I think she was a singer before going all in on acting and just went by Zendaya as her stage name. Kinda like Beyonce or Cher or Prince

Last Jedi had 98% approval rating on release just sayin

Wait, this thread is 87 pages?

TexAgs, you do you.

*slowly backs away*

More clip leaks. The modern accents are distracting in the out of context clips but I guess if you watch the entire film maybe it probably settles in as normal after a few minutes and is unnoticeable.

Behold!
The Beauty of Helen of Troy!
The Face that launched a thousand ships.
The Most beautiful woman in the Greek world.
Her beauty made men mad and started a war that will never be forgotten.
How excited are you to pay for the privilege to watch her in the new Odyssey film? pic.twitter.com/98lOlBhqTL

— Felix Rex (@navyhato) July 16, 2026

JimJonesAg11 said:

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Last Jedi had 98% approval rating on release just sayin

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Well it was the best of the new Star Wars films.

(Runs and ducks for cover)

bonfarr said:

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More clip leaks. The modern accents are distracting in the out of context clips but I guess if you watch the entire film maybe it probably settles in as normal after a few minutes and is unnoticeable.

Behold!
The Beauty of Helen of Troy!
The Face that launched a thousand ships.
The Most beautiful woman in the Greek world.
Her beauty made men mad and started a war that will never be forgotten.
How excited are you to pay for the privilege to watch her in the new Odyssey film? pic.twitter.com/98lOlBhqTL

— Felix Rex (@navyhato) July 16, 2026

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Are we expecting them to all speak with a British accent which for some reason seems to be the norm for historic pieces

Should all be in Homeric Greek with subtitles!

Backyard Gator said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Elliot Page running hahahaha

This movie is terrible pic.twitter.com/fYULUNCmPf

— Demko’s Kneebones 🇨🇦 (@BluelineBardown) July 16, 2026

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It's not even that Ellen runs like a girl, it's that Ellen looks like someone who has never run before in their life.

How does that happen?

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Not watching it but this reminds me of Captain Marvel. We had the same reaction then about what's her face being extremely unathletic looking when she ran in that film. At least she is hot.

YouBet said:

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Backyard Gator said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Elliot Page running hahahaha

This movie is terrible pic.twitter.com/fYULUNCmPf

— Demko’s Kneebones 🇨🇦 (@BluelineBardown) July 16, 2026

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It's not even that Ellen runs like a girl, it's that Ellen looks like someone who has never run before in their life.

How does that happen?

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Not watching it but this reminds me of Captain Marvel. We had the same reaction then about what's her face being extremely unathletic looking when she ran in that film. At least she is hot.

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There were people on this site insisting she was mid at best. That they see five better looking girls walking down the streets of Houston every day, etc.

wangus12 said:

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I think she was a singer before going all in on acting and just went by Zendaya as her stage name. Kinda like Beyonce or Cher or Prince

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But Beyonce, Cher, Prince, Madonna, etc all earned it by being huge stars. Not by being some average at best actress

double aught said:

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YouBet said:

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Backyard Gator said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Elliot Page running hahahaha

This movie is terrible pic.twitter.com/fYULUNCmPf

— Demko’s Kneebones 🇨🇦 (@BluelineBardown) July 16, 2026

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It's not even that Ellen runs like a girl, it's that Ellen looks like someone who has never run before in their life.

How does that happen?

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Not watching it but this reminds me of Captain Marvel. We had the same reaction then about what's her face being extremely unathletic looking when she ran in that film. At least she is hot.

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There were people on this site insisting she was mid at best. That they see five better looking girls walking down the streets of Houston every day, etc.

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Where's the guy who says he sees 12-15 10/10s at the Target in Southlake on a daily basis?

TXAG 05 said:

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wangus12 said:

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I think she was a singer before going all in on acting and just went by Zendaya as her stage name. Kinda like Beyonce or Cher or Prince

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But Beyonce, Cher, Prince, Madonna, etc all earned it by being huge stars. Not by being some average at best actress

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I mean Madonna and Prince both released their first albums using a single name.

60+ posts since 10pm last night, I wonder...

Oh.

So there seems to be a lot of accusations that Page was portraying Achilles but due to the backlash when the cast was released Nolan changed the character to Sinon in post production. Does that seem plausible?

TXAG 05 said:

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wangus12 said:

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I think she was a singer before going all in on acting and just went by Zendaya as her stage name. Kinda like Beyonce or Cher or Prince

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But Beyonce, Cher, Prince, Madonna, etc all earned it by being huge stars. Not by being some average at best actress

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Huh? Prince wasn't a big star when he released his first album in 1978. He really didn't even become a big star until his 5th album in 1982.

PJYoung said:

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Wait, this thread is 87 pages?

TexAgs, you do you.

*slowly backs away*

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YouBet said:

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Backyard Gator said:

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Sea Speed said:

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Elliot Page running hahahaha

This movie is terrible pic.twitter.com/fYULUNCmPf

— Demko’s Kneebones 🇨🇦 (@BluelineBardown) July 16, 2026

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It's not even that Ellen runs like a girl, it's that Ellen looks like someone who has never run before in their life.

How does that happen?

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Not watching it but this reminds me of Captain Marvel. We had the same reaction then about what's her face being extremely unathletic looking when she ran in that film. At least she is hot.

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bonfarr said:

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So there seems to be a lot of accusations that Page was portraying Achilles but due to the backlash when the cast was released Nolan changed the character to Sinon in post production. Does that seem plausible?

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Is Achilles a character that's in the movie? If yes, then it is certainly plausible

That is not plausible at all, for many reasons.

The biggest? They are pumping this movie for 70mm IMAX and other film presentations. That stuff takes time to print and get sent out to theaters. There is no way they would be able to re-edit, re-print, and re-distribute all that in the time since the backlash.

But its funny that its easier to believe/suggest that, than to admit that people started hating on/dumping on a movie based on an unconfirmed internet rumor that did in fact turn out to be totally false.

Cliff.Booth said:

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Zendaya unveils all new facial expression for role in the Odyssey pic.twitter.com/xukphUTdjK

— Bob Zimmerman (@Spinoza1229) July 16, 2026

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I'm tired, Boss https://t.co/1378m2CRtA pic.twitter.com/98J1r7dm0W

— Salty Traveling C (@Salty_Texas_C) July 16, 2026

It’s like a humiliation ritual. I’m just not sure if it’s for them or us. pic.twitter.com/cOXsswy6pI

— Disparu (@disparutoo) July 16, 2026

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TCTTS said:

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After a 98% on RT, plenty of non-Hollywood types loving it, and even a number of doubters admitting it's great, you've now resorted to posting reactions from 1) a guy who just watched a ****ty illegal cam rip of the movie online, and has been hating on the movie, sight unseen, for days prior to that, along with 2) a guy who still hasn't even seen the movie, but hated a minute-and-a-half of footage he randomly saw from the same illegal cam rip? Someone else who was already clearly predisposed to hating it regardless, based on the rest of his comments. And these over-the-top disgruntled reactions are somehow proof of something in your eyes?

This is so desperate, man.

People are of course entitled to their opinions, and I won't at all begrudge anyone here for not liking the movie, but good lord, dude, just let it go. You're now doing exactly what you accused me of doing, just in the opposite direction, except neither of these chuds even saw the movie in theaters, and both have a history of ****ting all over it before they even saw it, in really gross fashion too (the first guy calls Page a "*****" and both just come across as really angry people in general).

This is so sad and gross.

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Oh snap, only 96% RT now. How low will it go? I wonder how the general audience will rate it. You know, all the "modern people" this movie was made for.

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You do realize that rotten tomatoes is basically 10+ years into be astroturfed right? The second it became influential enough to stop people from going and seeing bad movies the movie industry moved against rottentomatoes.

And wow this website is complete garbage now. They've assumed the final form of killing an institution and wearing it skin like a suit. Ratings aren't even on the home page. It used to be one rating that was pretty good judge of movies. Then it got split into critics and average movie goers. Which was also a pretty good judge of movies.

Now its Tomatometer and Popcornmeter which blurs who gets sorted into each category.

And now there are whole campaigns to tighten reviews, spike the tomato rating like its a gamma squeeze on a stock and then blast a marketing campaign about how good of a tomato rating it is.

JimJonesAg11 said:

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Last Jedi had 98% approval rating on release just sayin

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I see we've graduated from disagreements to insulting people's intelligence when they have a different opinion.

Never change Politi- err, Entertainment board.

Nolan's parody of The Odyssey has leaked. It is a meandering boring mess with a few quality filmed shots. The Last Jedi all over again. The Instagram/TikTok faux media literacy crowd will lap it up because of pretty pictures. If you are actually literate it will numb your brain.

— The 7th Crow (@BarbaricYawp) July 16, 2026

Graduated to? If you disagree with Board Host you're being called an idiot all day.

one MEEN Ag said:

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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TCTTS said:

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After a 98% on RT, plenty of non-Hollywood types loving it, and even a number of doubters admitting it's great, you've now resorted to posting reactions from 1) a guy who just watched a ****ty illegal cam rip of the movie online, and has been hating on the movie, sight unseen, for days prior to that, along with 2) a guy who still hasn't even seen the movie, but hated a minute-and-a-half of footage he randomly saw from the same illegal cam rip? Someone else who was already clearly predisposed to hating it regardless, based on the rest of his comments. And these over-the-top disgruntled reactions are somehow proof of something in your eyes?

This is so desperate, man.

People are of course entitled to their opinions, and I won't at all begrudge anyone here for not liking the movie, but good lord, dude, just let it go. You're now doing exactly what you accused me of doing, just in the opposite direction, except neither of these chuds even saw the movie in theaters, and both have a history of ****ting all over it before they even saw it, in really gross fashion too (the first guy calls Page a "*****" and both just come across as really angry people in general).

This is so sad and gross.

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Oh snap, only 96% RT now. How low will it go? I wonder how the general audience will rate it. You know, all the "modern people" this movie was made for.

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You do realize that rotten tomatoes is basically 10+ years into be astroturfed right? The second it became influential enough to stop people from going and seeing bad movies the movie industry moved against rottentomatoes.

And wow this website is complete garbage now. They've assumed the final form of killing an institution and wearing it skin like a suit. Ratings aren't even on the home page. It used to be one rating that was pretty good judge of movies. Then it got split into critics and average movie goers. Which was also a pretty good judge of movies.

Now its Tomatometer and Popcornmeter which blurs who gets sorted into each category.

And now there are whole campaigns to tighten reviews, spike the tomato rating like its a gamma squeeze on a stock and then blast a marketing campaign about how good of a tomato rating it is.

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The "movie industry moved against rottentomatoes", eh? Very dramatic.

I guess I could give some credence to what you are saying if I never saw a big budget movie from the "movie industry" get low ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. But I do, often. Also, the site still is, at it's core, a review aggregator. The site doesn't employ the reviewers and in theory has no direct influence over them. I haven't seen the ratings from critics (and I always used "Top Critics", it wasn't just 1 score 10 years ago you could further dissect) change in their trends over the years. Of course there are marketing campaigns to seize on good reviews, that is nothing new in the Rotten Tomatoes era.

Cliff.Booth said:

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Nolan's parody of The Odyssey has leaked. It is a meandering boring mess with a few quality filmed shots. The Last Jedi all over again. The Instagram/TikTok faux media literacy crowd will lap it up because of pretty pictures. If you are actually literate it will numb your brain.

— The 7th Crow (@BarbaricYawp) July 16, 2026

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That's the exact point that was made earlier in this thread, though they may have made it unintentionally when they first cheered to just enjoy the movie and not think about anything.

https://texags.com/forums/13/topics/3518733/replies/72601998

Welcome to Page 88 you crazy *******s!

fig96 said:

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I see we've graduated from disagreements to insulting people's intelligence when they have a different opinion.

Never change Politi- err, Entertainment board.

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On the topic at hand you are referring to, there is no differing "opinion". You are either a sane, rational human, or you support and enable a severe mental issue that is diagnosed as such. If you are an adult, have at it - don't care if you want to butcher yourself and elevate your suicide risk to affliction leading levels. Edit: I do feel immensely sorry for these folks because they are not getting the help they so desperately need.

But, if you are a minor and your parents or guardians are encouraging it, then those adults deserve to lose their children and rot in prison or worse. That will be last comment on the subject.

I'm now returning to being an objective consumer of The Odyssey.

bonfarr said:

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I'm tired, Boss https://t.co/1378m2CRtA pic.twitter.com/98J1r7dm0W

— Salty Traveling C (@Salty_Texas_C) July 16, 2026

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I don't get the Zendaya hate (although her name is kinda annoying and she is a string bean and still kind of seems like a teenager as opposed to 29 y/o)....she is beautiful and has a beautiful smile to me...just not sure you ever see it in movies. Ever.

Cliff.Booth said:

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Nolan's parody of The Odyssey has leaked. It is a meandering boring mess with a few quality filmed shots. The Last Jedi all over again. The Instagram/TikTok faux media literacy crowd will lap it up because of pretty pictures. If you are actually literate it will numb your brain.

— The 7th Crow (@BarbaricYawp) July 16, 2026

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Last Jedi made over 1.3 billion global. Not sure Nolan would be crying in his beer over that.

TCTTS said:

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Literally the highest rated movie of Nolan's career, and one of the highest rated movies of the year.

I'm sure the haters will keep bringing the cope, saying these reviews are somehow all "shills," wait until "real" people see it, yada yada yada, but this has already blown up in their faces, and I'm not going to let them forget it.

Christopher Nolan’s Rotten Tomatoes scores:

98% — The Odyssey
94% — The Dark Knight
94% — Memento
93% — Oppenheimer
92% — Dunkirk
92% — Insomnia
87% — The Dark Knight Rises
87% — Inception
85% — Batman Begins
76% — The Prestige
73% — Interstellar
70% — Tenet pic.twitter.com/0J5M8zpZz9

— Christopher Nolan Archives (@NolanAnalyst) July 15, 2026

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Is this accurate?!

The Prestige at 76% is criminal. Rises and Dunkirk both better than Prestige and Interstellar! What!? And Rises = Inception. Make it make sense!

I honestly like The Prestige the best out of all. Truly boggles me how it's that low on RT. I never knew!