The Odyssey

this was actually really decent. I was scared it wouldn’t live up to the hype and people were glazing just because of the stacked cast and it being a christopher nolan film. However i really enjoyed it. The first hour especially felt like a horror film, the cyclops scream was one of the most jarring sounds i’ve heard before and the scene with the witch and the pigs was so unsettling and nightmarish. There are a bunch of historical inaccuracies but i’m not into history or greek mythology so it didn’t really matter to me, i did find it funny how they were all american tho but what else were they meant to do. I would be PISSED if i survived a 10 year war just to die on the way home.Robbert pattinsons character was so annoying but that was the point. The scene near the end of him hiding and yelling at other people to do stuff did make me giggle a little bit at just how pathetic he was. Matt damon the main character was just aura farming throughout the film. I think he was a fitting choice of actor for his character, same with tom holland and anne hathaway. I would also like to say that that scene of anne hathaway that everyone was clowning on because of her botox really was nottt as bad as everyone was making it out to be.I wish zendaya had a bigger part but her she was a pretty minor character .I can see this becoming a staple of the 2020s.I don’t think this was as good as interstellar but i do think this is one of nolan’s best work.I had such a fun time seeing this at the cinema and didn’t feel like it kept dragging on even if it is 3 hours. I can’t say it really left much of an lasting impact on me tho but maybe i just need to sit with it for a little while.(update i am still thinking about it days later and am so inspired by all of the effort that went into this!)I Saw this on normal cinema but i would LOVE to see it in IMAX. Especially 70mm IMAX! I will see a movie in that format in some point in my life. And this was a very impressive film, beautifully shot. I’m a big fan of practical sets and effects and i came to learn that the cyclops was a puppet which is so wild and when circe was turning his men into pigs,actually crazy crazy stuff. And when they invaded troy that was all a real set. I’m not really a nolan fan but i really admire how he doesn’t rely on CGI. I think it makes the film so much more impressive and gives it soul because u can feel how much went into it.obviously people have their complaints about costume and historical inaccuracies which i think is valid. I’m kind of teetering on the edge of giving this the big 5 starts