Stoked how bad Oppenheimer was

Ryan · 2023-07-23T16:42:38.474Z

Everyday we get further and further from Memento.

Last Nolan movie I saw was Interstellar, after that I just sorta tapped out.

Fin25 · 2023-07-23T16:44:16.581Z

MichaalHell:

sorry @Fin25

And so you should be.

Octagonist · 2023-07-23T16:48:23.336Z

MichaalHell:

Not sure If Im misremembering but isn’t one of the reasons for the bad audio Dolby Atmos?

Might “shit sound” now be very dependant where in the cinema you sit? Presumably most screens don’t have treated rooms. With an Atmos sound field interacting with room reflections, you could have all sorts of weird going on.

(Not an expert, just interested)

PofM · 2023-07-23T16:52:38.515Z

Tamiko:

I feel like Michael Mann in the 90’s succeeded with some of the things I believe Nolan is trying to do,

I don’t think Nolan tries to do a Mann kind of thing at all. Unless I completely zoned out during Michael Mann films and missed … everything?

(For what it’s worth I love both Nolan and Villeneuve, and even the best Mann films never excite me)

onthebannedwagon · 2023-07-23T16:54:23.298Z

Is Dolby Atmos really necessary for an immersive film experience? For such a serious subject as the atom bomb, I don’t know… I was more interested in what the characters had to say to each other but I realize I am likely out of sync with greater society.

Ryan · 2023-07-23T17:00:35.851Z

onthebannedwagon:

I am likely out of sync with greater society

My metric for movies is simple:

I measure everything against The Shawshank Redemption. It’s either better, worse, or on par with The Shawshank Redemption.

Its a popular movie. If you find yourself amongst circles praising a movie you didn’t like, just change the subject to how great The Shawshank Redemption is

digitalgeist · 2023-07-23T17:24:45.719Z

Octagonist:

With an Atmos sound field interacting with room reflections, you could have all sorts of weird going on.

If memory serves you can’t say your theater is Dolby Atmos enabled unless they set the sound in the room themselves; it’s their gimmick. So you can’t just hang some speakers in a warehouse and say it’s Dolby Atmos, their engineers have to be involved and they’re pretty critical of their spaces.

shigginpit · 2023-07-23T17:30:04.009Z

so, long story short, you’re saying oppenheimer is a bomb.

Ryan · 2023-07-23T17:42:32.804Z

Ha! Dammit! Only in hindsight is that pun so blatantly obvious!

Octagonist · 2023-07-23T17:50:33.355Z

digitalgeist:

they set the sound in the room themselves; it’s their gimmick

That’s … unfortunate!

Kegeratorz · 2023-07-23T17:53:15.227Z

Ryan:

Nolan movie

His Batman trilogy is fantastic!!

shigginpit · 2023-07-23T17:53:53.206Z

Kegeratorz:

fantastic!!

memento is perdy gerd terr

Kegeratorz · 2023-07-23T17:54:56.145Z

shigginpit:

memento

I’ve never seen it, add it to the list!

alechko · 2023-07-23T17:55:07.132Z

Kegeratorz:

His Batman trilogy is fantastic!!

soo… Shawshank Redemption… great mooviiee…

Kegeratorz · 2023-07-23T17:55:45.717Z

Dunno, I’ve never seen Shawshank

alechko · 2023-07-23T17:56:24.615Z

Stoked how bad Oppenheimer was General Discussion

My metric for movies is simple: I measure everything against The Shawshank Redemption. It’s either better, worse, or on par with The Shawshank Redemption. Its a popular movie. If you find yourself amongst circles praising a movie you didn’t like, just change the subject to how great The Shawshank Redemption is

Tamiko · 2023-07-23T17:57:20.038Z

Kegeratorz:

add it to the list

Tattoo it on your chest as a reminder.

shigginpit · 2023-07-23T17:58:21.978Z

Kegeratorz:

never seen Shawshank

biggest shock of the thread.

Tamiko:

Tattoo it on your chest as a reminder.

good one!!!

Ryan · 2023-07-23T18:26:03.401Z

Tamiko:

Tattoo it on your chest as a reminder.

You really need a system if you’re gonna make it work

re5et · 2023-07-23T18:30:57.530Z

Oppenheimer was fine . I was impressed how many people were at the cinema early on a Sunday morning to see a science movie - though it’s not really a Science movie thankfully.

It’sa Biography of the bloke who Is credited with the bomb but also a look at how politics and the spectre communism, americas paranoia/ political manoeuvres .

Sound seemed ok (was in modern imax Cineworld ) … lots of rumbling bass

Good performance from main bloke and Robert downy junior
It’ll win some awards but that doesn’t mean it’s good.

Shawshank redemption is better.