Simple Reason Why Nolan's $100M Oppenheimer Already Beats Tenet
Although it wasn't that hard, since his last movie even flopped at the box office.
A lot of news about Nolan's new movie was revealed at CinemaCon.
The director explicitly hinted that Oppenheimer may not only be a biographical drama, but also an espionage thriller.
Until now, the movie seemed to be a stripped down narrative with an isolated story about the inner turmoil and struggle of the physicist.
But after the presentation, it was all but confirmed that the movie will be much like any of Nolan's other films in terms of being a total genre mash-up.
What Christopher Nolan said about his movie and its main character really got the fans excited.
He said that "J. Robert Oppenheimer is the most important person who ever lived," and that's frankly true, because of the man's involvement in the Manhattan Project, that almost defines the world that we live in now.
But the film not only emphasizes his participation in the bomb-making process at the time of World War II, it also highlights his connections to the Communist Party and the espionage he was involved in.
The best part of this news is that this kind of mashup continues a tendency that Nolan's films are such a spectacle for, as The Dark Knight was both a superhero and a crime movie, Inception was a robbery movie with sci-fi elements, and Tenet was essentially a James Bond movie with time travel..
Now, the $100 million budget kind of looks not enough for such an ambitious project. In addition to mixing genres, Oppenheimer will likely be playing with time, as almost every single Nolan's movie has used time tricks in some form.
This time, we can certainly expect yet another cocktail of genres most likely sprinkled with time tricks.
Fans now think that Oppenheimer will easily surpass Tenet, which was way too difficult to understand and didn't have a satisfactory payoff.
In contrast, Oppenheimer's mix of historical drama and real-life action already helps it stand out in Nolan's directorial portfolio.
And this makes it more appealing to audiences than Tenet ever could be.
Oppenheimer hits theaters on July 21.