Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study, once said to someone who thought of Marconi as the most useful worker in science: “Marconi was inevitable. The real credit for everything that has been done in the field of wireless belongs, as far as such fundamental credit can be definitely assigned to anyone, to Professor Clerk Maxwell, who in 1865 carried out certain abstruse and remote calculations in the field of magnetism and electricity.” Oppenheimer was inevitable. The atomic bomb was inevitable. Do I consider Oppenheimer the most extraordinary scientist? Do I consider atomic bombs as the crowning scientific creation? Not exactly. The subtlety and graveness of the matter lie in the intertwinement of science, politics, and morality. There were bits on science, there were bits on politics, there should be more on morality, and there should be more of all three all at once—we know it’s obvious that weapons of mass destruction are wrong, but how did Oppenheimer view it when it was the crystallization of his academic endeavor, when it could facilitate his political prospect, and when it was used to defame him during the Red Scare?
高等研究院的创始所长亚伯拉罕-弗莱克斯纳曾经对一位认为马可尼是科学界最有用的工作者的人说过这样一句话： "马可尼是不可避免的。在无线领域所做的一切的真正功劳属于克拉克-麦克斯韦教授，因为他在 1865 年进行了磁学和电学领域的某些深奥而遥远的计算。" 奥本海默是不可避免的。原子弹是不可避免的。我认为奥本海默是最杰出的科学家吗？我认为原子弹是最伟大的科学创造吗？不尽然。事情的微妙和严重性在于科学、政治和道德的交织。片中有关于科学的部分，有关于政治的部分，应该有更多关于道德的部分，应该同时有更多关于这三者的部分--我们知道大规模杀伤性武器显然是错误的，但当它是奥本海默学术努力的结晶时，当它能够促进他的政治前景时，当它在红色恐慌期间被用来诽谤他时，奥本海默是如何看待它的呢？
On that note, the film is personally inspiring—what’s my place given my research interest, international relations, xenophobia, and the common good of humanity?
就这一点而言，这部电影对我个人很有启发--鉴于我的研究兴趣、国际关系、仇外心理和人类的共同利益，我的位置在哪里？
Okay about the movie itself: many things about this film feel extra. You don’t have to throw in all the big-name physicists. You don’t have to culminate all the political opposition that Oppenheimer’s facing to one character alone (RDJ’s acting is surprisingly good tho). And you don’t need that many horse-riding scenes. Some characters feel extra too (well but maybe that’s the mark of biopics). How many minutes out of the 3hrs are actually on Oppenheimer researching, conflicting, lobbying, and being interrogated? Maybe a decent amount of time, but could be more and definitely less scattered.
好吧，关于电影本身：这部电影的很多地方都让人觉得多余。你不必把所有大牌物理学家都请来。你不必把奥本海默面对的所有政治反对派都归结到一个角色身上（虽然 RDJ 的演技出人意料地好）。你也不需要那么多骑马的场景。有些角色也让人觉得多余（好吧，但也许这就是传记片的特点）。在 3 个小时的时间里，奥本海默究竟有多少分钟是在研究、挣扎、游说和被审问？也许是相当多的时间，但可以更多，而且肯定应该不那么分散。
On the other hand, all the scenes about the first detonation are just perfect: intensity during preparation, determination during the storm the night before, that famous line during detonation, and the ecstatic yet nightmarish celebration.
另一方面，所有关于第一次引爆的场景都非常完美：准备过程中的紧张、前一晚暴风雨中的决心、引爆时那句著名的台词，以及狂喜却又噩梦般的庆祝。
I had higher expectations for the soundtrack… can’t Nolan just forget about his wall of sound? I’m still having an earache from it.
我对原声带的期望值更高......诺兰就不能忘了他的音墙吗？我到现在还觉得耳朵疼
