@smt @lauren

I finally got around to watching #Oppenheimer. Besides the #nonlinear narrative, my criticisms would be similar to Lauren's as well - incredible technical achievements in producing what appears to be period-authentic scenery, sets, and props, and fantastic visuals, but in service of a somewhat lame, too-Hollywood script.

#Nolan's going to get pegged as a one-trick pony, like #Shyamalan (if he hasn't already...) with the nonlinear #storytelling. You're right that it was totally unnecessary here; this story could have been told start-to-finish and not lost one iota of its message or power. Arguably the opposite.

In Memento, the "two narrative threads with one played backwards" thing was essential to the story. Here the temporal slice-and-dice is a needless distraction, a "Mommy, watch me!" affectation. It detracts from the story.

The cheap #melodrama is annoying too, but it's hard to get worked up about that as long as the "look at what a twisted web I can weave" attitude is there to complain about.