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  1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
    > Beyond Star Wars, an illicit cottage industry has sprung up to patch the holes in any given film’s digital representation.

    I've thought about making an Oppenheimer except all scenes are in chronological order and the cringe ones are gone Edition

    1. ndsipa_pomu · · focus · HN ↗
      Sounds like you want the old BBC TV series: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.themoviedb.org&#x2F;tv&#x2F;8771-oppenheimer?language=en-US" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.themoviedb.org&#x2F;tv&#x2F;8771-oppenheimer?language=en-U...
      1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
        Well I want a single movie, and don&#x27;t mind if it&#x27;s dramaticized at the expense of accuracy.
        1. ndsipa_pomu · · focus · HN ↗
          Fair enough.

          I can recommend the old BBC series as it&#x27;s well produced and prioritises accuracy over dramatisation as far as I can tell. It&#x27;s obviously a bit slower than a movie but well worth a watch if you&#x27;re interested in the topic.

          I watched it a few months before watching the Oppenheimer film and it did spoil the film a bit for me. I&#x27;ve got mixed feelings about Nolan films - I really like a lot of his work, but find that it can be a bit superficial at times. e.g. I enjoyed Interstellar but found the ending unsatisfying and a bit hand wavy. However, when I watched it, I wasn&#x27;t aware of the all the Jesus links in the story, so I was approaching it as a hard scifi film.

          1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
            That sounds nice too. I do prefer accuracy over drama, it&#x27;s just in short supply so I settle for either. Like my favorite film is Lawrence of Arabia, but it&#x27;s not accurate.

            The ending of Interstellar almost ruined it for me. Even ignoring physics, it&#x27;s a lazy plot device. I liked the rest of it so much that it was forgivable, but that involved mentally black-holing the end, like I forgot about it until rewatching recently.

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