Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey opens to strong reviews
I just don’t know if a Nolan movie can compare to the only real version.
Jessica Ellis60I would like to remind everyone once again that his name was not Doctor Odyssey. It was Max Bankman. And yet once per episode, someone would refer to him as Doctor Odyssey.
Ben Collins50The threesome scene into the anti-suicide PSA remains one of the funniest things that has ever happened on network television.
Erin Biba21This was one of the best worst shows I’ve ever seen.
proflover.bsky.social9I thought at first it was a fake tv show, but then I watched it and it was magnificent.
Kim Douglas3Still grieving the loss of Dr. Fuckboat here too.
Casey2Good lord I thought this was a @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social post at first.
My general metric for Matt Damon movies is that they’re best if he’s a) in Europe, b) having an identity crisis, and c) killing people. (Talented Mr. Ripley, Bourne Identity.) So The Odyssey should be pretty good?
Colin Dickey33Ocean’s Eleven is also great and while he’s not killing people he’s still committing crimes while pretending to be someone else and there’s sorta an ersatz “Europe” involved (Paris, the Bellagio), so it’s close enough.
Helena Fitzgerald7this is a great theory for many reasons, one of which is that it (correctly) includes Eurotrip
Matt Sargent3Great Wall of China 1) He's Scottish, but at the Great Wall of China 2) Having an identity crisis 3) Killing alien demon armies
Jeremy Tice3Is Mars the Europe of space?
MeganC2That’s not a bad metric honestly
The Jack of Kingfield2Good will hunting fits that mold! And the departed
Christopher Nolan has done some of us a great service by making a movie that has become a heat sink for all the illiterate chud rage grifters who usually spend all day talking about videogame bustlines
Ian Boudreau33It's nice to get a little break, you know?
JT Jag (Support Unions)3damn, it's making the worst people that mad? gotta watch it I guess
ghostoffrankdrebin.bsky.social1The irony of the sheer amount of them who use Greek classical avatars getting their collective panties wedged up their misogynistic asses is just…
One more time today: my review of The Odyssey, which will make a zillion dollars and win all kinds of shit www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
Detox Poncho🖕🏼🐸🖕🏼1I thought for sure you were going to slam this flick so I was pleasantly surprised by your review!
Jon Sulman1The "wait, and wait, and wait for Odysseus to finally reveal himself to everyone" is definitely true to the book. Like half the book is Odysseus bumming around Ithaca building suspense.
"The grand summation could be 'people are complicated.' Yes, that’s as basic as it gets. But it feels revolutionary when it’s encoded in a rare modern blockbuster that doesn’t feed us lotus flowers." www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-...
Jonathan Eby4"tell me about a complicated man"
jdm1Oh, this got me hype
Michael Avolio1I'll be curious to see how Nolan plays with those story-within-a-story bits you mention. I've wondered if the nonlinear structure of The Odyssey was one of the things that made Nolan want to adapt it, since he loves telling stories that way.
“It is probably viewers who haven’t read Homer who are likeliest to enjoy ‘The Odyssey,’ ” Richard Brody writes, of Christopher Nolan’s adaptation. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Elise2Sadly, in today’s world, that’s a whole lot of people.
mypalgrant.bsky.social2we get it, you read the book!
Dr. Nguyen Van Thoc2I had to read it for school so I’ve read it, but i also thoroughly enjoyed the made for tv one from back in the day as well Oh Brother Where Art Thou. This quote alone reads like it was written by someone who huffs their own farts. This author has said things “i liked their early stuff” many times
