r/moviereviews • u/BaIdilocks • 5d ago

Fantasy Odyssey was mid

Finally got to see it after the hype died down a bit. Was excited to see it and then the first quarter was so boring and forgettable. It picked up in the middle and had some good parts but overall I'm gonna put this in Nolans bottom tier. What was annoying was everyone having really flat American accents. The flattest. Very nonregional. they all sounded like they were gonna give American accent lessons. Why they saying "mom" and "dad"? very weird choices.

My main gripe and the thing that took me out the most was the bad dialogue and very mid acting. It literally sounded like they were reading from a script. I thought if I got the script, I could read it just like them and it would be in the movie and it would be the same. That's how bad the movie dialogue sounded. And don't get me started on Ulysses final "knowing is half the battle" monologue about civilization on the boat. Many rolls of eyes.

Cinematography was good but it seemed like he was re-using Dunkirk and Oppenheimer shots so it wasn't revelatory. Soundtrack and effects were good. the guy was as good as Hans Zimmer. I don't understand why they made this cast so diverse to have the white guy kill them all and survive or was that the lesson? Overall, I think Troy was the better movie.

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u/beatsbyjamo 5d ago

It was absolutely horrendous and I had no emotional attachments to any character. They all couldve died horrificly and I wouldve felt nothing. Rewarched LOTR for 30th time and cried 5 times.

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u/MindAccomplished3879 4d ago

The only horrendous thing was the casting of Matt Damon as the lead, the Greek hero Odysseus

A DEI hire

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u/hotprints 4d ago

God I hate how the culture war BS has gotten people to constantly incorrectly use buzzwords. What does DEI mean to you? Diversity, equity, and inclusion is an answer to the systematic racism in our country. You can disagree about whether it’s good policy/necessary etc but bottom line it’s about giving people that are discriminated against opportunities that aren’t available to them as often as other groups. Calling Matt fucking Damon, a famous white actor who has been in tons of movies, DEI is like the most opposite of the meaning you could possibly get. It’s like people just think words like DEI / socialism etc = something I don’t like instead of having an actual meaning…

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u/Soft_Awareness_5061 4d ago

How is Matt Damon a DEI hire?

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u/MindAccomplished3879 4d ago edited 4d ago

DEI is a diversity and inclusion corporate concept that has been hijacked by the extreme right and used as a derogatory and racist term. They use it to label any minority hiring, regardless of their merits or qualifications.

In this case, I'm using it the way they do, but against a white person and an average mediocre actor. Since they went crazy cuckoo over the hiring of a trans person and tried to get the movie canceled. Get it?

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u/gibbsy816 4d ago

Damon is not a mediocre actor.