The footage opened in black-and-white with Robert Downey’s Jr character Lewis Strauss walking into a posh hotel dining room where a meeting is taking place. The Russians have a bomb. “We’re supposed to be years ahead of them,” says Downey Jr. The scene changes to Los Alamos where a town is being built, clearly the site where the A-bomb tests will take place. Matt Damon is a high ranking military official, Leslie Groves, who is pressuring Murphy’s Oppenheimer to lean on his team to get the bomb built. “Is there a chance when we push the button that we destroy the world?” Groves asks Oppenheimer.
The trailer opens with an unrecognizable Robert Downey Jr. entering a hotel conference room, where he drops a bomb of his own: The Russians have developed a weapon very similar to the one designed by Oppenheimer. How did they get the bomb? Was there a spy in Los Alamos, where Oppenheimer built the bomb that won the war?
The trailer flashes back to color, where Cillian Murphy assembles a team to possibly blow up the world. Stressing the importance of beating the Nazis to this, Murphy simmers with fear and determination as he and General Matt Damon discuss the dangers of building a bomb like this. Oppenheimer constructs an oppressive system where he leads scientists and their families to Los Alamos, where they won’t be allowed to leave. The trailer then goes into montage mode, relishing in beautiful shots of orange flames slowly burning, and Einstein having his hat blown off. We also got our first look at Benny Safdie and David Krumholtz in the movie.
All in all, Oppenheimer’s trailer leans on the MacGuffin of who leaked the bomb to dive into the man’s life, going back to his time in university.
We start off in black and white, with Robert Downey Jr. in the backseat of a cab, wearing a tux. He meets with a group of "fancy" guys gathered around a table in a high-class restaurant. He brings word that the Russians have a bomb and that the Americans are supposed to be years ahead of them. Murphy's Oppenheimer says they're in a race against the Nazis, but Downey says the Soviets just fired the starting gun, and the race is against them now.
It then cuts to some color footage in Los Alamos, a secret town in the middle of nowhere. Matt Damon plays a no-nonsense military general. Damon's character says this is the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world. We then get lots of shots of this makeshift town of Los Alamos. Emily Blunt's character is seen hanging laundry outside. "It's happening, isn't it?" she says.
They raise a bomb up in an oil derrick-looking device. The black and white footage appears to be in the present timeline of the film, whereas the color footage is flashbacks. People are questioning Oppenheimer, who keeps saying that no one can leave Los Alamos. "Are we saying there's a chance that when we push that button, we could destroy the world?" Damon's character asks. "The chances are near zero," Oppenheimer replies. "Zero would be nice," Damon retorts. We finish with some shots of characters on horseback, quick cuts, explosions in the desert, a ticking clock. /Film's Ben Pearson tells us the footage looks dramatic, suspenseful, and, most importantly, spectacular.
The trailer opens with an unrecognizable Robert Downey Jr. entering a hotel conference room, where he drops a bomb of his own: The Russians have developed a weapon very similar to the one designed by Oppenheimer. How did they get the bomb? Was there a spy in Los Alamos, where Oppenheimer built the bomb that won the war?
The trailer flashes back to color, where Cillian Murphy assembles a team to possibly blow up the world. Stressing the importance of beating the Nazis to this, Murphy simmers with fear and determination as he and General Matt Damon discuss the dangers of building a bomb like this. Oppenheimer constructs an oppressive system where he leads scientists and their families to Los Alamos, where they won’t be allowed to leave. The trailer then goes into montage mode, relishing in beautiful shots of orange flames slowly burning, and Einstein having his hat blown off. We also got our first look at Benny Safdie and David Krumholtz in the movie.
All in all, Oppenheimer’s trailer leans on the MacGuffin of who leaked the bomb to dive into the man’s life, going back to his time in university.
We start off in black and white, with Robert Downey Jr. in the backseat of a cab, wearing a tux. He meets with a group of "fancy" guys gathered around a table in a high-class restaurant. He brings word that the Russians have a bomb and that the Americans are supposed to be years ahead of them. Murphy's Oppenheimer says they're in a race against the Nazis, but Downey says the Soviets just fired the starting gun, and the race is against them now.
It then cuts to some color footage in Los Alamos, a secret town in the middle of nowhere. Matt Damon plays a no-nonsense military general. Damon's character says this is the most important thing to ever happen in the history of the world. We then get lots of shots of this makeshift town of Los Alamos. Emily Blunt's character is seen hanging laundry outside. "It's happening, isn't it?" she says.
They raise a bomb up in an oil derrick-looking device. The black and white footage appears to be in the present timeline of the film, whereas the color footage is flashbacks. People are questioning Oppenheimer, who keeps saying that no one can leave Los Alamos. "Are we saying there's a chance that when we push that button, we could destroy the world?" Damon's character asks. "The chances are near zero," Oppenheimer replies. "Zero would be nice," Damon retorts. We finish with some shots of characters on horseback, quick cuts, explosions in the desert, a ticking clock. /Film's Ben Pearson tells us the footage looks dramatic, suspenseful, and, most importantly, spectacular.
All of that sounds super interesting. I'm curious about the Macguffin comment. Was that the basis behind the whole court case in reality? Never knew that.
Saying Oppenheimer is the most important person ever feels silly and pompous. There's better marketing than to straight out say stuff that make no sense.
Saying Oppenheimer is the most important person ever feels silly and pompous. There's better marketing than to straight out say stuff that make no sense.
Its certainly debatable, but i dont feel its silly, we truly still live on the verge of nuclear catastrophe every second of our lives since then, its hard to find someone responsible for anything as far reaching in consequence, so i cant say it makes no sense, its hyperbolic at worst.
Saying Oppenheimer is the most important person ever feels silly and pompous. There's better marketing than to straight out say stuff that make no sense.
Its certainly debatable, but i dont feel its silly, we truly still live on the verge of nuclear catastrophe every second of our lives since then, its hard to find someone responsible for anything as far reaching in consequence, so i cant say it makes no sense, its hyperbolic at worst.
Oppenheimer or not, the atomic bomb would have been built. USSR got the bomb four years later, without any help from the US.
Saying Oppenheimer is the most important person ever feels silly and pompous. There's better marketing than to straight out say stuff that make no sense.
Its certainly debatable, but i dont feel its silly, we truly still live on the verge of nuclear catastrophe every second of our lives since then, its hard to find someone responsible for anything as far reaching in consequence, so i cant say it makes no sense, its hyperbolic at worst.
Oppenheimer or not, the atomic bomb would have been built. USSR got the bomb four years later, without any help from the US.
As is true with scientific discovery throughout, but the fact of the matter is that Oppenheimer did spearhead the project, anything else is a bunch of "could haves and would haves"
