Universal's Christopher Nolan's Penguin's Homer's TheOdyssey
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$264.1 million globally in the first week. Nolan´s best opening.
I might go to see it again this week.
I might go to see it again this week.
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Re: Universal's Christopher Nolan's Penguin's Homer's TheOdyssey
Fuck youtragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 6:24 pmI honestly hadn't considered this, but now it's difficult not to see the Hollywood-industrial complex in cahoots with Hegseth's T-level screening for the military. Silicon Valley is the obvious bridge between Damon's crypto holdings and Palantir killchain tech.epilogue wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:05 pmtragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:00 pm Renowned film critic and insightful genius Ben Shapiro has called it a masterpiece.
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Re: Universal's Christopher Nolan's Penguin's Homer's TheOdyssey
tragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 6:24 pmI honestly hadn't considered this, but now it's difficult not to see the Hollywood-industrial complex in cahoots with Hegseth's T-level screening for the military. Silicon Valley is the obvious bridge between Damon's crypto holdings and Palantir killchain tech.epilogue wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:05 pmtragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:00 pm Renowned film critic and insightful genius Ben Shapiro has called it a masterpiece.

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Hey guys! My long awaited review is finally here!
- Despite the distracting casting and clunky dialogue, I generally enjoyed this. One of his better movies.
- I was expecting another cold and sterile Nolan movie like Dunkirk or Tenet, but this surprisingly had some heart. It also isn't as preachy or heavy handed as Oppenheimer often was. Don't get me wrong. It's still Nolan, and his flaws are still here, but they are less obvious.
- His overall aesthetic isn't mine, but I thought he executed it fairly well, so I can appreciate it.
- Damon is a good, modern everyman Odysseus. I thought he was fine.
- The accents don't bother me (I've never been a fan of making actors in historical epics speak in stilted British accents), but some of the modern sounding dialogue did put me off.
- In this guilt ridden age, this guilt ridden movie is the only Odyssey that Hollywood can make, but after watching the awful The Return last night, this feels positively liberated. It wasn't overbearingly self loathing, which was a big relief.
- It got a lot of things right. It missed some things and added some unnecessary bits like the sea people and iron age, but it's throwing out a lot of ideas and I can forgive it for not getting everything right.
- I thought it was paced pretty well. Got sluggish towards the end, but the first couple of hours moved at a good pace.
- it's (perhaps unsurprisingly) sexless (another sign of the times) and in general it's too soft R, which holds it back I think.
- The armor is indeed terrible
- Nolan still can't film fight scenes for shit.
7.8/10 bags of popcorn
More thoughts as they develop.
- Despite the distracting casting and clunky dialogue, I generally enjoyed this. One of his better movies.
- I was expecting another cold and sterile Nolan movie like Dunkirk or Tenet, but this surprisingly had some heart. It also isn't as preachy or heavy handed as Oppenheimer often was. Don't get me wrong. It's still Nolan, and his flaws are still here, but they are less obvious.
- His overall aesthetic isn't mine, but I thought he executed it fairly well, so I can appreciate it.
- Damon is a good, modern everyman Odysseus. I thought he was fine.
- The accents don't bother me (I've never been a fan of making actors in historical epics speak in stilted British accents), but some of the modern sounding dialogue did put me off.
- In this guilt ridden age, this guilt ridden movie is the only Odyssey that Hollywood can make, but after watching the awful The Return last night, this feels positively liberated. It wasn't overbearingly self loathing, which was a big relief.
- It got a lot of things right. It missed some things and added some unnecessary bits like the sea people and iron age, but it's throwing out a lot of ideas and I can forgive it for not getting everything right.
- I thought it was paced pretty well. Got sluggish towards the end, but the first couple of hours moved at a good pace.
- it's (perhaps unsurprisingly) sexless (another sign of the times) and in general it's too soft R, which holds it back I think.
- The armor is indeed terrible
- Nolan still can't film fight scenes for shit.
7.8/10 bags of popcorn
More thoughts as they develop.
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Whew now I feel better
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Re: Universal's Christopher Nolan's Penguin's Homer's TheOdyssey
Burt likes it. Lenny hates it. I don't know what to think!
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Lenny surpasses even me when it comes to hating things.
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That is beyond not true
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Wait does hating myself count
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Hating Zendaya counts.
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I got nothing against her.
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You don't know what she's done.lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Tue July 21, 2026 1:18 amI got nothing against her.
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Made fun of Scurry?BurtReynolds wrote: Tue July 21, 2026 1:19 amYou don't know what she's done.lennytheweedwhacker wrote: Tue July 21, 2026 1:18 amI got nothing against her.
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Can't wait for Jorge's review.
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Still waiting on his he-man review.
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Im guessing he will watch the new Spidey first
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Like I said, I'm waiting to see it on IMAX 70mm on August 7th in Providence Rhode Island
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I must be watching too much King of the Hill but now I read all of Trag's posts with the voice of Dale Gribbletragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 6:24 pmI honestly hadn't considered this, but now it's difficult not to see the Hollywood-industrial complex in cahoots with Hegseth's T-level screening for the military. Silicon Valley is the obvious bridge between Damon's crypto holdings and Palantir killchain tech.epilogue wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:05 pmtragabigzanda wrote: Mon July 20, 2026 5:00 pm Renowned film critic and insightful genius Ben Shapiro has called it a masterpiece.
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