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The Odyssey (2026) (hexbear.net)
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It was pretty good! I sat next to a high-school aged kid who seemingly knew nothing about the odyssey yet was arguably the hypest person in the theater going "lets-fucking-go LET'S GOO" whenever they blinded the poor cyclops and was angry as hell at Telemachus (he literally shouted 'DO SOMETHING' during the contest fight) & as a result my experience was heightened.

Definitely recommend seeing it on the biggest screen you can; I went to my local museum's imax which can do 1.43:1 and it was great. There are several scenes where I felt like I was on the damn ship.

No cyclops dong but I was blessed with one ass thanks to Circe my beloved.....

4.5/5 china-stars

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[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 4 weeks ago

I agree it was pretty fun and also could have been improved with more dong

But yeah some scenes were done pretty well, the cyclops was actually pretty unnerving and the bone cracking and body horror during the pig scene did make me flinch a couple of times.

Unfortunately the other cinema goers weren't hype like yours, I just had one guy with the flu behind us loudly sniffing every five seconds. Poor guy, I hope I don't get what he had.

[-] abc@hexbear.net 9 points 4 weeks ago

More dong and honestly a bit more of the gods. I was so mad only Athena made an appearance. I wanted Hermes to show up and help them poor piggies.

[-] Red5@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 4 weeks ago

Is it normal for people to shout at the film in a cinema? I have never experienced this

[-] abc@hexbear.net 6 points 4 weeks ago

In my experience it depends on the film & the crowd. When I saw Scary Movie 6 last month? Yeah, I expected people to be pretty vocal. Same with when I saw Jackass.

He was young and clearly hyped up because of the film so i let it pass; the middle aged dude sitting in front of us though definitely turned around after the 'DO SOMETHING angry-hex' shout and glared at him but by that point we had like 20 minutes left in the film. I think the fact that he so clearly had never engaged with The Odyssey is what really made it not annoying for me - he let out the most confused 'what the fuck???' when Odysseus shoots the transformed buck on Circe's island & was so mad when the crew are like "why are you saying fuck us for??" after they eat one of Helios' cattle.

I'll always take someone vocally engaging with a film (laughing really loud, shouting at the characters, going "aw hell no" when something scary is about to happen) compared to a bunch of people just blatantly on their phones like how all the college aged teens were doing when I saw Death of Robin Hood the other week and it became apparent to them that the film wasn't gonna be Robin Hood shooting arrows at rich dudes Legolas style for 2 hours.

FWIW he wasn't insanely distracting or anything. Just blurted out a few "what the fucks", the single "let's gooo" when the suitors started dying, and the very funny "DO SOMETHING doggirl-tears" literally 2 scenes before Telemachus starts fighting

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 weeks ago

In my experience it depends on the film & the crowd.

it surprised me when i went to go watch a movie in the bronx with the man i was dating at the time. he had dominican heritage, but identifed as black most of the time and i went with him and his family to the movie theater for the first time.

i don't remember the movie, i just remember everyone yelling at the screen and mostly in unison. lol

[-] abc@hexbear.net 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

che-smile See I love shit like that. Obsession and Backrooms at my local theater were riots because people WERE doing that. I love when an audience is completely like "aw fuck no I want to get off this ride", completely makes the movie ticket worth it. It's like whenever everyone starts screaming on a roller-coaster I think; same sort of feeling.

[-] No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

I liked it a lot more than I expected! I didn't have a big interest in seeing this, but I had the opportunity and I'm glad I did.

Saw it on 70mm film, not IMAX, and it was really nice to see on film. Projectionist fucked up a couple times on some transitions and cut off some dialogue/caused a tiny skip, but it was negligible and not a big deal.

Helmets looked flimsy as hell and like clear props and that took me out of it, but things were much better once everyone lost them. Also not a big deal.

First Nolan movie I've seen in theaters since Inception, and this was definitely better than Inception. Movie would have been even better with Cyclops dong though, huge disappointment there.

[-] abc@hexbear.net 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Saw it on 70mm film, not IMAX, and it was really nice to see on film.

Jealous!! I would kill for a theater that does 70mm projection near me. I did consider driving out to the nearest one like 3-4 hours away but it was sold out months ago and the screen I did see it on was 1.43:1 anyways so I wasn't missing out on much besides it being digital vs film. Dune 3 though....

Helmets looked flimsy as hell and like clear props and that took me out of it, but things were much better once everyone lost them. Also not a big deal.

I thought the same thing the entire time during the Underworld scene. Real ecoterrorist moment when the shades pop out of the ground with those dumbass helmets lol

[-] CriticalXipport@hexbear.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Saw it last night 10/10

definitely want to rewatch

[-] MaxOS@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I thought it rocked

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