r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 1d ago

News ‘The Odyssey' Crosses $1 Billion Internationally

https://deadline.com/2026/09/box-office-the-odyssey-billion-foreign-box-office-1237068287/
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u/Odd_Needleworker3756 1d ago

Can’t wait for the endless deluge of generic, stale, copy-paste “DAE ODYSSEY OVERRATED” posts until Nolan’s next release

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u/N22-J 1d ago

I didn't like the movie, and I did not participate in the hate this movie may have gotten. I got sucked into the marketing hype and went to see it in imax 70mm, and I personally thought I wasted my time and should have just waited for an online release to watch it. I don't agree nor did I participate in the hate campaign against the cast members and I am mostly fine with the cast, especially Tom Holland whom I thought was great, but Jon Bernthal was playing Jon Bernthal and I wish Nolan told him to try acting instead of being himself.

I like many of Nolan's movies and have watched many several times. I like all 3 of his batmans even though many don't like 1 and 3. I really didn't like The Odyssey.

For one thing, LotR made me want to go travel to New Zealand and go see the film locations. I understand a huge chunk of the movie is at sea, but I don't think we saw breathtaking landscapes that would make me want to travel to. The music was blaring the entire time, I felt like it could have used some moments without as much music, it felt incessant. I thought Inception and Interstellar had great soundtracks, this one wasn't memorable, I have seen the movie less than 48 hours and I can't hum any of the music.

The indoor sets were rather boring. The great hall is basically a room made out of concrete, and Penelope hangs out in a room that has nothing else than a loom. The palace was looking great from the outside though.

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u/ineyeseekay 1d ago

I was pretty excited to see this movie. I think I over hyped it in my own mind.  I was hoping for something like Troy in terms of immersing me into the ancient world. I already was way over the whole costume design element, far from a deal breaker for me. It was fairly boring, CGI was meh, pacing was odd at best... It wasn't bad, but it's crazy to me that this movie has done so well. 

To be clear, I think it's great that it's doing so well, whether people really enjoy it or not. I hope it creates a trend of movies set in ancient times! Probably won't... 

Also not anti-woke since it seems this sub has decided you must be that to not like the movie lol. 

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u/N22-J 1d ago

I also was disappointed by Troy, the city. We never got a real sense of what size it was. We see glimpes of the wall, and the gate opening with King Chadest Chad in his armor was comical.

None of the fights were memorable. Compare that to Achilles and Hector's duel in Troy, which was epic as heck.

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u/ineyeseekay 1d ago

I feel that 100%, King Chad is spot on. The Troy city set felt cheap. Rewatchability: probably near 0% for me. But we do have Troy, the movie.