Finally saw Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey
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I’m happy that I watched it so I know to avoid it on TV or streaming services
Nolan took one of the most epic stories ever told and turned it into a gritty character study that’s void of any beauty
The colors are pale and ugly, the otherwise beautiful Greek islands where they filmed look pale, and there is no beauty to be seen in any of the actors and actresses on the screen (with the sole exception of Anne Hathaway who’s an absolute queen)
You barely see any Greek-looking faces. Which is ironic because the movie is so inclusive that Ulysses has an East Asian crew member.
The scene with the siren song is so trivial that they just row by without showing what the sirens look like. Why? Because the sirens are supposed to be beautiful and there’s no room for beauty in this film.
I liked Nolan’s earlier films. I loved Memento and The Prestige. I watched his Batman trilogy and even enjoyed the last film. I even thought Interstellar was deep and tried to make sense of Tenet. But please keep this man away from mythology.
My Thracian ancestors, who were basically cousins of the Greeks, would be angry to realize that their men and women look so plain and ugly. And that the lands for which they started wars are stripped of their vivid colors.
Fuck this movie and the DEI religion that spawned it. When I sit down for 3 hours, I want to be mesmerized by beauty and feel like I’m experiencing a fairytale.
