I feel a mini-series would work as well: The pacing was well maintained throughout all three hours and there were enough storylines to properly take breaks from each other.

Got to agree, when you have 75 oled tv with Sonos sound bar + sub and 4k dv releases, it needs to be a real special movie to go to the theater, to watch with loud nasty people who can’t put their phone down for 2 hours (and a newly added rent - paying for babysitter lol)

I think the cinematography for Openhimer was deliberately and deceptively simple. Nolan leverages the 70 mm format to capture a lot of textures without being heavy handed.

This film was kind of a big departure from Nolan’s typical action oriented style. I do think that some of the performances were mid, and the dialogue was a bit droll at times.

That said, I think he is extremely masterful in his ability to tell a story non linearly, which made the overall story more compelling since they packed a person’s whole adult life’s story into three hours.

I think the ending conveyed the overall point of the film, and still highlights the complexity of human nature.

Overall, I think the Openhimer tries to use subtleties in an era when “bigger is better”.

Disagree.

There’s plenty of biopics out there - but this one really has some powerful moments, that benefit from the cinema.

It adds a bit of depth and gravitas.