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The Internet Isn't Holding Back Its Thoughts On Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
The Internet Isn't Holding Back Its Thoughts On Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has
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gotten near universal acclaim from
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critics, but what about people who don't
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watch movies for a living? When we say
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that The Odyssey has still wowed us
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critics, we really mean it. As of the
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making of this video, the adaptation of
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the ancient epic poem is sitting pretty
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at a 96% Tomato Meter rating on Rotten
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Tomatoes. That's the best critical
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assessment of any feature in Nolan's 26
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years directing them. Rotten Tomatoes
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Popcorn Meter, which measures the
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sentiment of non-critics who leave
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reviews on the site, is at 97%.
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So, by all indications, the love fest
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for The Odyssey stretches well beyond
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the critical sphere. One review calls it
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a masterclass in filmmaking. Another
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said it was the best movie they'd
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[music] seen in a long time. Another
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recommended, "If you're able, watch it
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in IMAX. It deserves that."
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>> This is definitely the format or the
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window that this [music] story wants to
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be seen in.
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>> Speaking of IMAX, many of what you'd
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classify as complaints in the Popcorn
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Meter reviews were about the
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theater-going experience rather than the
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movie itself. One cited dust on the
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projector. Another complained about the
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seats not being level. Their star
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ratings are still very high, but that's
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the Rotten Tomatoes crowd. Maybe they
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were already inclined to love the film.
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What about the more vocally critical
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audience on X? Months before the movie
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came out, there were social media
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complaints about various aspects of the
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movie. The casting, what sounded to some
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as dialogue that's too modern, and
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changes to the original story, which
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dates back to the 8th century BC. Yet,
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quite a few X users were also raving
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about The Odyssey. One wrote, "Bottom
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line, this Christopher Nolan dude is
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straight-up cooking, in my opinion.
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Deserves all the hype and all those good
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ratings out there." Another called the
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movie very impressive and intimidating,
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dark and sinister, adding that it feels
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huge and that the acting and casting are
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superb. Particular members of the cast
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got big shout-outs, too. One user wrote,
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"Samantha Morton and John Leguizamo were
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fantastic. Agamemnon was hot." The Greek
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king Agamemnon is played by Benny
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Safdie, by the way. Others said they
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were pleasantly surprised by Tom
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Holland's turn as Telemachus, [music]
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and there's Oscar buzz for Anne
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Hathaway's portrayal of Penelope.
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>> Ithaca's king is coming back.
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>> Quite a few X users couldn't help but
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compare The Odyssey to Nolan's two prior
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films, Tenet and Oppenheimer. One called
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the three films an unofficial thematic
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trilogy, though they didn't expand on
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what [music] themes they share. Others
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did, thankfully, particularly making
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direct comparisons between The Odyssey
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and Oppenheimer. One noted that The
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Odyssey has a non-linear editing style
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like the one used in Oppenheimer, adding
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that both films focus on regrets, guilt,
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[music] and longing. They also gave a
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shout-out to Ludwig Göransson's score,
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calling it beautiful. It's true that
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Tenet, Oppenheimer, and The Odyssey all
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focus on war and its consequences, as
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well as the effects that wartime
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decisions have on the people who make
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them. For lots of viewers, that's a
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ultimate message is a good thing, but
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not everyone. One X user wrote, spinning
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it as a complaint that The Odyssey kind
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of collapses into being Oppenheimer in
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the end. And to be sure, there are some
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negative takes on The Odyssey out there.
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The complaints about the casting and
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dialogue persist, though it's [music]
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difficult to tell if that's the same
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pre-release griping, or if those
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commenters have actually seen the film.
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The most common grievance from people
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who did see it is a lengthy watch. One
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Rotten Tomatoes Popcorn Meter review
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called the film dark and loud and 30
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minutes too long. An X user agreed,
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writing, [music]
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"Film is too long and has some great
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moments, but it really feels like just a
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collection of scenes at [music] times
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more than a well-paced, refined story."
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So, who's right? You may just have to
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set aside 3 hours and see The Odyssey
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for yourself to know for sure.
