💣 Interesting fact: Oppenheimer (2023) contains no CGI explosions for the Trinity test, with Christopher Nolan choosing to recreate the blast using large scale practical effects, lighting, and sound design instead. Nolan wanted the explosion to feel physically real rather than visually exaggerated, so the tension comes from silence, timing, and human reaction instead of spectacle, forcing the audience to experience the moment the way the scientists did. That creative choice reinforces the film’