| Comment | Genuinely concerned that I've lost a friend after telling him that I didn't think much of Oppenheimer.
Seemed genuinely shocked when I told him that I thought it was mediocre, too long and unfocused and shot choices were made with no reason in mind. Said I didn't know what I was talking about when I said I thought the female characters were poorly written and one-dimensional and the way characters spoke to each other wasn't realistic. Said that because Nolan had made masterpieces before such as Tenet (another movie I don't rate highly), he's simply incapable of making a bad film, I didn't know what I was talking about and that my opinion was invalid.
I felt so browbeaten, I just wanted to leave. Usually we depart on a hug, but he just sat in his chair looking angry. As I left, he stood in the close lecturing me on how I needed to watch Tenet numerous times in order to understand Nolan's genius.
It was a weird, hurtful reaction that came out of nowhere, especially when he hasn't actually seen Oppenheimer yet. |
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