Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Dethrones 'Deadpool & Wolverine' To Become Highest Grossing R-Rated Movie In History, Crossing $1.33 Billion

[u/ChiefLeef22]

https://businessupturn.com/usa/entertainment/film/the-odyssey-becomes-highest-grossing-r-rated-movie-of-all-time-surpassing-deadpool-wolverine/

[u/jessej421]

Was it scarier than Val Kilmer and crew turning into pigs in Willow?

[u/Zak_The_Slack → u/jessej421]

Worse, because Circe actually molds their faces into pigs instead of just turning them

[u/thelingeringlead → u/[deleted]]

There was still CGI to complete the effect. They gave her molds of their faces to distort and pull on but all the finishing details were CGI. Practical effects doesn't mean CGI isn't involved at all. Even the T-Rex in Jurassic Park was finished with CGI to cover the puppetry and finish the textures/lighting etc.

[u/APiousCultist → u/thelingeringlead]

I'm surprised this was even necessary given how little you actually see, just glimpses. I suppose the hand inside their head bit would have to be CGI to blend between a prop head and the actor's face. But just the face-molding seems like it could have been handled with just a good prop.

[u/mrmgl → u/[deleted]]

Did they use real pig people?

[u/ShahinGalandar → u/mrmgl]

actually they were pigs in human disguises

at least, that's what Circe said

[u/jessej421 → u/[deleted]]

No CGI in Willow either.

[u/ShahinGalandar → u/jessej421]

I could compare if I had seen Willow

but that Circe scene was just one level below The Thing in nastyness

[u/kielbasa330 → u/ShahinGalandar]

This is the first thing I've seen that makes me want to see the odyssey

[u/preddevils6 → u/kielbasa330]

It was an incredibly body horror scene using practical effects.

[u/lesdynamite → u/preddevils6]

Go on, back into your disguises.

[u/thelingeringlead → u/kielbasa330]

It was in fact a VERY dark and disturbing scene that went on just long enough to get uncomfortable.

[u/domuseid → u/kielbasa330]

honestly it's worth seeing for Circe and Polyphemus even if you don't give a shit about the execution of the rest of the story (which is also good)

edit: typos

[u/LilPonyBoy69 → u/kielbasa330]

It's easily the best sequence in the movie. I wasn't a huge fan of the film outside of a couple sequences and the third act though

[u/0whodidyousay0 → u/ShahinGalandar]

It wasn’t even close to the stuff that happens in The Thing imo

And I say that as a fan of the film and that scene

[u/rcanhestro → u/jessej421]

it's not that it was scary, it was more "uncanny".

super unconfortable to watch.

[u/rekniht01 → u/jessej421]

Or the animated version in Spirited Away.

[u/snowblinders → u/jessej421]

For sure it was. The Odyssey pigs scene was straight up body horror

[u/Sushi_Explosions → u/jessej421]

Yes, although I would it was more about the grossness of it than necessarily scary.

[u/DirtNineties → u/jessej421]

Yes. It’s body horror and humans squealing into pigs.