Entertainment Choices

Published by

Clarissa

July 26, 2023

Thank God I didn’t go to see Oppenheimer! Turns out that the leading role is played by that extremely ugly and talentless actor from Peaky Blinders. That was one horrible show. Everything about it sucked bullets. The ridiculous plot, the bad writing, the clumsy acting, and the hideous actors. I understand that the characters are supposed to be inbred, but did they have to be that believable at it when they were completely unbelievable about everything else?

In any case, who wants to watch a movie about the atomic bomb at this particular moment? I’d rather stay at home reading my new Laura Lippmann about woke, fussy millionaires obsessed with their teenage sex pranks.

Rate this:

4 responses to “Entertainment Choices”

Avi

July 26, 2023

Dear Clarissa, thank God I am not the only one to think that that Irish actor is disquieting and cringe inducing.

LikeLike

Reply
xykademiqz

July 26, 2023

I completely agree that Cillian Murphy is really REALLY creepy.

That said, his creepiness and drastically slimmed-down frame worked really well in Oppenheimer, who himself was as weird and unsettling as a womanizing chain-smoking self-absorbed brilliant physicist can get.

I watched the movie yesterday and thought it was extremely well done. It has a runtime of 3 hours, and I didn’t feel bored or antsy for even a moment. I was engrossed the whole time, so it went by like a breeze. There were a number of big-name actors who did a good job, notably Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt (I would watch the woman read her shopping list, seriously), Robert Downey Jr., and Matt Damon. To me, there was great pleasure in seeing a bunch of physicists whose names are in undergrad textbooks and on national-lab letterheads now depicted on screen. I loved seeing fictionalized accounts of how they interacted, butted heads, developed friendships, tripped each other up, etc. I understand this aspect might be lost on people who are not in the technical field, but to me it enhanced the enjoyment of the movie.

FWIW, I also watched Barbie. It was nicely done, visually stunning, pretty funny, and only somewhat (not unbearably) sentimental. It was charming and clever more than anything else, and, as a former girl who loved her one-legged Barbie and inflicted untold crimes of grooming and fashion on the poor doll, I thought the movie nicely captured how little girls imbue the dolls with their own dreams through play. Also, mutilate them.

LikeLiked by 1 person

Reply
1. PaulS
  
  July 28, 2023
  
  He was also a pretty good villain in Batman Begins. It’s all about the right role.
  
  LikeLiked by 1 person
  
  Reply
PaulS

July 28, 2023

It’s a blue state, pink state thing.
https://twitter.com/paul_hundred/status/1682849050482167809?t=QGl3rmkZDXDiWvRq46qEcA&s=19

LikeLike

Reply

Clarissa's Blog