Documentary/Biopic Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

[DarkKnight88]

Unless Universal decides to put the film on Peacock!

We know what would happen then.

 

[Persona]

I also don't know if Nolan's name has the same pull it did 5 years ago or so. And a lot of people did not like Tenet.

My hope here is that Universal puts Nolan on a budget (like, 100 million, max) and it helps him really focus on the narrative he is trying to communicate. Also that's probably the only way they are going to be able to recoup cost on an Oppenheimer film.

 

[GothamCity]

look at The Prestige. If it wasn't based on a novel, you could almost imagine it as a biopic about these rival magicians.

Thats true.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[BatLobster]

I also don't know if Nolan's name has the same pull it did 5 years ago or so. And a lot of people did not like Tenet.

My hope here is that Universal puts Nolan on a budget (like, 100 million, max) and it helps him really focus on the narrative he is trying to communicate. Also that's probably the only way they are going to be able to recoup cost on an Oppenheimer film.

I still think it's pretty insane that Dunkirk, a WWII film with no Americans and unknowns in the lead roles, released in the middle of the summer season, managed to make $526 million. I mean, sure, Nolan's name alone isn't going to automatically pull in billions, he's not James Cameron, but I think he still has a pretty strong international following even if his American box office might be slipping (we'll never know what Tenet would've done if it was released under normal circumstances, but 363 million is still kind of nuts for pandemic dollars).

He's not as white hot as his TDK/Inception days, but a movie like Dunkirk seems like it would've been destined to flop without the selling power of his name. We'll see what happens here, sounds like the budget is indeed rumored to be $100 million.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Yeah, in hindsight it’s amazing how much Tenet did make worldwide. Studios this year are greenlighting sequels with much less than that and hoping for anything around it.

 

[Pennywise]

That reminds me, still haven’t seen Tenet yet.

 

[Boom]

That reminds me, still haven’t seen Tenet yet.

I honestly haven't gotten around to it yet either.

 

[Pennywise]

Yeah, a couple of my friends saw the film, but they were very confused as to what was going on.

 

[StarLord]

Yeah, a couple of my friends saw the film, but they were very confused as to what was going on.

I don't think your friends are alone in that regard.

 

[Gothamsknight]

I don't think your friends are alone in that regard.

They're not, but it does warrant repeat viewings. I think people should check it out regardless.

 

[Pennywise]

They're not, but it does warrant repeat viewings. I think people should check it out regardless.

Have been curious to check it out!

 

[Gothamsknight]

Have been curious to check it out!

I think it's currently on HBO Max

 

[Snow Queen]

I find Tenet fun. Unlike most of his movies for me though, it's a set piece movie. Most of them, I enjoy them for the total package, you know? But Tenet it's about the highway or the airport and stuff like that. These fun, audacious action beats that most people aren't handed the money for - but it doesn't really tie them together with something that lands as well as his best works.

Glad to see dumping everything on HBO Max without talking to anyone has worked out great for WB.

 

[Kane52630]

On a surface level, it's pretty much Nolan doing a James Bond movie but with time travel.

 

[Pennywise]

I’m still bummed out a year later I didn’t see it in theatres! Damn anxiety!

 

[NotNickFury]

Unless Universal decides to put the film on Peacock!

No lie, I kind of want that to happen just for the hilarity that would ensue. Maybe we'd get audio of Nolan going on a Bale/Terminator Salvation-esque rant.

 

[Pennywise]

No lie, I kind of want that to happen just for the hilarity that would ensue. Maybe we'd get audio of Nolan going on a Bale/Terminator Salvation-esque rant.

 

[OutOfBoose]

I don't think your friends are alone in that regard.

Probably even Nolan himself.

New era has begun.

 

[BatLobster]

I find Tenet fun. Unlike most of his movies for me though, it's a set piece movie. Most of them, I enjoy them for the total package, you know? But Tenet it's about the highway or the airport and stuff like that. These fun, audacious action beats that most people aren't handed the money for - but it doesn't really tie them together with something that lands as well as his best works.

Glad to see dumping everything on HBO Max without talking to anyone has worked out great for WB.

I'm pretty much there with you on that. I think Tenet was kind of like a fun chaser for Dunkirk, which was very intense and heavy, being a war film and all. Tenet was really almost like a time traveling "buddy" spy flick. I really enjoyed Pattinson and JDW as a duo.

I don't know, I think it's just a cool movie. There are some interesting concepts and themes there, but they're more in the background. It's not as much of the philosophical meditation as people may have been expecting. But I know what you mean about the total package thing. It doesn't have that "OMG goosebumps" ending that I think he's managed to pull off with so many of his films where the theme comes into focus in such an impactful way. It almost feels like it's setting up more sequels for a non-existent franchise that we'll never revisit. Which adds to the feeling of it being like Nolan's 007 or Mission Impossible movie.

 

[Brother Jack]

The more I've thought about it the more I think this tracks with Nolan's previous work. He's dealt a lot with highly ambitious and/or obsessive protagonists be it Bruce Wayne, Leonard Shelby, or Borden and Angier. I don't know much about Oppenheimer's story, but I assume it could fit in that pattern.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Boom]

The sound mixing/editing for this movie will literally deafen people.

 

[Pennywise]

Beat me to it!

 

[Mysteryman]

I can imagine that there could have been quite an uproar if Nolan had chosen to produce this film over at Sony.