…that while Roland Joffe‘s Fat Man and Little Boy (’89) is a far lesser film than Chris Nolan‘s Oppenheimer in several ways, this Trinity explosion scene is decently shot…it looks and feels classically cinematic.
Except for two bonehead errors. One is the ridiculous notion of J. Robert Oppenheimer lighting a cigarette at the exact instant of detonation; second is an absurd suggestion that just as the golden explosion is seen and felt and heard, Oppie would behave like a euphoric Wolf of Wall Street broker who’s just closed a huge sale.