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

Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:23 am to
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:23 am to
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A movie with an American man of scotch and English descent as Moses and a Russian as Ramses and an American woman of welsh descent as nefteri



The context is different these days
Posted by wildtigercat93
Member since Jul 2011
116356 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:25 am to
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Though I do think it’s sad that many people are going to miss an awesome movie because of all this.


It’s a lost cause man, you gotta just let people live in their own insanity

It must be an exhausting way to live but guess it gives some a distraction from actual problems in life
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
38333 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:28 am to
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The context is different these days



How about ignore the context and go into like it’s 1956, there isn’t an online uproar, and watch a fun movie.





Maybe. Just maybe. Christopher nolan wanted to make a good movie and filled it with actors and actresses he likes because he thinks it would make an enjoyable movie and people who can profit off of rage decided to highlight anything they see as “flawed”


Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:31 am to
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Though I do think it’s sad that many people are going to miss an awesome movie because of all this.


They’re absolutely going to see it. We’ve already seen in the review thread alone folks who claimed they wouldn’t “spend money for woke” but are talking about their tickets they purchased to go.

And off the internet, people are filling up theaters for it.
Posted by UltimaParadox
North Carolina
Member since Nov 2008
52774 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:32 am to
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must be an exhausting way to live but guess it gives some a distraction from actual problems in life


Endless victim mentality... It has no political leaning.

Pretty amazing, over stuff so insignificant.

Going to see the movie this afternoon, Nolan doesn't disappoint.

I'm sure everyone else will enjoy their comic book slop
Posted by pressurized
Member since Aug 2013
606 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 10:38 am to
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Maybe. Just maybe. Christopher nolan wanted to make a good movie and filled it with actors and actresses he likes because he thinks it would make an enjoyable movie and people who can profit off of rage decided to highlight anything they see as “flawed”



Or maybe people want an accurate representation of the foundational piece of art that inspired Alexander the Great to cross the Hellespont. Stop bastardizing history for the sake of DEI requirements of vanity awards.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
7711 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:11 am to
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The Odyssey isn't real.


Would you have also been fine if Nolan had them running around in jeans and riding around on a party barge?
Posted by Jay Are
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
6363 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:16 am to
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It’s funny you think this is a good argument


The guy he responded to was pretty funny suggesting he didn't care about race, just realism, then ignoring the issues with other races, ignoring other unrealistic elements, and doubling down on complaining about only black actors.

A dumb joke in response to a really stupid point seems fine.
Posted by BigAppleTiger
New York City
Member since Dec 2008
11090 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:26 am to
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Would you have also been fine if Nolan had them running around in jeans and riding around on a party barge?






Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
15156 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:31 am to
Props to the Coens for portraying our resident culture warriors so accurately.

Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
38333 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:35 am to
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Or maybe people want an accurate representation of the foundational piece of art that inspired Alexander the Great to cross the Hellespont. Stop bastardizing history for the sake of DEI requirements of vanity awards.



Stop sniffing your own pretentious farts.



It’s a movie made similar to how movies were made for the last 100 years where no one complained.




Russell Crowe an Australian played a Spaniard Roman general.


Mel Gibson was born in New York spent some time in Australia and played William Wallace.




Yul Brenner a Russian played Ramses a Pharaoh in Egypt.

2 kiwis (jackman and Crowe) played two Frenchman set in the French Revolution in Les mis.


A bloody Englishman played Abe Lincoln in Lincoln.


A Russian Jew played Spartacus.


An Irishman played Alexander and roasario Dawson played a Persian






He made a good movie similar to how other good movies have always been made
This post was edited on 7/18/26 at 11:36 am
Posted by pressurized
Member since Aug 2013
606 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:54 am to
No thanks. I will judge it with my wallet.

This movie is an injustice to Homer for the sake of a vanity award. I know you don't care, but I do.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131425 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:55 am to
Biggest opening of Nolan’s career

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Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
131425 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:55 am to
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This movie is an injustice to Homer


Hasn’t seen the movie.
Posted by Adam Banks
District 5
Member since Sep 2009
38333 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 11:58 am to
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This movie is an injustice to Homer



I’m sure he’s quite upset
Posted by BigAppleTiger
New York City
Member since Dec 2008
11090 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:01 pm to
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his movie is an injustice to Homer for the sake of a vanity award. I know you don't care, but I do.



Sometimes this board is truly enjoyable.
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
28048 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:05 pm to
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This movie is an injustice to Homer for the sake of a vanity award. I know you don't care, but I do.

Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60881 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:06 pm to
And that's without Japan and China. Fantastic start
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
3471 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:15 pm to
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The context is different these days


Posted by SOBmustpay
North Louisiana
Member since Jun 2026
245 posts
Posted on 7/18/26 at 12:23 pm to
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Sometimes this board is truly enjoyable

Bro you didn’t know, we’re in the middle of a culture war and the fate of this once proud republic rest upon the opening weekend numbers of The Odyssey
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