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Apparently the Atom bomb didn't hurt anyone

posted 25 days ago by chumbawampa (169)
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According to this film, which I unfortunately watched all of, the Bomb never killed or hurt anyone. It was just something they set off in the Nevada desert, and I assume from the film since it never shows it, no Japanese people died or were harmed by the Atom Bomb.

It was just a nice thing America did to save the world and some nice scientists who didn't want to hurt anyone or go to war.

I'm glad I learned from Oppenheimer about the true story of the Atom Bomb in WW2:
No pain or suffering was caused by it whatsoever.

There may have been a couple bombs dropped on some cities called Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but it's just Japanese people there, so, it doesn't matter. They are just shorter, tanned skinned people who aren't the same as us so we don't need to care about them or sympathize with them. They are just over there on some island, far away.

The important thing is , they aren't white. So , that creates basically a barrier so we don't have to depict or think about the fact that we obliterated millions of them in seconds.

Because they're Japanese. And I think that's the main theme of Oppenheimer. If you didn't see it, it didn't happen!

Oh, the Japanese weren't very happy with the film? (being the ones who obsorbed 2 atom bombs you think they might know a little about it) Oh. Who cares.

We're Hollywood. We call the shots. We make the movies, and we rewrite history to suit ourselves.

[–] blindfolded (1540) 11 days ago

I'm gathering your strong sarcasm because you are resentful the film does not show the events in Japan.

But why would they?

Your assertion this is a movie about the atomic bomb is incorrect. This is a movie about Oppenheimer. If you thought you were getting a documentary of the atomic bomb, you were sorely mistaken. Your first clue shouldve been the title of the movie. 80% of the movie is told through Oppenheimer's perspective, while the other 20% is told through Strauss' perspective. Neither of these men were in Japan during these events.

We as the audience are meant to feel the disconnect of that event, as opposed to the Trinity test. Oppenheimer was present and heavily involved in the Trinity test and that's why we get all the tension surrounding it. He was blindsided by what happened in Japan, meaning he found out after it already happened. And he resented that. And he wasn't there. So neither is the audience.

The movie doesn't have to treat us like children and hold our hands and literally show the horrors of what happened in Japan.... we already know.

We are meant to feel disassociated, just like Oppenheimer did when he found out about the event.

[–] chumbawampa (169) 4 days ago

That's fair enough but I am entitled to form my own opinion of the film just as you are.

"Your assertion this is a movie about the atomic bomb is incorrect. This is a movie about Oppenheimer. If you thought you were getting a documentary of the atomic bomb, you were sorely mistaken."

This just doesn't follow... Oppenheimer is principally known for being part of the Manhattan project to develop the bomb, he played a major part in the research and development of the device.

To seperate Oppenheimer the man from the Atom Bomb he helped create, is like making a movie about Einstein without a single mention of the theory of relativity. And then telling the audience that we don't need to know about that because it's irrelevant. A lot of the audience may walk out of that movie wondering.... Why make a movie about Einstein then?

[–] blindfolded (1540) 4 days ago

Yeah, unless I'm mistaken, the Manhatten project and the development of the bomb was the meat of the movie. It showed that.

Not that I should need to do a breakdown of the plot, but it's not about the atomic bomb. It's about Oppenheimers development of it, and the aftermath of it from HIS point of view and that of Strauss.

Your analogy to Einstein is WAYYYYY off. Because the biggest chunk of the movie is Oppenheimer's journey and struggles in the development of the bomb and how it affects him professionally and personally. There was plenty of "mentions" of it.