re: Oppenheimer is a good movie not a great movie

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With such an intellectual criticism like this I have been won over to now not think this is a great movie. Well done

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the issue that I have with many of you who sniff the farts of this film, is you call it great in one breath, then when someone asks why, you say it’s because it’s telling the story of the most monumental event in human history, when that wasn’t even what the movie is about. It’s about the man who happened to spearhead that project because some people, assuming Nolan included, find his life fascinating. And if that’s why you loved it great! But don’t say it’s because of all the in depth detail it shows of the Manhattan project. The Manhattan project is simply the vessel that happened to be used to tell the story of the man. If you’re going to say something is great at least understand why you hold that viewpoint