re: The Odyssey - Movie Discussion - Spoilers

Now that I’ve had three coffees, I’m only slightly regretting attending the 10:55pm showing last night. It was a 95% packed house with only the front row empty. It was worth it. It wasn’t perfect, but several aspects met or exceeded my expectations.

The score. All that nonsense about ‘muh orchestra’ and Ludwig gives us a masterful score without one. It’s probably the part I’m most looking forward to experiencing again for my 70mm rewatch. Already added the OST to my Spotify. It’s strange how there was no controversy when Hans Zimmer said he didn’t use an orchestra because he thinks orchestras no longer existed in the Dune universe.

As far as major characters, Holland and Pattinson impressed me the most. Bernthal and Morton did the best with their limited screen time. Damon did better than I expected, but pretty much anybody on Nolan’s shortlist of actors that rejected the role would have done better.

I don’t mind the more grounded approach to the story. Would have loved to see gods and I’m hopeful one day we will get an adaption of the Iliad or Odyssey that doesn’t shy away from the mythological forces guiding the story. I do think Mentor was Athena though, even though he died from the poison in the temple. I may be mistaken, but the look Mentor gave Odysseus during the fight to go help Telemachus made it seem like he was Athena in disguise.

Sound wise, there were parts that were very, very loud. But they never interfered with the dialogue. The only dialogue I was unable to understand was Polyphemus’ mumbling. I think it was intentional since it was explained he was praying to Poseidon once they got back to the boat.

Circe’s island was my favorite part of the trip. It’s been mentioned, but Nolan has to do a horror next.

I’m sure I’m forgetting some of the thoughts I had leaving last night, so I’ll probably have to edit this a few times for the full review. Looking forward to my rewatch on Wednesday and to see that Dune 3 footage.

I saw it. I was prepared to have problems with minor things, but overall, those things did little to take away from a great movie.

Of the well-documented pre-release offenses, the one that was most obvious and period-breaking was the use of modern, casual English like “dad” over and over.

Elliot Page didn’t take me out of the movie. Neither did Helen of Troy’s race. It’s no big deal.

What I did like was how much of the actual Odyssey’s various trials and challenges made it in the movie. I thought save for a very few exclusions and changes… it was pretty on-target story-wise.

Go see it. It’s a good watch.

Too bad you only saw half the movie


Unless you went to the one of the 40 theaters showing it how Nolan intended

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Damon did better than I expected, but pretty much anybody on Nolan’s shortlist of actors that rejected the role would have done better.

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Interesting. I thought Damon was fantastic

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Too bad you only saw half the movie


Unless you went to the one of the 40 theaters showing it how Nolan intended

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Come on man, this just isn't true.

I saw it on an XD screen, whatever the hell that is. It's not IMAX, or the 70MM IMAX that the movie was filmed in. The movie looked spectacular.

Just because it's optimal on one screen doesn't mean it's not good on another.

maybe there was some tiny bit in the corner of the screen that might have showed up in the 70MM IMAX but I didn't and wouldn't have noticed. And certainly didn't feel like I missed out on anything not seeing in it that particular IMAX.

What happens during the Argos part? I saw someone say it’s slightly changed from the original?

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Interesting. I thought Damon was fantastic

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I didn’t think he was bad at all. He was just missing something that I can’t quite put my finger on.

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I didn’t think he was bad at all. He was just missing something that I can’t quite put my finger on.

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I think it was more how they decided to portray the character more than anything. They just turned him into a brooding, soldier mostly, instead of the remarkably witty and clever, fairly arrogant character he should be.

I think he did a very good job with how they made the character though.

I was ready to be severely disappointed from this movie, but yall are giving me some hope! It’s got to be better than Dunkirk and Tenet right?

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But highly doubt it cost them millions.

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I highly doubt the film will do as well or better than it would if they'd just left it all out completely. There are a lot of people who wrote it off and won't see it because of all the DEI stuff.

I'm sure it's costing them something, but as the DEI fanboys point out, it's impossible to determine a precise amount.

So, it's a small win, I guess?