Christopher Nolan's first historical film. Yeah. Hopefully his last.

I'm a fan of The Dark Knight Trilogy, I love Inception, but Tenet really struggled under the weight of its own concept. Through a confusing jumbled plot, the audience really has to concentrate to get any understanding from it, and it's draining and exhausting. This is the same with Oppenheimer. This is the current pattern in Nolan's films. Overcomplicated plot structures that begin to unravel before they even have a chance to entertain you.

What could be a nice simple story about the man who created the Atomic bomb became a jumbled messy montage of the events through his life that you can't really figure out until the end. So throughout those 3 hours, you're left wondering who certain characters are, what their relevance is and therefore their scenes lose any meaning. You don't need to mess up the structure of a true story just to be clever or artsy, and it frustrates me when filmmakers do this. Some people prefer an intellectual story and to work it out as you go, like putting pieces of a puzzle together, and for example in Inception, this totally works. But for a historical piece? Nah, there's just no need to be clever with it.

The first hour is quite intense with overloads of information in quick scenes that are set after the events of what you're about to watch, mixed together with flashbacks and present day stuff, and you're just left confused what happened when. I went in to learn about his life, but I came out more confused than before. I still don't know what took place when, but I got the overall gist of it.

The overall message was decent. The idea of 'what have I created' showing us glimpses of the future is incredible and quite powerful. A very meaningful concept that is very true, why do we need to create such a weapon in the first place, and what the consequences of that are, probably eventually leading to our own destruction. His character is potent and Cillian Murphy plays it beautifully. But with the rushed dialogue and jumbled scenes you can't get any meaning until the last act, which really delivers. From the detonation scene about halfway through to the end is the interesting stuff I was after. However, the progression from experimenting with different types of bombs materials etc to suddenly having a ready bomb to test was very sudden and you didn't really get to see any of the physical development, it's just suddenly there and you're left wondering well how did they get there and what did they use to make it in the end. For me, I would have preferred more details about what they were doing and how they were doing it, I was interested in the process, much like we see in The Imitation Game. We are much more involved in his process and seeing his creation come to life - a brilliant example of what this film should have done. If you're going to show me a film about someone making an atomic bomb, show me how they do it. That's the interesting part!

You have to pay very close attention to this film if you really want to understand it and what they're saying, but I'm not a fan of those types of films. This didn't need to be a clever mind twister, it just needed to be a nice historical piece on the man who created the atomic bomb. It doesn't need to be artsy. Simplicity is often appreciated.

Also I can't see Robert Downey Junior as anyone other than Iron Man. He just acts the same.

Overall, a decent strong message, but way too overdone and complicated. It doesn't need to be an intellectual puzzle to work out. I'm not paying to put together his life from the pieces you provide. Just tell me the story of his life and work, that's it. That's all you need to do. I feel exhausted after watching it, and I don't want to and shouldn't feel like that after watching a film. And the 3 hours. THEY DRAG!