To End All War: Oppenheimer & The Atomic Bomb

On the coattails of the Hollywood extravaganza arrives a depressing, factual documentary that entirely dispassionately explains Oppenheimer's life and how the bomb came to be.

The use of real archival footage is addictive; adding to the depressing reality of bombs and war.

Definitely worth viewing either before or after the Hollywood epic.

Then make sure to go see the Barbie movie, because you'll definitely need cheering up!

Back to Oppenheimer, by end end of the documentary, given what's happening in the world right now, depression should absolutely set in.

Get a good strong drink and go to bed.

Good and interseting film but its more about the movie Oppenheimer than Oppenheimer himself.

It shows that the movie is very close to the truth and reality at that time.

Also original material is used and if you have seen the movie you will feel the closeness.

I know that Oppenheimer was a big smoker and that smoke looks like an atomic blast but sometimes it looks like Marlbro sponser this film.

I also dont get the way narrators tells the story in pices cut togheter, its no way they tell the story, they just read a script and pretending they tell it, cuiet usual in documentaries now a days but total unreal.

I knew there were two 2023 Oppenheimers to watch and it was a matter of what I choose first. The Christopher Nolan's 3 hour creation did not live up to our expectations with muffled dialogue and a completely nonlinear depiction of events.

To End All War: Oppenheimer &The Atomic Bomb, on the other hand, is a clearcut documentary with archived footage and a beginning to end, up to date history of what it meant to create a weapon of mass destruction, a feat of science, technology and human intelligence.

It touches on the morality and ethics behind the monumental project and the life of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer after his famous achievement, revealing his complex nature and lifelong guilt.

A must watch in today's world, worth every minute of your time to watch a group of experts, Charles Oppenheimer - Dr. Oppenheimer's grandson and the Hiroshima bombing survivor and activists retelling one of the most important historical events and calling for peace.

"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress."

It starts out decent enough, mostly the usual history and beginnings college life and early politics.

Then all of a sudden Bill Nye shows up and starts speaking and it completely ruins any authenticity of this program. Why on earth is he chosen to spout off a few lines. He adds nothing, has zero scientific credentials and severely compromises the subject matter by attempting to describe how to make a nuclear bomb work. Mickey Mouse would have been slightly better.

Overall you can fast forward through most of this and not miss much. 4/10 as it's nearly all interviews and a few spots of information.

Even structure wise it is beat by beat addendum to Nolan's film if you want to see beautifully upscaled pictures from the era.

Essentially it does the trick and clarifies things that are included in American Prometheus book but skipped in the movie like Oppie's extremely bourgeoisie early life and his stubbornnesses on his compulsive need to convey his genius to everyone. Also literally hearing things from the experts make you feel more knowledgeable on the area even if you just saw the exact thing in the movie.

People who hated the movie will not find anything of worth here but its recommended if you want to spend more time with oppie.