OPPENHEIMER: The Thread

[gmi3804]

Early word after the Paris premiere is that Christopher Nolan has hit it out of the park with Oppenheimer.

The movie nerd in me is excited to see this, though there's not one cinema in Chicagoland showing it in true IMAX 70mm. A few houses have it in regular 70mm, but I'll be seeing it in a Dolby Cinema.

Who else is excited?



The IMAX film for this three-hour picture is 11 MILES long.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I think it looks good based on the trailer I saw. I will be looking forward to seeing that. We almost always stream our stuff, in the case of something being 3 hours, definitely going to stream that.

 

[MillauFr]

Early word after the Paris premiere is that Christopher Nolan has hit it out of the park with Oppenheimer.

The movie nerd in me is excited to see this, though there's not one cinema in Chicagoland showing it in true IMAX 70mm. A few houses have it in regular 70mm, but I'll be seeing it in a Dolby Cinema.

Who else is excited?

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The IMAX film for this three-hour picture is 11 MILES long.

They are still using film in 2023? I am a bit shocked since I thought all movies were digital now days.

 

[gmi3804]

They are still using film in 2023? I am a bit shocked since I thought all movies were digital now days.

MOST films are shot and presented digitally nowadays. Some filmmakers still use film. This film was made using IMAX cameras, on IMAX/70mm film. This is a special presentation. Regular screens will have a digital copy and projection.

 

[VandVsmama]

Early word after the Paris premiere is that Christopher Nolan has hit it out of the park with Oppenheimer.

The movie nerd in me is excited to see this, though there's not one cinema in Chicagoland showing it in true IMAX 70mm. A few houses have it in regular 70mm, but I'll be seeing it in a Dolby Cinema.

Who else is excited?

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The IMAX film for this three-hour picture is 11 MILES long.

My YDD (age 15) is over the moon excited about this movie. She loves WWII history and did a whole big research project last school year in English class about the Cold War nuclear arms race. She's been talking about this movie for weeks. Definitely going to see it opening night.

 

[HopperFan]

DS (HS History teacher) will only go see it on the big 70mm screen. Luckily we have one about 30 minutes away. I don't mind going to the one close by (part of my A-List). We are going to see it for sure, looks so well done.

 

[bcla]

They are still using film in 2023? I am a bit shocked since I thought all movies were digital now days.

Kodak still makes movie film. FujiFilm stopped years ago.

Maybe not all, but much of the last three episodic Star Wars movies were shot on film.

 

[bcla]

I remember Fat Man and Little Boy back in 1989. I was a student at UC Berkeley back then and there was some buzz about it even though it wasn't filmed on campus. However, it seemed close. I could have sworn that one of the scenes of a physics lecture was at LeConte Hall. But it was odd because the students were smoking in class in that scene.

There was some criticism because Dwight Schultz didn't look anything like Oppenheimer.

 

[bcla]

Yes - there's a Wikipedia article on this.

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

 

[MillauFr]

Kodak still makes movie film. FujiFilm stopped years ago.

Maybe not all, but much of the last three episodic Star Wars movies were shot on film.

Kodak is a great example on what happens to a company when they fail to innovate.

 

[bcla]

Kodak is a great example on what happens to a company when they fail to innovate.

They were actually quite innovative in the 90s, and it had little to do with film, although film was an extremely important part of their business. They were big on office equipment like copiers and FAX machines. They were also quite good with digital cameras. But they just couldn't keep up with other companies. They invented digital imaging but shelved it fearing that it would affect their film business.

 

[Mysterian]

Oppenheimer’s three hours long? It’s gonna bomb.

 

[_19disnA]

Wonder how long it will be in theatres before moving to cable for viewing at home? Doubt the type of medium used will matter for home viewing purposes. Will be curious to see how much of the focus is on the technical aspects of developing the atomic bomb vs. his personal views of things?

 

[bcla]

Wonder how long it will be in theatres before moving to cable for viewing at home? Doubt the type of medium used will matter for home viewing purposes. Will be curious to see how much of the focus is on the technical aspects of developing the atomic bomb vs. his personal views of things?

I understand it's an extremely visual movie that should probably be seen in a movie theater for the full effect.

 

[gmi3804]

Wonder how long it will be in theatres before moving to cable for viewing at home? Doubt the type of medium used will matter for home viewing purposes. Will be curious to see how much of the focus is on the technical aspects of developing the atomic bomb vs. his personal views of things?

 

[georgina]

I understand it's an extremely visual movie that should probably be seen in a movie theater for the full effect.

Yeah they said that about Avatar 2 also, and we finally got around to watching that tonight at home on our medium sized TV screen. We rarely go to movie theaters any more, probably will wait until it’s available for streaming.

 

[DCLMP]

We will be seeing it next weekend. We're seeing Mission Impossible tomorrow and we saw The Sound of Freedom last weekend. I don't normally go to movies three times in one year much less three weekends in a row, but these are all movies we wanted to see. I think last year the only movie I saw in theatre was Top Gun Maverick.

The cost for a family of four to see a movie is 45.00 for a matinee and that's just the tickets. This year of moviegoing is unusual for us.

It is nice though when I can get my adult teenage kids on board for a family day. Lunch included of course.

 

[bcla]

Yeah they said that about Avatar 2 also, and we finally got around to watching that tonight at home on our medium sized TV screen. We rarely go to movie theaters any more, probably will wait until it’s available for streaming.

I actually saw that in IMAX 3D at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It was definitely something that benefitted from 3D as well as that massive screen. I'm thinking rom-coms and some dramas might not need that sort of visceral effect.

 

[LoveDaisy]

No interest in seeing it at the movies or watching it at home. 3 hours of my personal time is way too much to give up for a movie. I’d feel like I wasted half a day off.

 

[ford family]

My YDD (age 15) is over the moon excited about this movie. She loves WWII history and did a whole big research project last school year in English class about the Cold War nuclear arms race. She's been talking about this movie for weeks. Definitely going to see it opening night.

Recently came across a novel "Mr Two Bomb" by William Coles about a Japanese man who was visiting Hiroshima when the bomb dropped. He survives and, a couple of days later, goes home to Nagasaki only to be caught by the second one.
It is based on a true story and gives a vivid insight into the extent of the damage as well as the psychological impact on the population which had the desired effect of bringing the war to a close.
It's not particularly well written but gives the impression of being autobiographical and, therefore, more factual.
We visited Hiroshima a few years ago and, in addition to the Peace Memorial Park and the A Bomb Dome, the city has many other places of interest.

ford family