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re: "The Odyssey" Discussion Thread: News, Reviews, Box Office, etc. $650 Mil WW Total

Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:04 pm to
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:04 pm to
quote:

Would you care to answer the question?


Are you trying to deny this didn't turn into some culture war bullshite?
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:09 pm to
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Are you trying to deny this didn't turn into some culture war bullshite?


Not at all. If you'd just respond to what I actually post you'll see that the question is really simple and straightforward.

Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:12 pm to
I get what you're saying, and I'll call out woke when it's deserved. I know that shite can be annoying. But I've never seen anything from Nolan showing he gets involved with woke nonsense. I said this before, had he picked someone like Tiffany Haddish, that would be woke. But Lupita is a good actress. It's very possible that she tested best for Nolan.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:20 pm to
Vanity Fair a week ago: “this movie isn’t woke”
Vanity fair today: “this movie is woke and it’s a hit”

Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:24 pm to
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I get what you're saying, and I'll call out woke when it's deserved.


You still haven't answered a very simple question. Why did this film have this buzz/controversy/whatever and other films don't? Why did Supergirl have it and The Devil Wears Prada 2 didn't?
Posted by RLDSC FAN
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:29 pm to
Because there was a black lady and a trans lady
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
28667 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:31 pm to
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Because there was a black lady and a trans lady


Ok. This is some sort of team sport for you and you’re not interested in an honest conversation.
Posted by NighthawkDawg
Member since Jun 2026
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:36 pm to
Because dipshits threw a shite fit about two casting choices with 6 minutes of screen time and because they didn't find Milly as hot as Sydney Sweeney
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:40 pm to
Fake news
Posted by NighthawkDawg
Member since Jun 2026
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:43 pm to
I mean you can keep denying reality but all those YouTube neckbeards making videos about how awful it was a black woman or a trans man were in the movie says otherwise
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 1:45 pm to
Unlike you I don’t get marching orders from YouTubers. Btw anyone complaining was right and there are a ton of other, more damaging casting choices, they just weren’t advertised. You probably didn’t see the movie.
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 1:56 pm
Posted by NighthawkDawg
Member since Jun 2026
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:01 pm to
I literally saw it on IMAX on Friday and no I don't get my information from YouTube but I damn well know some here apparently do
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:06 pm to
Sorry you get it from Twitter, no difference. Doesn’t change the point, like all your other arguments it’s tepid and irrelevant. The castings were stupid and there were a lot more of them in the movie so anyone complaining was more than right. The movie itself, which your side avoids discussing unless you’re in a circle jerk, wasn’t very good. Editing, dialogue, story and direction were D to F grade. Photography, a couple scenes and special effects were very good. Overall it’s a 4 or 5 out of 10. There’s about a half hour to 45 minutes of good filmmaking in the 2 hours and 45 minutes of the movie.
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 2:09 pm
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:17 pm to
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I get what you're saying, and I'll call out woke when it's deserved. I know that shite can be annoying. But I've never seen anything from Nolan showing he gets involved with woke nonsense. I said this before, had he picked someone like Tiffany Haddish, that would be woke. But Lupita is a good actress. It's very possible that she tested best for Nolan.

Why would casting Tiffany Haddish be a woke thing to do? I don't get the connection there.
Posted by UltimaParadox
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Member since Nov 2008
52772 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:18 pm to
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Odysseus’ boatload of cash from his global voyage just got bigger with Universal‘s Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey raking in $264.1M worldwide, again a record start for the director ahead of Dark Knight Rises ($249M WW).


Obviously everyone thought it would do well, but hard to imagine it would be his highest opening ever.

deadline article
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:19 pm to
If Haddish had been cast he would’ve defended that as well. Don’t let him fool you.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:21 pm to
I predicted it would do over $120 domestic and could reach over 1.1 billion total. I was attacked for saying it because it was beyond the media predictions they worship but I was right again on the opening.
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 2:23 pm
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:23 pm to
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predicted it would do over $120 domestic and could reach over 1.1 billion total. I was attacked for saying it because it was beyond the media predictions they worship but I was right again.


Lol you predicted it would do 625 total based on initial numbers and said it was bad
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 2:24 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:24 pm to
That’s a lie, what I said was the prediction that it would do between $80-115 million was low and that movies who cap out at those numbers average about $650 million. I said this should do much higher, that its floor would be $850 million and its ceiling would be over 1.1billion. You people are completely dishonest.
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 2:27 pm
Posted by Little Wooden Box
Member since Jul 2026
127 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 2:27 pm to
Saw it today and I would have to give it a overall 6/10.

It had the potential to be a all time great with the story but ultimately failed. It’s more like the hobbit and had potential of lord of the rings and that’s a disappointment. The beginning of the movie was just bad. So many things took you out of the immersion of the world.
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