I can’t remember the last time I was taken out of a movie like that seeing josh peck detonate the first atomic bomb

He acted well, I just didn’t expect to see him. I chuckled each time I saw him on the screen.

I don't think I've seen anyone make a post about it here, but can we talk about how crazy it is that Josh is going to be in (what's anticipated to be) one of the biggest films of the year? He's even in the trailer. All this to say...I can't believe he has a podcast with Ben of all people. With the level of guests he brings to the podcast, projects he's working, connections he has, I can't believe he hitched his wagon to someone in the Oshry clan.

For a man who who essentially had no dialogue and but was a key part of such an essential scene, he impressed me. His character didnt have to display the emotions that he did. The physical acting i could see and feel the anxiety, the gravity of the situation, the pressure on them all, the fear. He could have just been "scientist number 16 doing his duty" but he actually brought so much more and him and oppenheimers facial acting in that scene brought so much emotion

Just figured id give some appretiation since all ive seen are people saying they couldnt take him seriously

I like four scenes in the movie (sex hallucinations during the interrogation, explosion, anxiety attack during speech, final scene), and I liked the visions that oppenheimer himself would have, but the vast majority of the film didn't really work for me for two main reasons:

1. Casting. While Cillian Murphy didn't have this problem, nearly every character in the film just ended up being a famous actor to me rather than their character. Even side characters ended up being distracting to me because I was just thinking "wow that's Josh Peck" or "wow thats rodrick". An all star cast doesn't work very well for me when I'm supposed to be sucked into a period piece/biopic/character study.

2. Editing/How it was shot. The whole movie felt like the one montage scene of a movie. The constant music and quick cuts didn't fit such a dialogue-driven story at all to me. I really just wanted to see the characters act, but instead there would be as many as 5 cuts between just a couple of sentences between people. There was no room for tension to build, for interesting shot composition, for any real sense of direction because no shot held for more than a line or two. I constantly felt as though I was watching a trailer edit of the film, that's how bad this shit was to me. Am I crazy for feeling this way?

The more I think about the movie, the less I really like it. Its run time puts me off from wanting to give it a second chance. Feel free to convince me otherwise.