Refined, nuanced, and evocative. I was surprised to find Vermiglio wasn’t based on a novel because it is written so well — and the cast does the writing justice.
A (minor) gem wherein not much happens on the surface, but just below and out of sight, this subtle drama plays out (74/100)
I thought to myself: “Look, just because you’re a depressing old bastard who’d rather watch movies about the end of humanity doesn’t mean you can’t occasionally switch your brain off and enjoy a ridiculous, over-the-top, lighthearted action & dance romp like everyone else”.
I told myself this for an hour; right up until I switched it off. I tried… but I couldn’t. I just couldn’t sit through any more silliness.
I didn’t study physics at university level but my older brother (with whom I shared a room for several years) ended up with a degree in physics, and the information I gleaned from him over the years instilled in me a lifelong interest in the subject.
And so I really expected to love Oppenheimer … but instead found it irritating in too many ways: starting with the character of the supremely arrogant yet ridiculously naive man himself (where was his famous…
