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re: "The Odyssey" Discussion Thread: Reviews, Box Office, News. $1.1 Bil WW
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:38 pm to theunknownknight
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:38 pm to theunknownknight
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The Dark Knight Rises is one of the dumbest movies ever made: just write out the plot beat by beat and read it out loud to yourself.
Doesn't sound like a fun exercise to me, but if that's your kinda thing, you should try it with Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Posted on 8/6/26 at 10:27 pm to Salmon
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Most of the big epic movies from the 90s and 80s were heavily flawed as well. We just didn't pick them apart online incessantly. We just...enjoyed things
We watched Troy last night with my college kid and my wife and I both enjoyed it more than we did in the 90s.
I remember liking it but critics told me it sucked and it kinda stuck with me until I watched it again for the first time.
Honestly, the idea of a Greek tragedy stuck with me a lot because you were made to root for Achilles and Hector and they both met untimely ends. At the time I just felt like it kinda sucked but last night stuck with me for a while.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 2:02 am to 3nOut
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I remember liking it but critics told me it sucked and it kinda stuck with me until I watched it again for the first time.
While it is too old to have a full contemporaneous RT run, the scores show a familiar pattern. The Tomatometer is low, and the Popcornmeter is much higher (I think it would have been much higher 22 years ago). Outside of agenda-based reviews, this usually means a movie had technical flaws but it was a fun ride. I think this is accurate for Troy.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 5:55 am to Obtuse1
I saw somewhere that this was at 988 million through Wednesday, which would mean it probably crossed a billion yesterday, and may well be Nolan’s highest grossing movie by the end of the weekend.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 7:55 am to 3nOut
quote:since when is a few hours “a while”?
last night stuck with me for a while.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:21 am to ell_13
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since when is a few hours “a while”?
it was a full 24 hours later.
I guess what I mean is that it's a mostly unsatisfying ending. Hector dies. Achilles decides he wants the woman not the glory and dies at that baby back bitch Paris' hands
also, I guess I wasn't paying enough attention when i watched this 20 years ago, but the depictions of who died in the movie compared to the poem and who killed who was wholly off kilter way more than The Odyssey.
Hector killed Ajax
Hector killed Menelaus
Agamemnon killed Priam
Breises killed Agamemnon
This post was edited on 8/7/26 at 9:24 am
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:36 am to 3nOut
Paris surviving is unforgivable. I still love the movie though.
Highly recommend the director’s cut for any future viewings. It’s not a Kingdom of Heaven level of improvement, but it’s a much better version than the theatrical.
Highly recommend the director’s cut for any future viewings. It’s not a Kingdom of Heaven level of improvement, but it’s a much better version than the theatrical.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:42 am to theunknownknight
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The Dark Knight Rises is one of the dumbest movies ever made: just write out the plot beat by beat and read it out loud to yourself.
You could do this with most movies. Go ahead and try it with Endgame
Posted on 8/7/26 at 9:46 am to 3nOut
Troy is not a good movie.
We are just used to such absolute slop and garbage over the past decade that it looks good in comparison.
We are just used to such absolute slop and garbage over the past decade that it looks good in comparison.
Posted on 8/7/26 at 12:52 pm to Fun Bunch
Posted on 8/7/26 at 12:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
Inflation or no, I find it absolutely impressive that this film has done so well at the box office considering it's R-rated and based on a Greek epic poem that's almost 3,000 years old.
Posted on 8/9/26 at 10:41 am to RollTide1987
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Inflation or no, I find it absolutely impressive that this film has done so well at the box office considering it's R-rated and based on a Greek epic poem that's almost 3,000 years old.
Honestly Oppenheimer’s gross is one of the craziest I’ve ever seen. Any other director that makes a 3 hour, mostly black and white movie about that subject matter and it’s making about 200 million tops.
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:14 am to Fun Bunch
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Troy is not a good movie.
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Fun Bunch
This post was edited on 8/9/26 at 11:15 am
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:19 am to RLDSC FAN
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'The Odyssey' Surpasses $1 Billion, Christopher Nolan's First Movie Since 'Dark Knight Rises' to Reach Coveted Box Office Milestone
Man I guess like the haters said.
Once word of mouth got out this thing really tailed off
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:21 am to Adam Banks
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:28 am to RLDSC FAN
So there’s a chance it breaks even? Couple more billion to get there. Guess I’ll have to update my X account with new goal posts.
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:53 am to drizztiger
It just opened in south Korea. China opens on Friday, and Japan next month. Could potentially do over 1.5 billion
Posted on 8/9/26 at 11:55 am to RLDSC FAN
quote:If only they did a prescreening in Greece.
It just opened in south Korea. China opens on Friday, and Japan next month. Could potentially do over 1.5 billion
Posted on 8/9/26 at 12:49 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Could potentially do over 1.5 billion
According to this boards calculations that means it will lose the GDP of Germany
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