OPPENHEIMER Ending Explained (Full Movie Breakdown)

My full breakdown for Oppenheimer is here. Hope you enjoy it and stay tuned for my spoiler video essay tomorrow and a biggest questions video early next week!

It was so satisfying that Struass was just paranoid, and Oppi and Albert were literally talking about something more important. Albert ignoring strauss was just him ignoring him😂

The JFK name drop felt like the Bruce Wayne fixing the auto pilot/Robin reveal at the end of The Dark Knight Rises for me, got me hyped for some reason 😂

I’ve seen horror movies in theaters, and been jumpscared far too many times, but I have to say, the victory speech scene was by far the most terrifying and anxiety inducing scene I’ve ever watched in theaters.

I love how the movie starts with Louis Strauss' perspective watching Oppenheimer and Einstein talk and at the end, the movie comes back around that same scene between Oppenheimer and Einstein but this time in Oppenheimer's perspective.

I just realized that when Oppenheimer is looking at the raindrops on the pond at the end of the movie, it looks exactly like nukes hitting the Earth’s surface when he envisions a nuclear war! Nolan is a genius!

You forgot to mention... Oppie's convo with Einstein. It had NOTHING to do with Strauss. That was the point of his vendetta. It was over nothing. Einstein was just bummed out and couldnt be bothered to acknowledge a beaurocrat. But, of course, Strauss took it personal. Convinced the conversation was about him.

The test scene itself is legendary. A massive fire propagated in the atmosphere in absolute silence. The silence continuous and the personnel in charge inspecting that moment in silent astonishment and the silence continues and still the focus on the fire. It is like that moment when Prometheus stole in silence the secret of fire from Olympus and delivered it to humanity. And when it became within the reach of humanity came the roar of anger from the Olympian Gods. That is when the thunderous sound of the bomb hits the audience’s ears. Using myth, physics, and philosophy to portray the moment that changed the world was an epic moment of the movie.

It all makes sense… Einstein and Oppenheimer weren’t ONLY talking about the bomb’s ability to blast a chain reaction in the atmosphere, but it’s a METAPHOR for the creation of the bomb being the beginning of a chain reaction across the WORLD to build bigger and deadly bombs

what I love about the moment with Einstein by the lake, is that for Struass, it is the kindle that starts a fire which will eventually lead to a personal war with Oppi. It's not the physics that are dangerous, it's the fact that they are in the hands of beings who make emotional decisions to destroy each other, often based on complete misunderstandings.

You can see this a dozen times and there will still be images and details you have missed. The film is that rich and profound.

The final scene is honestly one of the greatest endings I've ever seen. Experiencing that scene in the cinema is something else 😭🙌

Strong movie with powerful imagery and no conceit as to what was the 'right and wrong' about the events in it.

It must've felt surreal for any human being at that time, to realize that there is a possibility that a single bomb is capable of ending mankind.

The black and white isnt about objective reality. Its very much the subjective reality of Strauss. The color scenes tell the subjective story of Oppenheimer. Neither are objective reality. Both are told from the viewpoints of their protaganist.

As a history buff I'm glad to see Oppenheimer story being revisited. I always thought he got a raw deal and was thrown under the bus after the Russians got the bomb. Oppy was a complex flawed human being as most of us. I think he did was right for him at the time.

Oppenheimer was off the HOOK!!!! I will pay to see it again. Christopher Nolan,Cillian Murphy, Emily Blount, and RDJ ALL deserve Oscar Nods, and this is coming from someone who could really care less about award shows.🙌🏾🙌🏾

Just saw it this afternoon…. It’s midnight now and since leaving the theater I haven’t gone more than a few minutes all day and evening without thinking about it. The story of this complicated man aside, this film is a PERFECT example of when you can be blown away and appreciate every aspect of filmmaking as an art. Chris Nolan and his brilliant writing and direction, & Emma Thomas, Van Hoytema, Göransson, the visual effects team and production designers, the editing team, sound people, period costume designers etc, the amazing cast all puttin in the work, just unbelievable. Hats off to everyone involved.

That build-up into Trinity explosion was very satisfying for me. Those scenes were the most favorite of mine.

Does anyone think this movie will win the Oscar? Without doubt it will be nominated in many categories.