OPPENHEIMER – Mirith, Mike and I agree this film will rake in buckets of Oscars. The performances are stellar. The director has an excellent reputation and body of work. The subject matter is historical, intriguing and relevant to today’s politics. There are powerful scenes that drive home the lessons to be learned from creating a nuclear world we must all now endure forever…..just the kind of picture the Academy loves. That said, it does have some flaws. The 3-hour running time should be reduced by at least half an hour. We were all squirming in our seats during the first hour of dense exposition leading us to mentally urge the movie to get on with it. Nolan uses black and white film in certain scenes, presumably to highlight some point or symbolism. What that point or symbolism was, we had no clue, so it didn’t work. Then there is a segment during interrogation where Oppenheimer is sitting in his seat having sex with his mistress. Michael says it was supposed to be Kitty envisioning her husband’s transgression during his questioning, but that was lost on me. Either way, it was a distraction and unnecessary in the scene. Lastly, Mike found the disjointed presentation of the story hard to follow. Chris Nolan is known for this type of storytelling, but in a timeline of events like this, it leaves the audience confused. Overall this film is quite good…just not quite as good as we were expecting! Cheers! Boyfriends – 1; Girlfriends – 0.