I have read books on Oppenheimer and enjoy the subject matter, and liked the movie.
But for the average movie goer I doubt they will like this movie too much.
I think they will all be shaking their heads coming out saying 'I was tricked, we shoulda went to see Barbie.'
You might be underestimating the "average movie-goer." I'm very much one of that set, and thought it was an excellent movie. I thought it deserved the "big screen" treatment, whereas "Barbie," the other film I'd like to see, will be perfect for home entertainment when it comes out on dvd. Younger people probably enjoy the communal laugh-fest in the theater, but that's not my crowd.
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shareSeriously. The whole "Barbenheimer" thing has provided totally free viral publicity and marketing!
So while it's possible that the movie would have been a success without help from the jokesters of the internet, I think that the success of "Oppenheimer" is partially and weirdly due to the success of "Barbie". Lots of people are deliberately seeing "Barbenheimer", and lots more are seeing "Oppenheimer" just as an FU to the "Barbie" movie and its fans. Weird, but true.
1) Christopher Nolan.
2) The Barbenheimer meme.
Nolan is the biggest name in film most people not actually into film know.
Not to be a dick but I get the feeling people only like him because of Dark Knight... which people only like because of Heath Ledger's Joker. That and Inception which was ok.
It's just the case of people not knowing film so they hype up what they perceive is the most important director. Nobody has heard of Vilgot Sjöman or Krzysztof Kieślowski or Dziga Vertov.A lot of them probably just feel like liking him makes them look smarter. "Oh yea I like smart things. I like Chris Nolan, Charles Dickens, and classical music"
The subject matter too. What's more important then the nuke? Nothing. Important events = important movies. Honestly Barbie will probably have a bigger cultural impact. Like Speed Racer did like Scott Pilgrim did like House 1977 did.
In 30 years teens and adults won't want to watch a dry boring biopic to chill out. Let me paint an example: Ever see the Gandhi biopic? Oh of course you have.. what's more important then a film about Gandhi? Now ever hear about this little known movie that came out at the same time.. idk was called something like TRON. Nobody right? Because Gandhi was such an incredible movie I don't think anybody has even heard of Tron. One of these clearly had cultural impact the other sorta went away..This is basically how both will be remembered.
"Nolan is the biggest name in film most people not actually into film know."
Only among Batman and DC fans. The mainstream isn't really aware of him.
It's a great film. What about it did you dislike?
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share>> I think they will all be shaking their heads coming out saying 'I was tricked, we shoulda went to see Barbie.'
Hahahaha. FilmBoy, you are a comedian, right?
That's exactly how I felt
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