This'll be a brief, spoiler free Oppenheimer review.

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I'll just start by being so bold to say that this is Nolan's best film so far.

I'll also backtrack a bit on what I said before about the necessity of seeing it on another format of film if you don't have access to a 15/70 theater. Don't get me wrong, the 15/70 images are spectacular, gorgeous, and sometimes horrifying; but, one thing that you don't lose in the digital IMAX presentation is the sound. Granted, my theater just installed all new subs for this film. Still, feeling your world shake as Oppenheimer's world is shaking is a part of the experience.

If nothing else, Nolan knows how to turn movies into true events. This film, no matter how personal it is, is also a spectacular event.

Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. Particularly deserve Oscar nominations. Murphy embodied Oppenheimer's complexity, ambition, confliction, and ultimate regrets with masterful intensity and subtlety. Downey Jr. was a powerhouse.

Still, fuck, this is a movie that has Gary fucking Oldman in it for one scene, and he's perfect.

This is the fastest three hours that I've sat through this year. It's a compelling, tight story about the path of gaining power, the blood that can be spilled on that journey, and the possible, eventual fall from grace. It's a film about daring to predict consequences. It's the here and now versus the broad picture. It's theory versus hard reality.

This is a smart movie.

As of this point, nearly eight months into the year, this is my pick for best picture with the possible upset coming from Past Lives.

See it. See it on the biggest screen possible. See it with the best sound system possible.

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