I saw the Odyssey tonight. It’s an amazing movie.
My fellow conservatives who disliked it (cough cough Matt Walsh), are missing the point entirely.
Christopher Nolan did not tell a feminist version of the story.
Actually, he took a Greek myth and gave it an almost Christian ethos.
See, the original Odyssey was obviously pagan. It was about fate and the gods toying with humans. It wasn’t really a moral story.
But, in Nolan’s story, you get to see more of the actual man behind the legend.
Instead of mere fables of heroic conquest, you see the actual trauma of war and the demons a man like Odysseus might carry after sacking Troy.
And instead of a man who callously pillages villages, cheats on his wife, and returns to slaughter his rivals and reclaim his thrown… which is the Greek idea of a hero… instead, you get the Christian-style hero…
You get a man who descends into hell to find redemption for his sins, and only then can he return home and restore his kingdom.
It is truly magnificent. Elliot Paige was a little off-putting but was hardly in the movie at all. It was beautifully shot, well acted, and it kept me interested for all 3 hours.
Don’t listen to the haters. And don’t make everything about tribal politics. This is good art. Enjoy it.
@odysseymovie@UniversalPics If you can put aside your grudge against Nolan for casting those 2 people and appreciate the film for what it is like I did, I think you’ll really like it. The score was brilliant, so many great scenes and easily one of Nolan’s best films.