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Emily Wilson, whose recent translation of The Odyssey was cited as inspiration, trashed the film in a 4,000 word review. (slate.com)
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My favorite part of this article:

Although “humbled” that Nolan has read her translation, she is blunt in her assessment of his creation: “I would be ashamed to have written any part of this script.” Wilson’s rhetorical climax has been widely circulated: “It lacks psychological, emotional, political and ethical depth. Its narrative structure is gimmicky. The writing is abysmal. None of the characters has convincing motivation for their actions or words. There are no sex scenes, and all the food looks horrible.”

I actually agree with Emily's review, I liked the movie but it was still just mid. I mean, three hours long in ancient Greece and nobody fucks? Come on man.

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[–] 63 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

The writing in any Nolan film is always the weakest part, and if he wasn't so good at doing gimmicky shit that looks good, nobody would think his movies are good. He's good at making good looking scenes, but he sucks at telling a story with them, that's why he's a mid director at best

He's like a slightly higher-brow and more broody Michael Bay

ETA: doesn't mean I don't like his movies, you just have to know what to expect from a Nolan movie.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    He's like a slightly higher-brow and more broody Michael Bay

    As someone who didn't watch this movie, is are there any in-lore explanations of why any of the relationships are technically legal and not gross?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I don't think he should get as much credit for his cinematography as he does, not only because he has a cinematographer/director of photography (The Odyssey shares a director of photography with Nope which similarly gives enormous credit to the cinematography to the director who didn't fucking do it) who should get at least some of the credit, but because his insistence on shooting for a format and aspect ratio that is essentially lost technology is to my mind borderline antisocial.

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