Gary Oldman ATE in this scene.
“They care who dropped it…I did”
“Don’t Let That Crybaby Back in Here!!”
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Makes you wonder if the mere IDEA of having the power to snuff out millions of lives in a heartbeat gave Truman a god complex ego high.
Yeah, it makes sense. Just give the land back to the Indians after coating it with radiation.
I had no idea this was Gary Oldmanm it shows how good of an actor he is
Commissioner Gordon and the Scarecrow
The way Truman’s face dropped when he was told “give it back to the Indians” POS
Didn't he choke on a cherry?
Haven't seen the movie but it's interesting that they used the nicer of the two stories of how this went. The other story is that when he took out the handkerchief he said "wipe them off" and while he was leaving called him a "fucking cretan"
If I had a nickel for every time Gary Oldman played a leading government official during WWII (Churchill & Truman) I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t much but it’s weird it happened twice. 😂
Garry Oldman looks like bubbles from trailer park boys with those glasses on.
Scarecrow meets jim Gordon
This scene is a perfect example of how much the right direction can alter the viewer's perception of a scene. The directing and camerawork is tuned to warp this moment according to Oppenheimer's perspective. In reality, Truman was not only correct, but was probably also trying to assuage some of his guilt by reminding him that he was far more guilty and directly responsible. But from Oppenheimer's perspective, that comment comes off as contemptuous, and maybe it was. After all, if you had to deal with the moral weight of murdering someone with a sword, and then the person who made the sword came and complained to you about how THEY felt defiled by what happened, you might feel like giving them a bit of a smack for making it all about them, which is totally in line with Oppenheimer's character. He wasn't wrong about his moral positions, but he was a narcissist who viewed himself as an agent whose actions could affect the world, rather than as one cog, albeit an important cog, in a larger machine. This was an important wake-up call for him, regardless of what Truman's intention behind his comments were. Not everything revolves around you.
Gary Oldman's acting here is just perfect.
What did Oppenheimer expect? Absolution? For Truman to take his moral issues away with a wave of his hand? Oppenheimer knew what the bomb was, who was paying the bills and what it could and would be used for.
If he had truly cared about what his "child" (being the "father" of the bomb) would do, he would've done everything in his power to prevent its conception. Instead he played along, made things work and enjoyed being in charge of a project with a nearly limitless budget, thousands upon thousands of employees and political swagger.
Don’t know the history yet, how would Truman not be concerned about the Soviets developing nuclear weapons as well?
What I find funny is that I think that Churchhill would have actually said it like that an actual meant it as an insult..
Oldman has played both a US president and a man who took a US president hostage.
Not to mention Winston Churchill
Wild
Saying "I feel I have blood on my hands" to the guy who had a sign reading "The buck stops here" was probably a bad idea.
Harry Truman not only used the bomb, but later publicly humiliated one of America's most famous military heroes who advocated using it again.
He was never afraid of tough decisions, and I imagine hearing a pencil pusher was fucking infuriating.
U can see the pain in Truman's eyes when he said "I did"
Churchill and Truman
Honestly, i think the bomb would've been built in a way or another, with or without him. Oppenheimer just took the bus first, this is the part he regrets.
Where's the famous "The Buck Stops Here!" sign?
Superb acting.
Most admirable.
Truman actually said “never let that fucking cretin in here again” at the end
Truman is basically confronting Oppenheimer on his massive ego. He call him the most famous man at the star but the end of the conversation is basically "Nobody in history care about the guy that invented the sword, only the men that used it and ordered its use". Basically, he doesn't have to be forgiven just forgotten.
wow didnt know it was him
You ever have those moments when you create a life on earth ending dooms day weapon and you realize you’ve given it to a deranged psychopath, who leads the most powerful nation on earth, who doesn’t care about the consequences of using such a dooms day bomb and has already used it on unarmed civilians without remorse and doesn’t care that war with these weapons could become likely with the nation’s enemy, and the psychopaths in charge don’t care, and will do nothing to stop it. Ruff.
Gary Oldman was phenomenal as Truman. Gary Sinise also was great as Truman!
my favorite part is when Truman said "I wouldn't exactly call them people"
Gary Oldman’s appearance in Oppenheimer was short, but he definitely shined in this.
This movie taught me two things:
1) Bombs kill people
2)Truman was based
1949, the Soviet Union would successfully test their nuclear bomb.
I had no idea it was Gary Oldman until I checked the cast online after the movies.
Cant believe Gary played both Churchill and Truman whats next? Stalin?
It literally wassnt much Later that Trumans Ignornace about Russia building a bomb would get shoved right back in his face.