The poopooers are wrong. You’ve definitely seen it before but you kinda haven’t. Smart. To the point. Relies on the performances and dialogue and it was wise to do.
It’s A Ghost Story but with a proactive ghost. Not a criticism; I really liked A Ghost Story —eventually. (68/100)
I lived through this and remember it all, so it resonated with me.
But fucking hell, the usage of anachronistic language. You’re trying to tell me that Chancellor Nigel Lawson used the expression: “But what even is it?” In 1988? And Thatcher said “How are your family? Have a great night.” (1. How IS your family? 2. Lol, just no) It’s particularly fucking annoying because the rest of it was really pretty good, and Coogan and Walter were on form. …
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…
