Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it’s complicated.

  • kingthrillgore@kbin.social
    1417·
    1 year ago

    They were victims. The nukes were war crimes. Show the victims.

    Ultimately though a lot of Nolan’s films are coded for a Conservative viewpoint going back to the Batman trilogy. There’s still quite a bit of it here, even if this movie is intended to depict the honesty of nuclear weapons.

    • iAmTheTot@kbin.social
      101·
      1 year ago

      Ultimately though a lot of Nolan’s films are coded for a Conservative viewpoint

      Wat

      • kingthrillgore@kbin.social
        9·
        1 year ago

        At the end of the day, Japan and the US owe various parts of the world a lot of apologizing for shit done during WW2 and this is not me playing both sides. I am very familiar with Nanjing, Unit 731, and the comfort women thing.

      • OurToothbrush@lemmy.mlM
        103·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, those Japanese civilians and Korean slaves sure deserved it /s

        Yeah, thousands of victims were Korean slaves. Chew on that.

      • trufax@beehaw.orgEnglish
        51·
        1 year ago

        I agree with you that the Japanese military committed horrific atrocities, but from my pov, showing the direct devastation the bomb had demonstrates (among other things) the significance, impact, and importance of the creation of the bomb. That demonstration bears relevance in a story about the creator’s life and legacy in a way that Japanese atrocities don’t.