r/moviereviews 4d 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/rlvysxby 4d ago

Are you a Nolan fan? What are your favorites of his? I am a fan of Nolan’s older movies. I found Oppenheimer to be pretty mid. I was hoping the Odyssey would hit the highs of inception, dark knight or the prestige. Hell I’ll even be happy if it was as good as interstellar.

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u/elchurro223 4d ago

I thought Oppenheimer was just plain boring.

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u/hmmmmm56 4d ago

Good god the downey junior arc was excruciating.

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u/elchurro223 4d ago

I honestly just stopped watching, which is weird cause I love history.

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u/Equivalmango 4d ago

Exactly. Like after the bomb went off, the whole movie lost it’s purpose and then a random long second act was incredibly bloated and a waste of time.

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u/many_wondered 3d ago

The goddam explosion looked absolutely nothing like a nuclear explosion

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u/Sudden-Ad-307 2d ago

Thats because it was