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The "Summary" section under "Reception"[edit]

The "summary" section didn't feel written from a neutral point of view. It expresses opinions of whoever wrote this section, like "It does a great job" and "The film does not focus on every single event, but relays enough information to be understood." There are also a number of sentences that add no useful information, such as "Accuracy can be difficult to achieve in a film about a difficult and complex time in the world." and "It is important for Oppenheimer to be honest and truthful." In my opinion, this section feels tonally out of sync with the objectivity of the rest of the article, and I think it ought to be either heavily edited or removed, as most of the new information in the section fits well into other sections anyway. 2603:8000:D300:348B:8524:3799:F2F7:FD67 (talk) 16:52, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with this comment. I've removed the section. It was added yesterday, and it looks like it was done as part of a school project. Furthermore, I suspect that it was written using a language model. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 18:55, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The "making of" book is now available on Google Books with original hard copy pagination[edit]

The "making of" book Unleashing Oppenheimer by Jada Yuan is now available on Google Books with original hard copy pagination.

It was already available on Google Books in e-book form before the film was released. It was also available on Amazon Kindle as an e-book, and I've already read the book in the Kindle format. However, the e-book format does not have original hard copy pagination. At some point in the past three months (i.e., since the last time I checked), the publisher released a version on Google Books which appears to be based on the hard copy version.

I am way too busy with work right now. But at some point, someone needs to go through this WP article to fix the details about how the film was shot and add supporting citations to the Yuan book.

Contrary to the press coverage which incorrectly implied that the Oppenheimer production was largely a New Mexico-based film production, especially the interior scenes, the Yuan book reveals that significant portions of the film were shot in Los Angeles or near Los Angeles in Pasadena and Alhambra. For example, the Oppenheimer security hearing scenes were actually shot in the old C.F. Braun building in Alhambra. The scene where David Hill unsuccessfully tries to get Oppenheimer to sign a petition was shot in a Los Angeles hotel. Coolcaesar (talk) 15:12, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]