Rock wrote:
How did you see that? It's been on my watchlist for some time.
On Prime. Looks like there's a Yify torrent as well.
Rock wrote:
The way I’d heard the sex scenes discussed I’d assumed they’d be like the ones in Munich, Oppenheimer thrusting vigorously while we cut to scenes from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Seeing the actual movie, I can only assume that sex scenes in major American movies of sizable budgets are so rare these days that most people’s brains have been broken by the ones here. Now, because this is a judgment-free zone, I would like to state for the record that I thought they were pretty hot. I didn’t hoot and holler during my screening, but had I seen this at a drive-in, I would have definitely honked my horn. Leave it to a director everyone assumed was a sexless weirdo to turn out something this weird and hot.
It's funny to mention this. The only thing I've heard about the film's sex scenes did raise my eyebrows, for another reason. I heard about the semi-scandal in India regarding the use of the Bhagavad Gita. But it seems weird to me. There are some sections in that text which are pretty erotic. So why did Nolan choose to use the quote about "I have become death, destroyer of worlds"? As I think we all know, this specific quote is famous as Oppenheimer's reaction to watching the first atomic blast. This recontextualization, suggesting something orgasmic about the Trinity test where it's always been accepted as one of awe-full dread, just seems way off the mark. Like I said, there's a lot of other potential lines from Bhagavad Gita to use in a sex scene. Why that one, especially considering the more historical context. Seems juvenile, like something Bay or Snyder would think was totally hardcore, but does it actually say anything about Oppenheimer himself? Is that the only Bhagavad Gita quote that Nolan is aware of, and couldn't be bothered to find a more suitable one? Is there any documented evidence that Oppenheimer found a sexual thrill from the Trinity Test? If the real Oppenheimer had an Erotic/Chthonic obession, then it might make a little sense. Isn't it also a little gauche considering his mistress' eventual suicide?
Anyway, yeah, gives me Munich vibes as well. But I will assume that Florence Pugh makes an awful lot of difference in the execution.
