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rivercloak · 10 months

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so, you're telling me that big-time millionaire director christopher nolan knew löded diper but not one direction??? that's a win for music in my eyes

#christopher nolan confirmed e-boy???#he should direct a new doawk film with the og cast next #christopher nolan #oppenheimer #barbie #devon bostick #barbenheimer #rodrick heffley #rodrick rules #harry styles #one direction #cinema #music

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denimbex1986 · 3 months

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'When Cillian Murphy took to the podium during Sunday night’s Golden Globes, his nose smudged in his wife’s lipstick, it was as if a door had opened on this Hollywood Neverland and an ambassador for the real world had stepped through.

Accepting the Best Actor in a Drama award for Oppenheimer, Murphy wasn’t so much un-starry as stonkingly everyday. Here was a normal person who had somehow beamed into peak Tinseltown and, if pleased, was also clearly a bit perplexed by it all.

The Oppenheimer win has made Murphy a frontrunner for the Oscars. In all likelihood, he will be up against a creepy Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, an overblown Bradley Cooper in Maestro, and a fervent Leonard DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon. With the arguable exception of the grandstanding Cooper, all would be worthy winners. And yet, underdogs everywhere will be cheering for Murphy. He’s spent the past 20 years negotiating Hollywood on his own terms and has rejected Tinseltown’s showiness in favour of staying grounded and playing the long game.

Murphy always wanted to be an actor rather than a star. Such a choice could easily have condemned him to a lifetime of supporting roles. Or a hiatus in TV, to which he seemed exiled when he settled in for a long run as Tommy Shelby in Birmingham noir Peaky Blinders.

But his decision to turn away from flashy parts has proved inspired. He is that rarest of things: an experienced A-list actor who comes to the Oscars without baggage. Unlike DiCaprio, he hasn’t had to overcome a past life as a teen pin-up. Nor does he have to justify a lucrative stint in comic book films, as Cooper has with his time as Rocket Racoon in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Above all, Murphy goes into Oscar season as an antidote to the “look at me!” culture of the social media era. In an age when fame is regarded as the ultimate commodity – more important than awards or critical acclaim – Murphy would rather let his work speak for itself. He lives humbly in suburban Dublin with his wife and two children – and his great passion outside of acting is music, as demonstrated by his semi-regular presenting slot on BBC 6 Music.

That’s lifetimes removed from Hollywood, with its self-mythologising and turbo-charged fakeness. It is also of a piece with his career since he broke through playing a survivor of the zombie apocalypse in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later. Ever since, he has chosen his jobs thoughtfully. In so doing, he has assembled a body of work of which he can be proud.

He hasn’t been above popcorn. He was a memorable villain in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, where he played the Scarecrow as a trippy nightmare. But even when shooting for the box office, Murphy has been studiedly un-starry. Careful to keep his ego in check, he’s often happy in an ensemble – hugging the background in A Quiet Place II and settling for an extended cameo in Nolan’s Dunkirk, where he was content to let Harry Styles and Tom Hardy hog the spotlight.

Hog it they did – yet it was Murphy who proved to be in it for the long road. Because he could go into Oppenheimer without a Hollywood aura, he disappeared into the role. If hardly obscure, he nonetheless assimilated fully into the part. Throughout that film, you were aware of its stars. Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt doing their best with under-written female characters. Robert Downey Jr trying to pretend he hadn’t spent a decade as Iron Man.

Murphy, by contrast, split the acting atom. He vanished into Oppenheimer with a performance that exuded humility and sincerity. Bookies have now installed him as a favourite for the Best Actor Oscar. If he wins, it would be a victory for knowing who you are and what you stand for and believing good work has value beyond short-term acclaim. Above all, his success shows that it is possible to stay grounded while scaling Hollywood’s giddiest heights.'

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cinepughs · 7 months

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we shall never surrender ✰ dunkirk (2017) dir. by christopher nolan

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#dunkirk #christopher nolan #harry styles #screencaps #movies #cinema #cinephile #4k ultra hd #film stills #cinema stills #film #cinematography

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exwag · 11 months

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#can you BELIEVEEEEE #had to post it myself bc i didn't... like the other captions #nolan patrick #hockey #gorgina #*harry styles voice* SHE

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mikhayhu · 5 months

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"We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

#dunkirk #christopher nolan #cillian murphy #tom hardy #fionn whitehead #jack lowden #tom glynn carney #barry keoghan #harry styles

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ilysweetleaf · 9 months

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richardarmitagefanpage · 6 days

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📰: Yahoo Movies UK

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escapismthroughfilm · 1 year

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deadpresidents · 9 months

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Just saw Oppenheimer and I was a bit disappointed with how they portrayed Truman. He came across pretty poorly IMO. It was only one scene but I wondered what you thought.

I understand your disappointment and it certainly wasn't a very in-depth portrayal of Truman, but according to the book that the movie was largely based on -- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) -- the meeting that Oppenheimer had with President Truman went down pretty much as depicted in the film.

As Bird and Sherwin write in American Prometheus:

(O)n October 25, 1945, Oppenheimer was ushered into the Oval Office. President Truman was naturally curious to meet the celebrated physicist, whom he knew by reputation to be an eloquent and charismatic figure. After being introduced by Secretary [of War Robert P.] Patterson, the only other individual in the room, the three men sat down. By one account, Truman opened the conversation by asking for Oppenheimer's help in getting Congress to pass the May-Johnson bill, giving the Army permanent control over atomic energy. "The first thing is to define the national problem," Truman said, "then the international." Oppenheimer let an uncomfortably long silence pass and then said, haltingly, "Perhaps it would be best first to define the international problem." He meant, of course, that the first imperative was to stop the spread of these weapons by placing international controls over all atomic technology. At one point in their conversation, Truman suddenly asked him to guess when the Russians would develop their own atomic bomb. When Oppie replied that he did not know, Truman confidently said he knew the answer: "Never." For Oppenheimer, such foolishness was proof of Truman's limitations. The "incomprehension it showed just knocked the heart out of him," recalled Willie Higinbotham. As for Truman, a man who compensated for his insecurities with calculated displays of decisiveness, Oppenheimer seemed maddeningly tentative, obscure -- and cheerless. Finally, sensing that the President was not comprehending the deadly urgency of his message, Oppenheimer nervously wrung his hands and uttered another of those regrettable remarks that he characteristically made under pressure. "Mr. President," he said quietly, "I feel I have blood on my hands." The comment angered Truman. He later informed David Lilienthal, "I told him the blood was on my hands -- to let me worry about that." But over the years, Truman embellished the story. By one account, he replied, "Never mind, it'll all come out in the wash." In yet another version, he pulled his handkerchief from his breast pocket and offered it to Oppenheimer, saying, "Well, here, would you like to wipe your hands?" An awkward silence followed this exchange, and then Truman stood up to signal that the meeting was over. The two men shook hands, and Truman reportedly said, "Don't worry, we're going to work something out, and you're going to help us." Afterwards, the President was heard to mutter, "Blood on his hands, dammit, he hasn't half as much blood on his hands as I have. You just don't go around bellyaching about it." He later told [Secretary of State] Dean Acheson, "I don't want to see that son-of-a-bitch in this office ever again." Even in May 1946, the encounter still vivid in his mind, he wrote Acheson and described Oppenheimer as a "cry-baby scientist" who had come to "my office some five or six months ago and spent most of his time wringing his hands and telling me they had blood on them because of the discovery of atomic energy."

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owarinaki · 2 months

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Oppenheimer [2023] -My favorite scenes part 1

#Oppenheimer #oppenheimer 2023 #christopher nolan #robert oppenheimer #j. robert oppenheimer #cilian murphy #emily blunt #rdj #robert downey jr #gary oldman #lewis strauss #kitty oppenheimer #harry s. truman

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nofatclips · 4 months

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I'll Do My Best by Badly Drawn Boy, performed live as part of the documentary Supersize Your Soul: The Story of Banana Skin Shoes

#music #badly drawn boy #damon gough #damon michael gough #live #live video #video #tom gilfillan #rowan biddiscombe #aaron hussein #morgan williams #mark nolan #samantha harris #Youtube

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whatjaswatched · 1 year

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I finally got around to watching Dunkirk.

Whilst the movie was well made, the erasure of Sikh and Indian soldiers from European history cuts me deeply (as the great granddaughter of the British Indian army’s Sikh men).

Normally, I post pictures or gifs of the actual film with my thoughts but honestly, this time, fuck that.

Look upon the faces of the forgotten. Those who gave everything to defend freedom, while their own homeland was being oppressed.

#dunkirk #the Raj #British Indian army #Christopher Nolan #erasure #fucking colonisers #Harry styles #Tom hardy #cillian murphy #fionn whitehead #jack lowden #kenneth branagh #mark rylance #aneurin barnard #calam lynch #michael caine #Kim hartman #dunkirk 2017

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hellish-cruelty · 10 days

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Houses aflame

Movies - Badlands (1973), Midsommer (2019), The Homesman (2014), Mirror (1975), Banshees of Inisherin (2022), The Wonder (2022), Burning (2018), Inception (2010), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

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pedroam-bang · 2 months

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Dunkirk (2017)

“We shall never surrender.”

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flying-ham · 9 months

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I thought christopher nolan was gay and purposely casting dark haired twinks (cillian murphy, joseph gordon-levitt, harry styles, etc) in his movies like ryan murphy does with all those dudes who look the same on american horror story and then I found out he has a whole wife???

#youre telling me he doesn’t wanna suck and fuck cillian????#I’ve been thinking about this since Oppenheimer came out #christopher nolan #oppenheimer #cillian murphy #harry styles

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tavtiers · 3 months

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gbhfjfwejske I feel bad asking this bc your list is so long and I already asked for the Witch of Breath analysis but you do such good analyses so could you maybe add Knight of Heart to that list? ^^" sorry,,

The Knight of Heart [symbols: shield, heart]

The Knight class has its basis in the classic knight from Arthurian legend. An example would be Lancelot.

The Heart aspect’s main theme is instinct. You can find its official description here.

A Knight of Heart is among those who use the individual’s impact. This is the “classpect group” they belong to. Members include: the Knight, Page, Thief, and Rogue of Heart/Mind. These classes are all opposites or inverses of each other that use the Heart/Mind dichotomy (the individual’s impact). A description of classpect groupings can be found here.

The Knight of Heart actively utilizes the Heart aspect. Active classes tell themselves what to do and do so for their own benefit. They are more likely to stand up for themselves, but more likely to be cruel. Knights and Pages use their aspect and everything it symbolizes as a tool. Simplified, the Knight of Heart is motivated by themselves to utilize instinct.

In personality, the Knight of Heart puts on a front to hide an insecurity and is invested in self discovery. Personality descriptions can be found here.

Their archetype is the Defender Free Spirit, defined by guarded instinct. Archetypes are explained here.

Their opposite is the Page of Mind, who passively utilizes intuition.

Their inverse is the Rogue of Mind, who passively steals intuition.

A classpect or “god tier” is an individual’s best self. All classpects go through a journey from unrealized, to struggle, to realized. When a character is unrealized, they neutrally exist as their inverse. On their struggle, they will wildly flip back and forth between their inverse and true classpect. In their worst moments they will act as their inverse, in their best their true classpect. When realized, they will stabilize as their true classpect. They will still have room to grow, but will become happier, more successful people.

This means that the Knight of Heart begins life motivated by others to steal intuition. When their struggle arrives and they are at their worst, they will continue this behavior in negative extremes. However, when at their best, they will find purpose in instead utilizing instinct for themselves. When realized, they will stabilize and continue to utilize the Heart aspect actively, in a positive way.

They share their archetype with the Rogue of Doom, the Free Spirit Defender.

The Knight of Heart would quest on a planet similar to the Land of Haze [Knight] and Heart [Aspect]. An example would be the Land of Dragon-fire and Roses. An explanation of planet naming conventions can be found here.

Two possible gods, or denizens, to reign over their planet would be Aphrodite (Goddess of Love) or Yaldabaoth (Trapper of Souls). Other Heart aspect denizens can be found here.

When the Knight of Heart completes their planet quests and dies on their quest bed, they would rise to ascension on the wings of ladybugs (symbols of love). A list of soul animals can be found here.

The characters that I have currently classpected as Knights of Heart are: Cassandra Pentaghast from Dragon Age, John Watson from BBC Sherlock, Ginny Weasley from Harry Potter, and Prince Charming from Once Upon a Time.

If any of the links not connected to my blog break, the content can be found on my Google Drive.

Official Aspect Descriptions

Personality Descriptions

Aspect Denizens

#knight of heart #god tier analysis #classpecting #my post #cassandra pentaghast #john watson #ginny weasley #david nolan #dragon age #bbc sherlock #harry potter #ouat #homestuck #ask

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