Kaleberg - I think what you're talking about there is deliberate propaganda, and obviously that can be used to good or bad effect (Nazi Germany, obviously bad, with films like Triumph of the Will or I Accuse, versus what the allies did with films like Casablanca, Mrs Miniver, Went the Day Well?, and so forth).

What I'm driving at here is that Oppenheimer couldn't include every aspect and perspective and event around the creation of the bomb without being a complete pig's breakfast of a film. I like that it had focus, and also that the film itself isn't really pro or anti-nuclear, but having put the cases for both, allows the audience to make their own conclusions. It certainly isn't a propaganda piece in any way, to my mind.

Most of the time, I don't like films (or indeed novels, plays, and so on) that self-consciously preach an agenda. But that's a different discussion, and one I get into here, if you're interested. :)

https://medium.com/illumination/be-a-storyteller-not-a-preacher-991a6efecb6f