The Odyssey is the worst movie ever made. It's propaganda to demoralize you. It's a humiliation ritual.

What? No of course I haven't seen it. You just have to take my word for it.

— Ethan Stueve (@CatholicEthan) July 16, 2026

CharleyKerfeld said:

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Get excited, half of you - The new LOTR movie is all white, and Andy Serkis DGAS if you don't like it.

https://ew.com/andy-serkis-defends-all-white-lord-of-the-rings-ensemble-says-casting-not-politically-correct-12020356

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There are plenty of all-black, all-Hispanic, all-whatever, and multiracial stories out there that can be made into movies, and many of them have been. A movie being all white when the source material was all white shouldn't even be a headline.

Isn't that the director who screwed up Animal Farm? This must be his attempt to make amends.

Lol, yep its him, and after the uproar and disaster with Animal Farm it sounds like he learned at least some sort of lesson.

That he should make a good movie?

AozorAg said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Get excited, half of you - The new LOTR movie is all white, and Andy Serkis DGAS if you don't like it.

https://ew.com/andy-serkis-defends-all-white-lord-of-the-rings-ensemble-says-casting-not-politically-correct-12020356

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There are plenty of all-black, all-Hispanic, all-whatever, and multiracial stories out there that can be made into movies, and many of them have been. A movie being all white when the source material was all white shouldn't even be a headline.

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Everything's a headline, dude.

Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY has debuted with 232,972 admissions on its first day in French theaters, marking the third biggest opening of the year behind Michael and Super Mario Galaxy. An exceptional start. pic.twitter.com/HZfgvFgnAI

— Christopher Nolan Archives (@NolanAnalyst) July 16, 2026

CharleyKerfeld said:

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AozorAg said:

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CharleyKerfeld said:

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Get excited, half of you - The new LOTR movie is all white, and Andy Serkis DGAS if you don't like it.

https://ew.com/andy-serkis-defends-all-white-lord-of-the-rings-ensemble-says-casting-not-politically-correct-12020356

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There are plenty of all-black, all-Hispanic, all-whatever, and multiracial stories out there that can be made into movies, and many of them have been. A movie being all white when the source material was all white shouldn't even be a headline.

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Everything's a headline, dude.

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You must have misread my post. I didn't say it wasn't a headline. I said it shouldn't be a headline.

the way Christopher Nolan intended pic.twitter.com/xoqtwBiWbv

— gaut (@0xgaut) July 16, 2026

Agreed. Just came back from IMAX and it is an insanely good film.

I don't like the casting choices of Page or Lupita (though small roles). Also, Patel has a huge part which also doesn't make any sense.

People can criticise casting, it's fair. But the film is brilliant.

— James (@imnotnorse) July 16, 2026

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As a guy that leans right, The Odyssey was ****ing amazing.

The only ones saying it wasn't are the people that call anything they don't like 'woke' (ironic because they said they were boycotting this film, so you're either lying about seeing it in order to review bomb, or you supported 'woke').

There is literally no way you watch that movie and don't leave the theater feeling like you've just seen something special, unless you made your minds up beforehand

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TCTTS said:

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Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY has debuted with 232,972 admissions on its first day in French theaters, marking the third biggest opening of the year behind Michael and Super Mario Galaxy. An exceptional start. pic.twitter.com/HZfgvFgnAI

— Christopher Nolan Archives (@NolanAnalyst) July 16, 2026

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Ahhh yes, the Michael movie. Another example of Hollywood forcing a black actor into portraying a white guy.

Lol, that too. But man that movie caused an uproar online, too (just in case you weren't aware, I know not everyone goes looking for that stuff).

TCTTS said:

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As a guy that leans right, The Odyssey was fucking amazing.

The only ones saying it wasn’t are the people that call anything they don’t like ‘woke’ (ironic because they said they were boycotting this film, so you’re either lying about seeing it in order to review bomb, or you…

— Bmore Birds (@outstndnbrandon) July 16, 2026

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Lol ok

What the hell is wrong with you?

smells of RINO ANTIFA

Look at this. Multiple critics are uploading the exact same review word for word, twice on Rotten Tomatoes, just to push The Odyssey’s critic score higher.

We’re seeing the same paragraphs copied and pasted across different accounts and outlets. It’s not even subtle anymore.… pic.twitter.com/u2PIQHRoAA

— Gazz (@Gazz_54) July 16, 2026

Just some critics and average joes.

Why is it so important to some that every critic hold exactly the same opinion?

This attitude of intolerance has made discussing films so boring.

My opinion does not invalidate your opinion.

In any case, enjoy this video of @FilmThreat’s review of The Odyssey to music.…

— Chris Gore (@ThatChrisGore) July 16, 2026

Cliff.Booth said:

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Look at this. Multiple critics are uploading the exact same review word for word, twice on Rotten Tomatoes, just to push The Odyssey’s critic score higher.

We’re seeing the same paragraphs copied and pasted across different accounts and outlets. It’s not even subtle anymore.… pic.twitter.com/u2PIQHRoAA

— Gazz (@Gazz_54) July 16, 2026

Just some critics and average joes.

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More lies.

More complete and utter bull*****

There's literally nothing here. No context, no other examples, no links, no proof of any kind. It's just two review excerpts, from two different critics, shown twice in two screen grabs. That's it.

When you actually go to the page, and see for yourself, both excerpts are only shown once…

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_odyssey_2026/reviews

Stop trolling.

Stop bringing so much verifiable hate slop to this thread.

Again, I ask… what is wrong with you?

I mean....it feels like those people accidentally uploaded it twice? If it was some sort of campaign, they wouldn't use the same name and website to do that, or I guess they could be THAT stupid.

Nothing wrong bud, just not posting like a paid marketer. Check it out or ignore, I care not. Relaaaaax.

excited to get some genuine average joe human feedback and reviews in 18 hours or so, the pre love and pre hate reviews and potentially compromised or pre-existing notion reviews are getting exhausting

I'd heard it was terrible and that some people didn't like how they'd adapted from the novel, but not familiar with the specific controversy.

I'll google later when I feel like subjecting myself to it

Take me back to when TexAgs didn't have Twitter embed capability.

So I lucked into a ticket tonight after work (I live across the pond), and this movie is pretty awesome. Is it my favorite Nolan film? I don't think so, but I really enjoyed it.

I feel like, and this might be with anything, if you go into this movie with a frown thinking it'll be bad, you might not like it. I had a few nitpicks on one character (none of the ones discussed here), and it felt it dragged a bit in the second act. But the set pieces are undeniably badass, and the last act/ending is simply stunning. Nolan is a freaking wizard. It was worth the hype IMO.

I already had tickets to go see it with a group on Sunday afternoon and can't wait for a repeat showing. See it on the biggest screen you can.

FancyKetchup14 said:

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So I lucked into a ticket tonight after work (I live across the pond), and this movie is pretty awesome. Is it my favorite Nolan film? I don't think so, but I really enjoyed it.

I feel like, and this might be with anything, if you go into this movie with a frown thinking it'll be bad, you might not like it. I had a few nitpicks on one character (none of the ones discussed here), and it felt it dragged a bit in the second act. But the set pieces are undeniably badass, and the last act/ending is simply stunning. Nolan is a freaking wizard. It was worth the hype IMO.

I already had tickets to go see it with a group on Sunday afternoon and can't wait for a repeat showing. See it on the biggest screen you can.

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was the modern language an annoyance, or not too bad?

Clytemnestra sounds like a venereal disease. How did one sister get stuck with that name while the other gets Helen?

Uh oh.

Now the question is, do you qualify as an "Average Joe" and/or "normie"?

Because if you do, this isn't a good sign for the haters.

Seriously, though, awesome to hear.

Thanks for sharing.

bonfarr said:

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Clytemnestra sounds like a venereal disease. How did one sister get stuck with that name while the other gets Helen?

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I take once-weekly Calypso for my Clytemnestra. Usually clears it right up.

bonfarr said:

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Clytemnestra sounds like a venereal disease. How did one sister get stuck with that name while the other gets Helen?

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Dude, everyone knows that out of every group of sisters there's always one that's a ho.

Reaching the point in the process where if you post that you liked it, you get to be part of the friends of TC club (which honestly needs its own badge), and if you post that you didn't, you get insulted by him. Very cool presence here.

When I first saw the trailer I thought it would, but no, not really. The last thing I wanted to see was Matt Damon hitting me with "doth" and "shant" and "thou" or whatever Shakespearean **** a lesser director would've tried to shoehorn in. However, I'm not a student or avid fan of Greek mythology, though.

I genuinely went into it with an open mind, knowing Nolan didn't get a $250 million check to disappoint us, and I had a great time.

TCTTS said:

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Uh oh.

Now the question is, do you qualify as an "Average Joe" and/or "normie"?

Because if you do, this isn't a good sign for the haters.

Seriously, though, awesome to hear.

Thanks for sharing.

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He's FancyKetchup so definitely not a Average Joe. We must ignore him

by average joe, clearly I meant not a movie industry employee, influencer, full time reviewer etc.

my gosh some of y'all are annoying af