Sunday, August 17, 2025

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer is a must watch. 

As usual, Christopher Nolan performs his magic here and profiles a man who was conflicted about his role in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended World War II for Japan. 

The machinations and back stabbing of politics are here showing how the world always operates with the same power dynamics; the same envy, hate and stupidity which are incurable traits in humans of every era. 

The US obsession with communism is front and center here and is used as an attempted gallows for a scientist who was interested primarily in studying quantum mechanics.

On Netflix and very highly recommended.



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