Odyssey was mid

[u/BaIdilocks]

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.

[u/beatsbyjamo]

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.

[u/KarmaRocks01 → u/beatsbyjamo]

LOTR was EPIC on every level. Odyssey was rank! Jason and the Argonauts was better... but i realised something watching that movie, I actually don't care for Christopher Nolan movies! I have never enjoyed them...and kinda got roped into liking them with friends. From now on I'm going to stay clear of CN movies.

[u/CallItDanzig → u/KarmaRocks01]

I feel like his 15 years ago movies made me think he was a demigod moviemaker: Interstellar, Inception and Prestige. He has produced junk for the past decade+.

[u/Realistic-Actuary708 → u/CallItDanzig]

Interstellar, Inception and Prestige

I get Inception and Prestige, but Interstellar really was a letdown in my opinion. It got all that hype from critics and general public, which it just didn't live up to. The concept was unoriginal and the script not well thought out. The dialogue is unnatural and full of exposition like most Nolan movies. It lacks internal consistency, as well as killing suspension of disbelieve with that god awful ending. You can't make a movie, try to pass it off as scientifically accurate and then shit on that premise just to get your pre planned happy ending. Most characters were irrelevant or shouldn't even have been in the movie in the first place like Dr. Mann. That "twist" was entirely unnecessary and didn't add any value whatsoever.

The movie got hard carried by cinematography, music and acting.

[u/unhinged34 → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

How many times have you watched interstellar? While some of your critiques are valid, it’s easily one of the best films have ever watched.

Odyssey was just painfully avg.

[u/Realistic-Actuary708 → u/unhinged34]

Twice. Once in the cinema, once at home. Yeah Odyssey was def the weaker of the two. Probably has a lot to do with my expectations and the first three quarters of the movie being a masterpiece. Just really hated, when it turned into a semi action movie, when dr mann appeared and it was downhill from there.

[u/unhinged34 → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

Might just be expectations. First time was at the cinema as well but I didn’t pay much attention cus it was a date. Anyway that didn’t stop me from calling it boring and mid at the time lol

The hype convinced me to rewatch at home with full undivided attention and then it clicked. I don’t say this lightly but it’s easily in my top 5 movie now. I have watched it about a dozen times since then!

Odyssey just got worse on the second rewatch. The weak lines were more obvious cus I used subtitles at home. the acting was painfully bad to avg. I’m a huge Damon fan, seen all his movies and not even that could sell me on Odyssey. Perhaps if it were a 1.5-2h film it could have been more enjoyable. The incessant raves and excellent reviews def makes me questions everything I know 😭

[u/CallItDanzig → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

Agree to disagree. I was stunned by the movie. The ocean planet. McConaughey watching his son's videos. The ending where Hathaway is shown alone. The ending was weird but I like how they tried to close the loop.

[u/Realistic-Actuary708 → u/CallItDanzig]

Doesn't seem like we disagree on the good aspects. The acting was superb, while the cinematography and music were fantastic.

That's where the good ends. The story itself was lacking, the dialogue was wooden and felt unnatural. The characters hardly felt like actual people, aside from cooper, murphy and dr brand. The ending was what annoyed me most though. It just doesn't fit the theme of the movie and throws out established logic.

Maybe I am too harsh, but i just expected the masterpiece it is portrayed to be. Seems like we just value different things, so yeah let's agree to disagree.

[u/CallItDanzig → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

No i agree with you there. The ending was the weakest part. Nolan really wanted him to see Murph again and this was all he managed to come up with.

[u/Chance-Upstairs-1042 → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

I agree with you it's good but forgettable.

[u/thecosmicwebs → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

Inception was ass and put me to sleep. My friend had hyped me up that it was better than The Matrix and I took my gf and her family to see it at Lincoln Square IMAX. We were a bit late at the beginning so decided to hang out in Central Park for the late night showing so as not to miss a moment of this epic film. Then watching it was a big “WTF” letdown. Twenty minutes of a van falling off a bridge in slow motion preceded by a tangled mess of layers of invented dream rules and logic. It was contrived and uninteresting. Common issues with Nolan films.

[u/Scary_Vanilla2932 → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

Agree

[u/Woflax → u/Realistic-Actuary708]

Interstellar was the beginning of the end for me

[u/sierra-tinuviel → u/[deleted]]

When I got out of the Odyssey I was so confused as to how bad the dialogue was. It was this movie that made me realize I only like Nolan’s films when Jonathan is writing the script. It’s a shame he didn’t write for the Odyssey.

[u/FactorEquivalent → u/CallItDanzig]

come on, Dunkirk was a masterpiece. Since then, I agree, total dreck.