Greek disabled actors stage wartime production amid Odyssey revival
I’m all for going into movies with zero knowledge of the plot, but when I went to THE ODYSSEY, a couple was fully onboard… until the Cyclops scene & were so shocked by it, that they left. Like, “Wait, this is fantasy? Let’s bounce.” Again, it’s THE ODYSSEY. How are its fantastical elements a shock?
Jen Johans 7And I say that as someone who typically is not the world’s biggest fantasy fan, lol.
Darkest Timeline JDP3Wow. I will say that THE ODYSSEY has shown me that the average human (American?) seems completely ignorant of all classical texts. I knew they hadn’t read them — but I’m shocked by how they’ve failed to absorb even the most basic ideas that are basically cultural, creative canon.
If you go see The Odyssey this weekend, be sure to stay for the bloopers at the end. You get to see all the trouble they had filming the car chases lmao
An Flathartach4That helicopter flying under the bridge sideways was too close for comfort 😬
Not Invented2"The power of the sacrifice is in the cost of the person making it". "Meaning?" "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off".
Bryan Sorohan2Some hapless tech originally built a Trojan Pig as well, and they got through 5 scenes before they caught the mistake. Those scenes are comedy gold.
I gave in and went to the film ,Nolan's 'epic'. It was what I expected. I felt bad for watching it. No escaping the problem. africasacountry.com/2026/07/odys...
Paula Gilligan7Christopher Nolan is wrong to say that criticism of the financial sponsorship of his film by the Occupiers of Western Sahara, the Moroccans, is 'irrelevant' to his film. The film reproduces much of the tropes of US Vietnam and Cowboy Western genres, all colonial.
Equisapien Replicant of the Falcon Cult Replicants1I can't wait to never watch it, thanks for watching it for me
a-niloingsigh.bsky.social1It was even worse than I expected, and quite boring to boot. I've almost forgotten it.
Watched The Odyssey It was fine. Boring in the middle. Anne Hathaway was outstanding. But too Hollywood generic, dialling down the mythic, for my tastes Like, Agamemnon wages war on Troy to control the trade routes? Fuck off. It's honour. It's duty. It's the will of the gods. Fucking trade routes
Jonathan Tweet6It's a contemporary American production with contemporary American casting and contemporary American themes, aimed primarily I guess at a contemporary American audience. I didn't much like the "trade routes" bit, but it did fit the rest of the movie.
laart204Well.. that’s exactly the point. Agamemnon wants to control the trades routes like.. a certain American leader we currently deal with…. WE are the Sea People. Nolan made an awesome, currently relevant political film here, and I think that’s absolutely brilliant.
jwmuk ➡️ Owlbear 4-6 Sep3oh dear, not seen it yet, waiting until Sep to get to the BFI, but "trade routes" smacks of The Phantom Menace, where one of the most exciting franchises in movie history becomes "a dispute about the taxation of trade routes". 🥱
Stan Fresh1Haven't seen it. The drab visuals from the trailer, and not including Penelope outwitting Odysseus, were rather off-putting.
🍁 Levi Kornelsen1In Troy, I thought that they missed an opportunity to have Agamemnon drop a line or two about trade domination quietly, just to put one more nail in "This asshole's in this for greed" - But I'd have wanted it on the down-low, while he's SELLING glory and etc. Having it out front sounds Not Great.
