Last movie you watched......

Our family consisted of dad, mom, my brother and me -- 3 men, 1 woman. Mom did a lot of knitting and was making some Barbie dresses to give away. She had a Barbie doll for fitting purposes. It was on her desk. Every time I walked past it, Barbie's top was down.

 

I loved Oppenheimer today. Loved it.

I absolutely need to see it again (and again). So much I want to see again and catch better.

 

'Oppenheimer' sex scene with Cillian Murphy sparks backlash in India: 'Attack on Hinduism'

How on earth did this get through editing? Reading from the Bhagavad Gita during sex? First off, the movie is based on the book "American Prometheus," which I read. If that actually happened in the book, I think I woulda remembered it lol. So taking the creative license of inserting his famous quote -- "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" -- into a hump-hump scene is uncalled for, tacky, and the equivalent of page-turning to Corinthians 2 or some other favorite section of the Bible.

I mean, I'm not offended, but then again, I'm not Hindu (and I'm Gen X; nothing offends me).

What's shocking is that the Indian movie review board didn't make note of it and gave the movie a PG-13 rating lol.

 

What’s funny when I saw it, I thought it was an odd place to shoehorn his famous quote. Just like an oddly placed cameo. Hadn’t thought what the Hindus would think of it.

I guess it would be equivalent to getting off to Romans 3:23.

It is interesting they gave it a softer rating with two humping scenes and one additional naked body scene.

 

Willy's Wonderland an amusingly demented Nic Cage flick. He plays a totally silent janitor who has to battle demonically-possessed animatronics at a Chuck E. Cheese rip-off(!).

 

Went and saw Oppenheimer, and, while it had some compelling scenes, I didn't love it.

I was more interested in the bomb-making and testing than the parts about whether and when Oppenheimer was a Communist loyalist, and that made up so much of the movie that I'm sure that influences my opinion.

My feelings also show, I think, just how difficult it is to make a really good person-driven biography only, as opposed to a true action, romance or other genre-based film.

Cillian Murphy was excellent in the lead role, but Robert Downey Jr. really put on a tour de force.

 

I think the last line at the end of Downey’s final scene was the best line of the movie. It was Alden Ehrenreich’s aide character right as they’re meeting the press. And the reaction Downey gives sells it even more.

 

Write, you should have pulled what a guy did tonight. Left right after the Trinity test. To be fair, it was my third time seeing the movie so maybe he'd seen it before too or he actually thought the credits were going to roll right after.

 

So, you must have liked it a lot. What appealed for you?

 

I understand the thought that Oppenheimer's last hour might not be what people want.

But, for me, it was the fallout. The bomb has fallout.

I loved it.