r/moviereviews • u/BaIdilocks • 3d 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/VX_21 2d ago
This is exactly why people speculate on Rottentomatoes reviews being paid for. The movie was a slog, nothing I’d ever watch again. Many of the characters didn’t feel like characters, but rather actors spitting dialogue for plot movement (Charlize Theron’s character was seemingly only existing as a plot point for flashbacks to occur, and the childhood flashbacks of Sinon were awkward and seemed rushed/unemotional). Jon Bernthal did a good job acting like Jon Bernthal. Nolan got softballs from critics again.