#and the movie is strictly from Oppenheimer’s perspective it wouldn’t be historically accurate blah blah blah

[theriverdalereviewer]

seeing the discourse around whether oppenheimer should have represented japanese/indigenous americans and I just wanna say I think they can feel however they want about this film

#people are pointing out that Oppenheimer doesn’t represent JPN or indigenous peoples #and the reactions has been very aggressively “THE MOVIE IS CALLED OPPENHEIMER YOU IDIOT!!!! #like no fucking shit but can you not see things from their perspective are you as limited as oppenheimer himself #like yes I understand that it was Nolan’s intentional choice to center the movie so heavily around oppenheimer #to convey just how self-centered and unconcerned he and americans were about the lives of the JPN/IP #and so by not including them it is a direct representation of how absent they truly were in the eyes of americans #and the movie is strictly from Oppenheimer’s perspective it wouldn’t be historically accurate blah blah blah #okay I understand all that and it is reasonable #but imagine if you were part of either of these communities where the most devastating bombs were dropped on CIVILIANS #would nolan’s directing choices matter to you because I would not give a fuck #like you are not going to talk about the atomic bomb AND CENTER THE NARRATIVE AROUND THE WAR CRIMINAL??? #idgaf if it portrays him badly you need to make him seem even worse by portraying the victims #and especially when americans to this day still act like it was justified I especially understand why this remains a sensitive topic #and apparently there was a scene where americans were like “dont bomb kyoto cause we vacationed there #and the point is to depict just how utterly careless and selfish americans are when it came to human lives #but apparently people in the theaters laughed during this part #so that just goes to show effective nolan’s method was. like did we really think americans would understand the nuances #idk just my thoughts