The Odyssey trailer 2 (full trailer)
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Just left the theatre. My biggest disappointment was how small it all felt. People keep talking about the grand scale and I have just no idea what they’re getting at. Think of how enormous a 3 hour movie like lord of the rings felt - the massive landscapes, giant armies, huge iconic score, incomparable action pieces. None of that here, save the 10 minutes of cyclops (legitimately incredible puppetry). Ithaca felt tiny, Troy felt tiny, never more than like 15 guys in frame at one time. It was *intimate*, which is just a bad fit for the first all IMAX film ever
Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but I saw it earlier today and I'm wondering if we watched the same movie.
Yeah, I saw it 70 mm imax. Ithaca was a bedroom, dining hall and a hut off to the side. The tallest building in Troy was 20 feet. No thousand man action sequences or spectacular battle scenes. Literally sailed past the sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, no River Styx, no underworld…lots of dialogue, which I think is Nolan’s weakest writing quality. Couldn’t tell you anything about the score. I was expecting ROTK level scale worthy of the largest screen in the world and it was just so so far from it
to each their own. but you are definitely in the minority. too bad you didn't like it.
For sure. Would love to hear what others liked about it. I think my critiques mirror those I had of Oppenheimer - literal nuclear potential for action but chose weak procedural drama
sounds like you just don't like the big swing historical Nolan movies. which is fair.
Question to those that have seen it. How does it compare to Gladiator? I know the stories are different, but just in terms of size, production, and overall feel.
For my perspective, I went with a buddy to watch Gladiator when it came out, we walked out and both said "that might be the best picture of the year" and "it didn't feel like 2.5hrs" when that was a really long movie.
For my perspective, I went with a buddy to watch Gladiator when it came out, we walked out and both said "that might be the best picture of the year" and "it didn't feel like 2.5hrs" when that was a really long movie.
While Gladiator excels with its gritty, tactile production and intense, grounded feel, The Odyssey, IMO, dwarfs it in scale, shifting from the human arena to a vast, mythic odyssey across the ancient world. I appreciate Ridley's focused tragedy, but I prefer The Odyssey because its sweeping scope and ethereal, timeless atmosphere create a much more profound experience. That is gonna be different for everyone.
I love Gladiator. I like this better.
There were some moments that were very disturbing to me and I’m 50. I would be cautious about children, but 15 may be old enough. If she isn’t good with horror movies, some of this may be too much for her.
Just saw it and loved it. I don’t remember much from the original story but it felt very accurate and authentic. Loved the soundtrack and editing. The siren scene with the sound editing is awesome
I think I’m going to listen to the Iliad and Odessey audiobooks this week. It’s been awhile
I think I’m going to listen to the Iliad and Odessey audiobooks this week. It’s been awhile
Made $124M in the U.S. alone this weekend. $264M worldwide. Bonkers.
It does make me feel good to see that any movie that I thoroughly enjoy do well at the box office, especially when they cost a lot of money to make in the first place.
I think it cost $250M to make (not including marketing etc which is probably another $100M) so this will profit a ton when it's all said and done.
Excited to see it in IMAX on Friday. I love some Greek mythology but honestly wasn’t really all that familiar with the Iliad and the odyssey. Most my knowledge just comes from the Percy Jackson series lol (I’m younger). But been doing some light research about the story. Gonna watch Troy this week since it’s about the Iliad and that’ll set me up nicely for Friday
I also didn’t love Dunkirk or Oppenheimer, they were fine but not spellbinding to me. Dunkirk has 92 from critics on RT and 94 Metascore but only 81% from audiences on RT and 7.8/10 on IMDB. It is ok to not love Christopher Nolan, everyone has their own tastes. Still planning to see Odyssey hopefully this week.
Oppenheimer was fantastic. I don't need any action whatsoever to thoroughly enjoy a movie though. In fact, I really dislike movies that have too much action. Can't stand the superhero and comic movies... but that's just me.
Dialogue can make a movie IMO.
Totally fair. To be clear, I am not a huge action guy either. If you looked at the movies with 5 stars on my Letterboxd, with the exception of LOTR, it’s David Lynch, Wong Kar Wai, and other films where arguably literally nothing happens, but have moved me to tears. I specifically would not go to Christopher Nolan looking for great dialogue. He does many things generally well (scale, casting, pacing, action sequences), but I think dialogue is his worst skill. I might have liked another director’s Oppenheimer, Nolan was particularly poorly suited
That's fair. I wasn't trying to prop up Nolan movies either.... but I did enjoy Oppenheimer. Mostly just trying to say that I don't need action like some do.... which is fine if you like action... just not my thing.
I loved No Country for Old Men... but not for any of the action or violence at all... just the amazing dialogue in it.
