can't just say unorthodox upbringing and leave it at that!! I know! Cillian Murphy knows me! How lucky is that guy!! It was many years ago before he was famous. We used to call his mum Mad Murph! 😂 That's mad. I've been a big supporter of his since Intermission! One of our best exports. He's brilliant in Oppenheimer too, I'm delighted for him. Loved the movie. Dense and leaves a sting. Not for everyone as the phones started coming out after the 2nd hour. Loved it. So many Oscar worthy performances. |
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Post by Michaels Lover on Jul 24, 2023 10:15:03 GMT
Have watched The Butterfly Effect and Beethoven's 3rd lately
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Post by Michaels Lover on Jul 25, 2023 10:44:21 GMT
Last night I watched a movie simply called X
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Post by Michaels Lover on Jul 26, 2023 10:00:17 GMT
Last night I watched Cujo which I've seen before, but it's been a while
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Post by aazzaabb on Jul 26, 2023 14:09:18 GMT
I know! Cillian Murphy knows me! How lucky is that guy!! It was many years ago before he was famous. We used to call his mum Mad Murph! 😂 That's mad. I've been a big supporter of his since Intermission! One of our best exports. He's brilliant in Oppenheimer too, I'm delighted for him. Loved the movie. Dense and leaves a sting. Not for everyone as the phones started coming out after the 2nd hour. Loved it. So many Oscar worthy performances. Saw it yesterday in Bolton. Enjoyed it but felt it could lose 30 minutes and tell the same story. I seriously needed to pee! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2023 8:17:31 GMT
Barbie. Enjoyed it. Girlfriend was disappointed. Laughed more.
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Post by Michaels Lover on Jul 27, 2023 10:03:12 GMT
Yesterday I watched 12 Years A Slave and The Ryan White Story. Seen both movies before, but it's been a while
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