r/OppenheimerMovie • u/StephenMcGannon • 6h ago
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/iamkhaleesi89 • Jul 20 '23
Official Discussion Thread [Spoiler Zone] Official Movie Discussion Thread Spoiler
The Official Movie Discussion Thread to discuss all things Oppenheimer film. As always let's keep discussion civil and relevant. Spoilers are welcomed, so proceed with caution.
Summary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Writer & Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast:
- Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Emily Blunt as Kitty Oppenheimer
- Matt Damon as Leslie Groves
- Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss
- Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock
- Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence
- Benny Safdie as Edward Teller
- Jack Quaid as Richard Feynman
- Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr
- Gary Oldman as Harry S. Truman
- Tom Conti as Albert Einstein
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Official Critics Review Megathread
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Rotten Tomatoes: 94% (updated 7.24)
Metacritic: 89% (updated 7.24)
Imdb: 8.8/10 (updated 7.24)
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Mar 11 '24
News/Articles/Interviews 'Oppenheimer' Wins Academy Award for Best Picture
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Gold-Strawberry-8863 • 2d ago
Music Discussion Still can't get over this absolute peak beauty.
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Someone so awakened only can create such a yk..lost words to this beauty.
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/southernemper0r • 6d ago
Movie Discussion Oppenheimer (2023) Dir. Christopher Nolan
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r/OppenheimerMovie • u/vinzzii • 5d ago
Movie Discussion it's just a one big nuke in Hollywood
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/BunyipPouch • 6d ago
Movie Discussion Actor Alden Ehrenreich is doing an AMA/Q&A in /r/movies today, for anyone interested. He has starred in Oppenheimer, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Weapons, Hail Caesar!, Fair Play, Blue Jasmine, Cocaine Bear, and A Talent for Murder (out in theaters this week). He's also in the upcoming Miami 85'.
I organized an AMA/Q&A with actor Alden Ehrenreich. He has starred in things like Solo: A Star Wars Story, Weapons, Hail Caesar!, Oppenheimer, Fair Play, Blue Jasmine, Cocaine Bear, Stoker, Iron Heart, and lots more. He also won a Tony this year for his Broadway debut in Becky Shaw. His new film, A Talent for Murder, co-stars Helen Mirren & Olivia Cooke, and it's a murder-mystery that premiered at TIFF last year and is out in theaters everywhere this weekend. He is also starring in Joseph Kosinski's upcoming Miami Vice '85 alongside Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler.
His AMA is live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:
https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1xbp17y/hello_reddit_im_actor_alden_ehrenreich_weapons/
He will be back at around 4 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!
A Talent for Murder Info:
Synopsis: A mysterious young man from a New York publisher is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzFgGhFrx0o
Director: Anton Corbijn (A Most Wanted Man, The American)
Thank you :)
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/JPVSPAndrade1 • 6d ago
Music Discussion Autumn 2023 city walk while listening to Oppenheimer OST (s l o w e d + r e v e r b) https://youtu.be/063cPuaaEnA?si=NYITVe8WMK7pRlfX
Yo guys, idk if this can be shared here but recently did another compilation of Oppie's OST slowed with reverb, paying tribute to Autumn/Fall 2023 and those cold afternoon rainy days of October/November while I would listen to Oppie's OST after leaving uni classes, back when things in my life seem to be going in the right direction. https://youtu.be/063cPuaaEnA?si=mukxDytCL3KqHMmx
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/tocksnodudlers • 9d ago
General Discussion Would Oppenheimer have known that the Nazis were putting Jews in concentration camps by 1942
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/linkthereddit • 10d ago
Images/Stills J. Robert Oppenheimer and John von Neumann together, 1952
That, and holy Christ the movie wasn't joking. Oppenheimer really was that bone thin.
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/doomguyav • 12d ago
Music Discussion My holy grail (vinyl)
I finally acquired my vinyl record holy grail. Looking forward to playing this masterpiece!!
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/humbalover • 12d ago
Movie Discussion Oppenheimer
Recently watched Oppenheimer and was fascinated by the story and I wonder how accurate was it because I know it was just from a book called American Prometheus. Someone tell me ?
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/TimeSpaceArmy • 17d ago
Movie Discussion The ending of Oppenheimer asks the same question as the ending of inception.
The question we are tasked to answer by nolan is whether the subjective experience of the protagonist true? Whether it's cobb returning to his home, as well as in the of image of Oppenheimer being convinced with his dialogue with Albert Einstein that he has essentially burnt the home of humanity.
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/HYDRA007VENOM • 17d ago
Movie Discussion you guys ever noticed that there are actually two water-rippling sequence in oppenheimer?
if you rewatch the film, you'd notice another scene with the ripples at the end of the movie, when he talks with einstein. both scenes tells different stories:
- the ripple sequence in the beginning tells how oppenheimer is curious and intrigued by "a different universe"-a different perspective of the quantum world and how he goes on, driven by curiosity.

- after the bombing, he becomes devastated by the impact his invention had on the world. so the 2nd sequence which comes at the end depicts the catastrophic consequences of his own creation, tells us how he imagines that he had done 'a chain reaction' and he got 'blood on his hands'.
the ripples also evoke a sense of universal interconnectedness, echoing oppenheimer’s own view of science, life, and morality. They suggest how small actions in one domain (e.g. theoretical physics) can have cosmic, even existential, consequences.
its so awesome how nolan had this level of creativity of showing the same scene having different interpretations in different timelines to the audience
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/DevinM626 • 22d ago
Movie Discussion Comparing The Odyssey and Oppenheimer: “Look on My Works”
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Awps_R_Band • 24d ago
Movie Discussion Lightning Flash In Oppenheimer Spoiler
I went back and thought about this and yeah this is definitely metaphorical Zeus lightning, punishing "Prometheus" (Oppenheimer).
Not a great pic but the beam of light above Robb's head, it's at about 02:46:10.
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Positive-Ad6008 • 25d ago
Movie Discussion When Charlotte tells Kitty to bring in the sheets
Why did Kitty appear shocked? She shouldve been happy i assume no?
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Prestigious-Treat348 • 27d ago
IMAX & Film Format Discussion I am become Death
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/TheEvanSchneider • 27d ago
IMAX & Film Format Discussion Trinity Scene Film
Beautiful scene, ever more so on film!
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Artistic-Ad-4296 • 28d ago
Music Discussion Fusion Theme
Does anybody hear the similarities between “Fusion” and “Captain America” the winter soldier ?
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Lopsided-Conflict1 • Sep 26 '26
IMAX & Film Format Discussion Some of my IMAX 70MM film cells collection.
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/southernemper0r • Sep 23 '26
Video Oppenheimer (2023) Dir. Christopher Nolan
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r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Dvir971 • Sep 23 '26
Reviews ‘Oppenheimer’: An In-Depth Look at Christopher Nolan’s Timely Oscar-Winning Future Classic
My thoughts on my personal favorite Oscar Best Picture winner, and Sir Nolan’s best.
Give it a read and let me know what you think!
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Robertdowneyjr3672 • Sep 20 '26
Behind The Scenes 🎬 Robert Downey Jr. Fan & Tribute ⚡ Celebrating an incredible career, unforgettable characters & iconic moments. ❤️ Iron Man • Marvel • Movies • Creativity ✨ with Robert Downey Jr. /Fan account
r/OppenheimerMovie • u/Conscious-Lab-7827 • Sep 18 '26
Movie Discussion The Solution to the "Trinity Test Problem"
Many people said that the Atomic Bomb Test in the movie looked too fake. But after the accidental Blue Origin rocket explosion this year, that gave me an idea. If Nolan were to try to reshoot the sequence but use practical effects, in the middle of a desert at night, they could fill large tanks in the desert with Liquid Hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen, put it on top of a small model of the tower that looks kind of like the one in the test, and then detonate it. It would look spectacular and massive. They could do that for a 2033 10th anniversary re-release of the movie. However, I don't know how legal or expensive it would be.