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Anybody seen it? Was thinking of seeing it.

If you have care to give a quick thumbs up/down?

I found it boring and pretty dry.

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We saw it today. Very well done and lots of big names in it.

I knew his name of course, familiar with the project history a bit, but much more to the man and the story I was not familiar with.

Now I want a well written biography about JRO.

I'll rate it 3 out of 5 points.

I'm glad I saw it.. would I go back and see it again? Yes.. at least on $5 Tuesdays..

Never knew Oppenheimer had some bad times after the War was over.

Overall, a pretty decent movie.

I'm in the middle of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer". It's the book that the movie was based on. It is so far pretty good.

Thanks for the review.

Thanks!

There's an older series that's was on PBS many years ago. It first introduced me to him. He was a communist, even if they couldn't prove he joined the party. But I don't think he was a Soviet. I think he was a very left wing American. And he paid a price for it.

Why would you go see a movie about a Commie?

The movie was not bad but not great either... Showed how much of an Jerk the guy was... cheating on his wives and screwing another guys wife to marrying a commie, hangin with commies, insisting on having a guy in the group who turned out to be a commie spy... The US did right thing, used him and then got rid of him as they should have. They might have needed him for the bomb but he was a liability in the cold war.

He invented the A-Bomb, it won the war for the US.....whether he was a POS or not.

The lead character is a great actor Cillian Murphy, does a great job in Peaky Blinder series on Netflix.....No, John Wayne isn't in it.

Because it’s arguable that Oppenheimer’s ability to grasp the technicalities of a vast array of issues, and lead a team of some of the smartest individuals on the planet, shortened WWII significantly?

If memory serves, he completed his undergraduate degree in physics in two years, and his doctorate in a single year. When Oppenheimer defended his doctoral thesis, it was the professor that was relieved when the defense was finished.

You should do the Barbenheimer double feature.

Variety called the phenomenon "the movie event of the year".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbenheimer

I saw they were making that the hottest ticket in town, I'll pass lol.....Just Oppenheimer please. Did the Imax viewing make that much difference ?

I heard it bombed in Japan.

Spot on.

I watched a film about history.

I read somewhere that the miliary made up something like 1/2 million Purple Hearts in 1945 for the planned invasion of Japan. They weren't needed and we haven't made any more since. All Purple Heart medals issued since were left over from WW-2 and we still have 120,000. I can't verify how accurate that claim is, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.

At any rate not having to invade Japan saved a lot of lives. My dad would have probably been there. He was late to the party in Europe getting sent as a replacement in January 1945 during the Battle of the Bulge. They sent the guys who had been there the longest home 1st. Dad stayed in Europe for a year after the war and no doubt would have been sent to Japan if not for the bomb.

While it’s not a biography of JRO, ‘The Making of the Atomic Bomb’ is a biography of the entirety of the bomb itself. It’s very well written and has a great deal of detailed information in it. The author is Richard Rhodes. It’s the best, most informative book that I’ve read on the subject. He also discusses much about the individual people who contributed to the effort of the bomb’s creation and ultimate use.

They trusted him to build the bomb and bring WWII to an end after 50,000,000 people had been killed. I wouldn't trust you to take out the trash.

Just sayin...

I read the book when it came out. Very good indeed, a little slow at times, but overall well worth it. The book certainly portrayed a complicated, troubled, and politically uneven person. I haven't seen the movie yet, but look forward to it...although 3 hours seems a bit much.

"Before the Fallout" From Marie Curie to Hiroshima by Diana Preston

pretty good summary I read a few years ago.

not an area/topic I know anything about, so can't say yea or nay on content.

was a good read, and pulled together multiple threads for me.

was for sale in the Titan Missile Museum s of Tucson, where I found it.