Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan, en su película más madura y la menos atractiva para los espectadores, atrajo y sorprendió con una charla de tres horas sobre física nuclear y política. Atrajo a espectadores de todos los niveles de educación e inteligencia. Me quito el sombrero ante él. Rodar en 57 días un mosaico de acontecimientos tan centrado, perfectamente dirigido, repleto de información y cuidadosamente ensamblado, que no deja de ser interesante y tampoco pierde la credibilidad histórica en ningún momento, es una maestría cinematográfica. ¿Y que a Nolan le haya ayudado en esto un tema que nos concierne a todos y nos asusta a todos? Pero ¿qué otro director le daría más impulso a este tema? La intensidad y urgencia de la narrativa de la película se ve potenciada nuevamente por la ruidosa banda sonora mezclada por el mago Ludwig Göransson (Tenet), siendo esta obra suya algo independiente y digno de admirar por su originalidad y creatividad en los detalles. Brillante estilización de los personajes, montaje, elenco de actores, que uno no esperaría aquí y que al mismo tiempo encajan perfectamente (¡Benny Safdie llama atención!). Y esas dos escenas clave, construidas sin ayudas digitales sobre elementos cinematográficos básicos, son un auténtico placer. Inmediatamente después del final de la película, tuve más sentimientos encontrados, porque esperaba algo diferente, probablemente como todos nosotros. Sin embargo, con el tiempo, Oppenheimer crece en mí y me alegro de que Nolan lo haya hecho "a su manera". (16.08.2023)

Blockbuster sobre la vida de un físico teórico y el padre de la bomba atómica no es tanto un clásico drama biográfico, sino más bien un thriller político dramático modernista en el que se alternan dos líneas narrativas a través de varias líneas de tiempo. Un denso desfile de personajes ambiciosos, inteligentes e intrigantes y diálogos inteligentes que no dan espacio para respirar, además de eso, está filmada con una intensa fuerza cinematográfica. Una película dinámica y feroz con una estructura impresionantemente entrelazada, construida sobre la base del enfrentamiento de dos hombres egoístas y la historia de la lucha de un científico por la salvación de su propia alma, plantea preguntas relacionadas con la transformación de la civilización después de la invención de armas nucleares, el aspecto ético de su uso y la disposición de las personas a arriesgar por fama o dominio la destrucción del mundo, lo que tiene una relevancia que llega hasta el presente. (04.01.2024)

I went to the cinema thinking that Christopher Nolan wouldn't make just a biopic. Well, it's basically a biopic for at least the first hour and a half. A bit more playful in terms of working with time planes, but above all, it's audiovisually imaginative and engaging in a way that all those academy-praised films like The Theory of Everything have little chance of capturing my attention anymore. Moreover, Nolan switches gears a little bit in the middle and starts to play a lot more with individual plot lines as well as genres, so that after the more daringly conceived biopic (which looks great in IMAX), Oppenheimer turns into a horror film at times, a psychological drama at others, and isn't afraid to be a courtroom thriller that even Aaron Sorkin would applaud. It's a bit of a shame that Nolan doesn't have more faith in his audience and always ends regurgitating what might seem a bit complex for the unfocused into a few sentences. I'd certainly have liked it if he'd pushed the line about the responsibility of scientists more and generally gone more in depth with the main character himself, but those are just small things. I was entertained by Oppenheimer for the entire three hours, whether Nolan was playing with image, sound, pacing and genres, or sticking to more traditional storytelling techniques, and just spicing them heavily with his audiovisual mastery. (20.07.2023)

Nolan is the Dr. Manhattan of contemporary Hollywood. And perhaps will be for another two decades at least. At the peak of his creative powers, he can afford a three-hour conversation colossus, which subjectively lasts a third less, because the level of precision of all creative components is on an absolute level. Actually, even the most coveted gold-plated statue is completely understandable. And yet something is missing. Perhaps a bit of personal passion in front of and behind the camera. Without hesitation, however, this is the only film by the director that I know I will probably never watch again. PS: Sex in the interrogation room is probably the biggest cringe moment in Nolan's filmography. No debate about it. (24.03.2024)

Long waiting for Nolan's next film was interrupted by the biography of Robert Oppenheimer, who became the architect of the atomic bomb. And yes, the topic is undoubtedly strong, but it doesn't deserve 180 minutes at all. In addition, Christopher Nolan, following his pattern, does not make it easy for the viewer at all, as he intertwines three time planes from the very beginning and if you are not familiar with even the basic facts of Oppenheimer's life, good luck with that. And it's difficult because most of the time in the film is spent talking and talking and talking... and if only that talking was at least palatable. But it's not. You will especially realize this when Albert Einstein appears on the scene. He completely takes all those dialogues for himself and as soon as he appears on the screen, you can be sure that you will witness the best dialogue that the film offers at that moment. A film that depicts progress that has become indispensable for the course of humanity, but at the same time we don't deserve it at all. In addition, it shows the arrogance of Americans and what the Russians then demonstrated... I won't even talk about that. (23.12.2023)