The Rock is being mocked for comparing Red One to Oppenheimer
The Rock can always put a wildly positive spin on any of his movies, but his latest promotional clip takes the cake: he’s claimedOppenheimerinspired him to pursue the biggest and best IMAX screens for…Red One.
Cast your mind back to Black Adam, the movie that was supposed to see Dwayne Johnson change the hierarchy of power in the DC universe. It underperformed, financially and critically, but The Rock insisted it made profit – something that’s been widely disputed.
Understandably, he is a non-stop PR machine; that’s what happens when you’re behind some of thehighest-grossing moviesof all time and a businessman. However, his newest Red One claim has been met with a fairly unanimous, laugh-out-loud response.
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In a new video for IMAX, Johnson says he wanted to make anew moviefor audiences to “enjoy on the biggest screen possible.”
“I was midway through shooting Red One. I had an opportunity to go watch Oppenheimer, and I watched it in the IMAX theater where Christopher Nolan watches and screens his movies… and I even asked, ‘Let me sit where Chris is sitting,'” he recalls.
“So I sat where Chris sat, I watch Oppenheimer, it was amazing… and I was thinking, ‘Red One on this screen, with this technology, can be game over.'”
Opppenheimer wasn’t just the best movie of 2023 – it was a decade-defining cultural event and arguably Christopher Nolan’s greatest film to date. No disrespect to The Rock, but Red One isn’t in the same league (it has a 37% Rotten Tomatoes score).
“The Rock saw Oppenheimer in IMAX and his first thought was literally, ‘Yeah, but what if I was watching abysmal sh*t,'” one userjoked. “Can’t even hate on this level of self-servicing delusion. All-time quote right here,” anotherwrote.
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“Comparing your sh*tty action film with a generational masterpiece is f**king hilarious,” a thirdwrote. “The Rock is unintentionally the funniest person on the planet,” a fourthadded. “Bro Red One is not Oppenheimer the best seat to watch it is the toilet seat,” a fifthwrote.
Before it hits US cinemas on November 15, check out ourRed One review, our list of thebest movies of 2024so far, and what we know aboutChristopher Nolan’s next movie.
