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Atomic Cocktail.

  • Published In: National Review, 2023, v. 75, n. 15. P. 47 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: DOUTHAT, ROSS 3 of 3

Abstract

I care about the bomb and the atomic age; I don't really care about Lewis Strauss's confirmation, and ending a movie about the former with a dramatic reenactment of the latter seems like a pointless detour from what made Oppenheimer worth making in the first place. Film Atomic Cocktail ROSS DOUTHAT IT feels deeply ungrateful, from a filmgoing perspective, to say anything especially negative about Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, which (together with Barbie, of course, about which more in a future column) just made The Movies feel culturally important, as something other than a superhero-and-sequel factory, for the first time in a long time. The scene at war's end, when Oppenheimer speaks to a cheering, flag-waving crowd while his mind is assaulted by intimations of Armageddon, could have ended the film as well, and I would have walked away satisfied. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:National Review. 2023/08, Vol. 75, Issue 15, p47
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0028-0038
  • Accession Number:167347330
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