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Oppenheimer, the man, felt not the least sympathetic or dramatic to me and was therefore very hard to stay engaged with. Dialogues aplenty but none of the dialogues get really delved into, rather they all feel rushed. The score then, is a brilliant work, until you realise that it was what kept your attention all along and would be more fitting to a psychological thriller- you know, with dialogues that are not rushed.

I couldn't finish it for the film could not decide whether it wanted to be an epic flick like the ones Nolan is known for or a drama.

5/10 for the score and cinematography nonetheless.

Whether the cynical billionaires of this world are the gravest danger to our earth, or the inability of many environmentalist groups to accept they've been conned by people who posed as allies, and move on to a better approach.

..then you'll recognise that this is a disappointing continuation from the downward spiral initiated in season 7. I see more of these light-hearted "'Lord of the Rings' or even 'Harry Potter' moments in GoT now. The way Sam Tarly delivered his message at the end felt like Hermione Weasel telling Harry she believes in him, somehow.

Where the first 5-6 seasons brought us characters that were cynical, sarcastic and spoke in cryptic well-weighted sentences, now we see them speak phrases more akin to Gen Y and Z.

Where the acting was ever so subtle in the former seasons, now it's smashed in our faces in a- sometimes quite ridiculous- way that also reflects this cheap irony found in meme culture.

But worst of all; what really makes the actual GoT little more than a slightly better Lotr, is that the writers and directors seem to have finally lost the ingenuity to keep the mass of story lines together. They've drifted apart and it is to the detriment of viewer's engagement.