Let's have a films thread.

[AKCJ]

10 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

So, The Odyssey...

Went to see it with four buddies.

 

Overall, I liked the film more than I thought I would. Need and want to see it on an IMAX screen now.

Some people have an issue with the jumps in time, but that's classic Christopher Nolan. I think it works quite well and keeps tension up.

Maybe a bit too long, first half in particular drags on quite a bit.

 

My biggest gripes: casting, dialogue and sound mixing.

I can see past armour inconsistencies, and the fact that maybe three or four lines of actual Greek are spoken (although it sounded modern).

I couldn't help but see Matt Damon playing Matt Damon, Charlize Theron playing Charlize Theron, Tom Holland playing Spiderman (trailer just aired before the feature), and Robert Pattinson as Batman.

Add to that Indians, Tamils, (Far East) Asians and Africans serving in an Ancient Greek army.

Lupita Nyong'o and Elliott/Ellen Page are only in it briefly. Thank god.

And Zendaya being cast in pretty much everything these days, just by name. Here, she has one facial expression. Disinterested.

 

On the other hand, I quite liked John Leguizamo's and Samantha Morton's performances. Anne Hathaway is ok-ish, this film made her crazy big eyes pop out even more.

 

Dialogue is comical or comically stupid at times. The "daddy" lines will be memed into oblivion.

Sound mixing? Overwhelming, even annoying at times.

 

Funniest moment? Matt Damon being barely arsed to shoot with his bow (ship scene). I'm amazed they kept that in.

 

One of my friends summed it up: Lots of running on beaches, lots of rowing, with some fighting in between.

 

A good movie, but not a great movie. One of Nolan's weaker ones. 7/10.

There was another weird bit right at the end during the fight after Odysseus completes Penelope's challenge and he's shooting his bow like a real novice would. Barely drawing it back without any sort of aim. 

 

I actually thought one of the best pieces of acting in the whole film was Sinon's anger during the scene where Odysseus talks to him in the underworld. For all the whinging and crying about Elliot Page being given that sort of role, I thought he delivered.

 

It's more of a great film than a great movie, if that makes sense. It's a proper marvel in terms of filmmaking. It's insane to think that the Laestrygonians were just tall men and that the pig transformation with Cerce wasn't CGI.

[Muzzy_no7]

I hope The Odyssey inspires people to explore Greek history again and appreciate the lasting influence of the Greek world. From the Persian Wars onwards, the Greek people repeatedly resisted powerful eastern empires, with consequences that profoundly shaped the development of Europe and Western civilisation.

[Samilktray]

15 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I hope The Odyssey inspires people to explore Greek history again and appreciate the lasting influence of the Greek world. From the Persian Wars onwards, the Greek people repeatedly resisted powerful eastern empires, with consequences that profoundly shaped the development of Europe and Western civilisation.

For the sake of myself and @MC Prussian before I invest any time into exploring Ancient Greek history, how did the DEI quotas look 3000 years ago?