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"The Odyssey" Discussion Thread: News, Reviews, Box Office, etc. $17 million previews
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:51 am
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:51 am
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Deadline is projecting $200+ mil opening weekend. If correct, that's a very good international number since the big Asian markets open later.
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“We had a really robust debate,” says Joel P. Christensen, editor of “The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer’s Odyssey.” Christensen was accompanied by retired Homer scholars (often referred to as Homerists), editors, professors, historians and various public intellectuals. “And my wife is a dentist,” he adds, “so she was the red herring in the crowd.”
The conversation ranged from Nolan’s decision to make Polyphemus (the Cyclops that Matt Damon’s Odysseus stabs in the eye) nonverbal to the film’s depiction of language itself. Each intellectual was fervently dedicated to a different academic discipline, yet Homer’s “The Odyssey” is one of the few works that transcends any single field of literature or history.
“I was surprised by how many academics liked it,” Christensen says. “I had to be restrained a few times by my wife. Everybody knows that I’m the worst audience for the film.” After a long pause, he continues, “I’ve been saying to myself: ‘This is not Homer’s “Odyssey.” This is Nolan’s “Odyssey.” And it needs to be judged on different terms.’”
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Fresh 195
Rotten 8
Average of Rated Reviews 8.80/10
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Deadline is projecting $200+ mil opening weekend. If correct, that's a very good international number since the big Asian markets open later.
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EXCLUSIVE: A year after selling out 70MM Imax showtimes, Universal’s second Christopher Nolan movie after his multi-Oscar-winning ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Odyssey,’ finally arrives.
Currently, we’re hearing an opening frame of $85 million-$100 million domestic, with another $110M overseas in 73 territories and 22,700 screens for a global start that’s bound to be $200M+.
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Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:16 am to RLDSC FAN
Doesn’t show a lot we haven’t seen which is ideal. Got tickets to see it in 70mm IMAX at 7:30am a few days after the premiere so my countdown is a little longer.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:27 am to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:03 am to RLDSC FAN
Why can't he make it colorful like the old Jason and the Argonauts?
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:20 am to mauser
quote:have you seen a Christopher Nolan movie before?
Why can't he make it colorful
Posted on 7/1/26 at 10:56 am to RLDSC FAN
I hope it doesn't suck
Posted on 7/1/26 at 11:13 am to Kracka
God forbid we get some hot chicks.
Sheesh.
Sheesh.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:44 pm to cgrand
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have you seen a Christopher Nolan movie before?
Yes, but why do you answer a question with a question?
I googled. In addition to his artistic taste, he's also red-green color blind.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:46 pm to mauser
And his editing notoriously sucks
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:53 pm to theunknownknight
Does it though? His editors are Lee Smith (pre-Dunkirk) and Jennifer Lame (Tenet to Odyssey) and they each won an Oscar for Editing Dunkirk and Oppenheimer.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:54 pm to theunknownknight
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And his editing notoriously sucks
The way they edit sound can be annoying and you miss dialogue, but I love his editing otherwise.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 12:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
"My dad is coming home"
There it is again. I keep hoping it'll get edited out
Also, Ann Hathaway's cry face always looks weird to me.
There it is again. I keep hoping it'll get edited out
Also, Ann Hathaway's cry face always looks weird to me.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:47 pm to CatfishJohn
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Also, Ann Hathaway's cry face always looks weird to me.
Ill make her feel better.
Or try at least
for 30 seconds
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:58 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'll be watching on July 16th @ 2pm.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:27 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:30 pm to CatfishJohn
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"My dad is coming home"
To which Pattinson replies using the term "daddy"
That and black Helen of Troy and Ellen Page as a man soldier character at 2:11.
Hard pass.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:41 pm to CatfishJohn
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"My dad is coming home"
So bad.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:41 pm to BRich
quote:I don’t have an issue with her being black. I do have an issue with her being extremely unattractive. So much so that it feels like trolling.
black Helen of Troy
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:53 pm to OldSouth
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I don’t have an issue with her being black. I do have an issue with her being extremely unattractive. So much so that it feels like trolling.
I actually think she's a beautiful, albeit unique looking, person and a good actress.
My problem is she isn't Helen of Troy. The fair skinned, fair haired, white armed woman that wars raged over.
I have decided to try to look past this, as she shouldn't have huge screen time in this story. I do not think I can get past "dad" and "daddy"
WHY NOT JUST SAY FATHER. 
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:03 pm to BearCrocs
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God forbid we get some hot chicks.
It's Nolan. He doesn't know what a hot chick is, apparently.
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