Grildon Tundy
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Did you guys see the prologue got leaked? I watched some on Twitter but stopped. It certainly had Nolan's compelling editing style.
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey - July 2026
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I didn't watch, will wait for Avatar.
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SJRB
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Typical Nolan logical inconsistencies. Barely a minute in and a dude in the Trojan horse gets stabbed by a sword and the soldier who punctured the horse looks at the sword and just shrugs it off.
What is the point of adding this sequence if there are zero consequences? You are building up to something but there is no payoff, it's just a time waster. The Raid did this 100 times better, more intense and with a logical conclusion like 15 years ago.
Also: adding a thumping and revving up soundtrack doesn't make the sequence more exiting if the sequence is fucking boring. Tenet should've taught him that at least.
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Also the horse being way heavier than it should be should have seemed suspicious
falconhoof
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I think the idea there was the other guy cleaned the blood off the sword before it got pulled up. Either way, it must of felt odd to have your sword jerked around, but ho-hum, horse is safe and not a trap.
The thing here is to really understand just what that horse was supposed to be. It was ostensibly an offering to Poseidon for a safe journey home. So what would they have made it out of? I think wood is the most logical choice, versus the beaten and hammered metal we see here. Forged from swords, spearheads, and the armor of the fallen now that the greeks were leaving? If it were made from metal, I'd have preferred a cruder look like it was made from tokens of war, since a sacrifice to the gods ought to have things of value. This molded horse seems like a lot of work, though I suppose after 10 years the greeks would have built a small city opposite Troy with the capability to pour metal into molds in the sand or whatever.
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Chuck Berry
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This looks so fucking bad.
The only thing I'm interested in is how they're doing the cyclops. Everything else? I'd rather watch film on teeth, especially with that cast.
The only thing I'm interested in is how they're doing the cyclops. Everything else? I'd rather watch film on teeth, especially with that cast.
Oberstein
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falconhoof
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Audiophile
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I wonder if Nolan being red-green colour blind has resulted in him simply not appreciating and prioritising colour to the extent of other directors.
With much of his previous work, the more natural, grounded colours have worked, as have the more pumped up oranges in some place. But I wonder if the lack of rich colours in something like this is in part due to him just not ever having seen them like most folks.
His strength with cinema has never been colour, but light and shadow, framing, motion & texture.
With much of his previous work, the more natural, grounded colours have worked, as have the more pumped up oranges in some place. But I wonder if the lack of rich colours in something like this is in part due to him just not ever having seen them like most folks.
His strength with cinema has never been colour, but light and shadow, framing, motion & texture.
Superposition
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Death Stranding vibes.
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I watched this it was pretty good horror/comedy. I'll bet your left testicle that it'll be better than The Odyssey
SJRB
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Death Stranding vibes.
Bro what the fuck is going on
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Hugare
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God, Tom Holland must have one of the Top 10 most punchable faces ever
I just can't stand the guy. He is 29 but looks like a teenager.
DeepEnigma
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Should've had it wrapped around a golden dildo.Death Stranding vibes.
near
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I find Timothee Chalamet far more insufferable. Have you seen his recent interviews from the Marty Supreme press tour?
If you are talking about his response to the "White Boy Award", I thought that was a pretty good backhanded acceptance of that racist awardI find Timothee Chalamet far more insufferable. Have you seen his recent interviews from the Marty Supreme press tour?
Superposition
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Leaked trailer.
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I thought it was supposed to be the siege of Troy. That looks mildly pedestrian.
DeepEnigma
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Why were the oars of the ship not weathered like the rest of the ship?
SJRB
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You thought the Odyssey was about the siege of Troy?
why are the tires of your 20 year old car ALSO not 20 years old? Sails are consumable items as well, used to be the main job of women through winter in some places, sewing new sails.
Though looks like they are made of different wood, is all.
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Fair enough, it just looks a bit jarring. I don't know why I notice these things.
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No people online said the first trailer was the siege of Troy.
Jinzo Prime
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Looks well shot, but that cut to Tom Holland took me right out of it. I know seeing Tom and Zendaya is just going to stop my suspension of disbelief, but I'm happy for anyone who is able to push through and enjoy the film.
SJRB
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Yeah there's an 6-minute or whatever prologue that was shown before Avatar (I think? not sure) that was indeed the Trojan siege, including Trojan Horse.
Similar to how Nolan released the prologue to The Dark Knight Rises before the movie came out.
It leaked online too and it was not great.
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where is the siege of Troy link?
Shadowplay1979
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im still willing to bet this colors of the rainbow cast and weird costume design is implying less a modern hollywood oscar box ticking and the possibility that theres a catch here....theres a nolan gimmick....something something...this isnt real or a simulation or assassins creed thing going on here
winjer
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My god, those costumes look like absolute dog shit.
How is it even possible to screw up Greek ancient armor this badly...
RJMacready73
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Eh? What look is he going for here? I thought this was going to be gritty realism, that looks almost comicbook
Im assuming that guy is Agamemnon. Possibly Ares or something if they are really embedding gods in it?
\m/etalStorm
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Concrete temples?
That looks like a game level blockout to test Gameplay. Weird style for a movie supposed to be set in ancient mythological Greece.
RJMacready73
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Christ on a bike that "temple" looks fuck all like anything Greek inspired and those guys in the power armour... What the hell are they wearing on their feet!?!? Look I get it, it's Nolan and we're in for a cinematic treat but they're really going to have their work cut out to move me on from constantly thinking "this looks fuck all like ancient Greece" and into the movie
IDKFA
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Concrete temples?
Okay. Nolan has completely gone off the rails with this one. It just looks like pure fantasy.
Everything about this film just looks all wrong, but I'll still check it out because it's Noaln and he hasn't let me down..........yet.
I think Tom Holland and Zendaya would be the least distracting parts of this film from what I've seen.
falconhoof
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I can't wait till the part where Matt Damon shouts "This is ancient Greece!" and kicks Polyphemus into a pit.
falconhoof
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I totally missed this casting news.
3liteDragon
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Official trailer will be out online tomorrow.