For once, Simon, I don't agree with you. I found Oppenheimer underwhelming.

Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt were both under-used and for me Cillian Murphy's subtlety of expressions was just a little too subtle. Robert Downey Jr. was, as usual, over the top, but compelling.

Somehow, the enormity of what the Manhattan Project achieved - in terms of the world economically, politically and with regards to the military is undermined. That entire Bhagwad Gita quote, which has been translated differently in different versions, seems to be the sum of what happened.

I'm going to put my neck out here - whenever Hollywood (I know Nolan is British, but the movie is courtesy Hollywood) tries to make a so-called 'arty' movie it turns out pretty dismal. The only guy who can manage it is Scorcese and sometimes he flops too. Like that epic pain he made for Netflix - The Irishman.

I don't even want to see Killers of the Flower Moon.

I think Hollywood does it best when it comes to huge explosions and massive fight sequences. They are just such glorious fun and totally non-serious that makes them a huge guilty pleasure. I enjoy them thoroughly - in Nolan's case the Batman movies, Inception etc.

In Oppenheimer Nolan gets arty and he misses the mark. To take just one example; the jumps between black and white and colour are just confusing.

I think Nolan and his ilk should leave the 'art' to the Europeans who do it so much better and come from that tradition. Stick with the blockbusters which they do so brilliantly.