15 Things You Somehow Missed In Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan's masterful epic drama Oppenheimer took the world by storm when it released last summer, and short of a shock at the upcoming Oscars, it seems like a shoo-in to take home the Best Picture gong along with a slew of other awards.

That a biopic about a theoretical physicist came within spitting distance of grossing $1 billion at the worldwide box office is also a phenomenal achievement on the part of Nolan and his team, but given the movie's beefy three-hour runtime, it's also one which most have likely only seen once.

And yet, Oppenheimer is an incredibly detail-dense film which certainly rewards those who revisit it and pay close attention.

It's also, as is unavoidable for any big-budget movie, one packed with its fair share of technical and factual mistakes, the latter being especially tricky where historical fare is concerned.

So while Oppenheimer dares to grip viewers tightly for all of its three hours, you might've missed these 15 curiosities and gaffes, ranging from awesome nonverbal storytelling to strange errors you probably wouldn't expect from a filmmaker as exacting as Nolan...

At first glance you might assume this prop-related curiosity to be a mistake, but that's not the case at all. 

Between the first time we see Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) in Lyall Johnson's (Jack Cutmore-Scott) office and the scene minutes later where he meets with Boris Pash (Casey Affleck) in the very same office, the desk lamp has suddenly changed.

But this is no continuity gaffe. Aside from the scenes taking place a day apart, this is actually a sly early indication that the government is spying on Oppenheimer, the lamp having been surreptitiously replaced with a recording device.

Given that conversations Oppenheimer had in this office were ultimately used against him during his security hearings, it tracks that the switched-out lamp is how they got it done. And yet, at a casual glance, it seems like the prop-master screwed up.