Makes more sense in full perspective lmao

The Odyssey is as good as The Marvels and She-Hulk but worse than Willow https://t.co/0Tg7BYXZme pic.twitter.com/aLQrDFVLD2

— Disparu (@disparutoo) July 16, 2026

Literally the first negative review posted here I vouched for the guy's bonafides/character, seeing as I personally knew/employed him.

Since then, I've gone out of my way, multiple times, to say that if you end up not liking the movie, I have zero issue with that / nothing against you. I would have to be insane to say or think otherwise.

Rather, if you actually read the words I write, I'm only combating those who are clearly acting in bad faith.

Now...

QUIT ****ING LYING ABOUT ME.

You keep doing so, over and over and over again, to the point of harassment, and I'm sick of it.

Leave me the **** alone.

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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?

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Brits aren't the right people to ask. They have zero command of the English language and mispronounce virtually everything.

Leave everyone else alone then, brotha. Stop lecturing people and trying to police threads, and above all, relax and have a good time.

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Literally the first negative review posted here I vouched for the guy's bonafides/character, seeing as I personally knew/employed him.

Since then, I've gone out of my way, multiple times, to say that if you end up not liking the movie, I have zero issue with that / nothing against you. I would have to be insane to say or think otherwise.

Rather, if you actually read the words I write, I'm only combating those who are clearly acting in bad faith.

Now...

QUIT ****ING LYING ABOUT ME.

You keep doing so, over and over and over again, to the point of harassment, and I'm sick of it.

Leave me the **** alone.

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I swear, one day it is going to be revealed that you are Cliff.Booth and it is going to shock the world. Never seen yall post at exactl the same time...just sayin.

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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

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Multiple posters here have used that term multiple times, including myself, in the exact context you just named. Nothing was directed at you, specifically.

'Fraid not, I am but a lowly average joe.

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Leave everyone else alone then, brotha. Stop lecturing people and trying to police threads, and above all, relax and have a good time.

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Stop trolling, lying about me, and spamming the thread with verifiable bull**** and I will.

Take some ****ing accountability for once.

Literally me in Avatar: Fire & Ash. Never again.

you get the last available front row seat to Odyssey in IMAX pic.twitter.com/Q73nuPn5Ko

— gaut (@0xgaut) July 16, 2026

The Odyssey is a must watch on 70mm IMAX. Look at the difference! pic.twitter.com/rWfOliSTmn

— Kush (@kushika_twt) July 16, 2026

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What the hell is wrong with you?

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a lot

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Leave everyone else alone then, brotha. Stop lecturing people and trying to police threads, and above all, relax and have a good time.

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Stop trolling, lying about me, and spamming the thread with verifiable bull**** and I will.

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There are three wives in The Odyssey movie: Penelope, Helen and Clytemnestra. Here's a question for all of you. Why would Nolan cast the same actress to play both Clytemnestra and Helen? This is in no way required in the original story. What do they have in common and how are…

— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) July 16, 2026

Bingo.

— Jonathan Pageau (@PageauJonathan) July 16, 2026

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Twice in one day!

Seriously, if Pageau is right about how deep Christopher Nolan is being with this movie (even if 99% of people won't get it, like me who will need smart people to explain it to me), this Nolan is a genius who doesn't even care whether people get it.

In the video posted earlier, he essentially makes the case that Ellen Page has been cast in the role of a replacement man in the story. He backs it up by pointing to some specific changes Nolan made to the actual Odyssey. That's super meta. Like so meta that he would have had to do this without explaining it to Page or the role would have been rejected.

Jonathan Pageau is the first person to actually get me excited about this. In his words, the movie itself is a Trojan Horse.

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The Odyssey is a must watch on 70mm IMAX. Look at the difference! pic.twitter.com/rWfOliSTmn

— Kush (@kushika_twt) July 16, 2026

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Has anyone answered why he does this, when there are numerous major cities without a single applicable Imax theater? I am sure it was discussed but I probably missed it.

Nearest theater for a Houstonian is Dallas. Crazy how much standard theater crops out.

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The Odyssey is a must watch on 70mm IMAX. Look at the difference! pic.twitter.com/rWfOliSTmn

— Kush (@kushika_twt) July 16, 2026

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Has anyone answered why he does this, when there are numerous major cities without a single applicable Imax theater? I am sure it was discussed but I probably missed it.

Nearest theater for a Houstonian is Dallas. Crazy how much standard theater crops out.

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this may force me to wait several weeks to see....considering everything is sold out in IMAX aside from 11 PM showings for the next 20 days or so

So- I've now seen it.

Found it rather disorganized/scattered/messy, particularly the beginning. But beautifully shot, as expected. I mean gorgeous.

Holland- quite fantastic. If anybody is winning acting awards, it's him.

Hathaway- Great.

Damon- Good.

Page/N'yongo- not even there enough for the very *many* pages spilled over all that.

Cashing out my Kalshi "Best Adapted Screenplay" bet as this is definitely not that. But beautifully shot.

No movie should be 2:50. The 2 folks to my right bailed about halfway through. The theatre was otherwise full at 2PM.

Just out of it. Thought it was great. Maybe not Oppenheimer level, but very close. I loved it.

Holland was the best acting piece in this. Damon was good, but almost robotic…. Which was kinda the role.

Hathaway was good, but her best scene was quite honestly a mirror of her emotional scene in Le Mis….

The worries over the wokeness was very much an overreaction…. Elliot wasn't my favorite just cause I am in the camp that thinks he/she is ridiculous, but honestly for the role, was fitting…..

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The Odyssey is a must watch on 70mm IMAX. Look at the difference! pic.twitter.com/rWfOliSTmn

— Kush (@kushika_twt) July 16, 2026

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Has anyone answered why he does this, when there are numerous major cities without a single applicable Imax theater? I am sure it was discussed but I probably missed it.

Nearest theater for a Houstonian is Dallas. Crazy how much standard theater crops out.

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It's not really a "he" thing. Every movie that's shot in true IMAX is like this. The Dune movies, the Mission: Impossible movies, Sinners, Nope, 007, etc, etc. Around 90 theaters nationwide project in the full, 1.43:1 IMAX aspect ratio and, IMO, that's enough to justify it. That said, given the demand, it seems like a no-brainer to build way more.

Right there with you. His analysis has me more excited than just about anything, and I'm glad I read it ahead of time too, so I can see for myself just how intentional it may or may not be.

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Hathaway was good, but her best scene was quite honestly a mirror of her emotional scene in Le Mis….

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Having seen it, and knowing Nolan's history with Hathaway, there's not anyone else I could see in that role.

But Holland is def the star here.

I'm about to head to the theater. When the preview came out, I thought it looked average, so I wasn't going to see it until later. But then Cliff Booth posted all those reviews and it got me super pumped. Seriously, though, my daughter is a big Greek Mythology fan (thanks Percy Jackson) and she's super excited about it, so we ended up getting tickets. Regular screen, though. I don't love my kids enough to fork over the money for IMAX.

Worst casting I've ever seen in my life. I saw it in 70mm and I don't know if this was just the theater or something else, but it's also some of the worst audio I've ever experienced. I had to cover my ears a number of times just for a break. I couldn't make out several lines which seemed important. I think Nolan is just performing social experiments at this point. It did get a little better as it went on, but nothing redeeming. Hell, The Simpsons had a better version of Homer's Odyssey.

Oh well. Anyone who says it's amazing or worth the price of admission has some serious social issues.

I did find it humorous that John Leguizamo who champions himself as an advocate for Latino representation was basically doing white face.

TLR
Editing sucked. Audio sucked. Casting sucked. Holland good. Visual was fine but IMAX definitely not needed. A little less meh than Oppenheimer but he's lost his touch.

Further context. I'm Greek. I'm a historian. I understand everything about Homer's Odyssey. Nothing was over my head. The story was just fine. Much like Oppenheimer, I just don't understand why Nolan of all people is trying to tell this story.

Also nothing about this says 96% RT. Not a thing.

Ok I'm done.

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

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But also implement the long requested function that does not show quoted post content from ignored posters

There is a scene in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey in which you can actually see Matt Damon cringing out of his skin at Page's atrocious acting as it is happening. Damon himself delivers lines of dialogue in the most wooden and uninspired way I have seen in a serious film.

— Bernard T. Joy (@bernardtjoy) July 16, 2026

No. Never will.

— Bernard T. Joy (@bernardtjoy) July 16, 2026

My friend who saw it earlier said a lot of that general stuff. Also said a handful of times there were unintended laugh lines. I'm getting more and more interested to see why opinions on this are hilariously polarized.

THE ODYSSEY is massive and magnificent. We break it all down on @TheBigPic.https://t.co/JgbbyiDJIK

— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) July 16, 2026

I think I know the one he's talking about and it's one of the ones that was making the rounds on X last night getting a lot of laughs. Guess he means he saw that but doesn't want to see the whole thing.

Some of Christopher Nolan's movies demand to be seen on the big screen.

This was not one of them. pic.twitter.com/PkWeqlcJnm

— Rev. Peter Deberny (@PastorDeberny) July 16, 2026

One of my best friends (conservative) saw it today and loved it. Said the woke stuff was way overblown and can be ignored.

He's also a History guy and very well read so will be interesting to get everyone's view after this weekend.

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One of my best friends (conservative) saw it today and loved it. Said the woke stuff was way overblown and can be ignored.

He's also a History guy and very well read so will be interesting to get everyone's view after this weekend.

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You sure your friend isn't just a concerned moderate?

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One of my best friends (conservative) saw it today and loved it. Said the woke stuff was way overblown and can be ignored.

He's also a History guy and very well read so will be interesting to get everyone's view after this weekend.

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You sure your friend isn't just a concerned moderate?

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Quite sure. He's one of my best friends. We talk politics quite a bit.

Most of this board would hate him.

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Thunderstruck xx said:

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YouBet said:

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One of my best friends (conservative) saw it today and loved it. Said the woke stuff was way overblown and can be ignored.

He's also a History guy and very well read so will be interesting to get everyone's view after this weekend.

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You sure your friend isn't just a concerned moderate?

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Quite sure. He's one of my best friends. We talk politics quite a bit.

Most of this board would hate him.

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I'm about as Conservative as you can get. I'm also a massive history buff, and a huge fan of Greek Mythology…

Our kids went to a Classical school, and each read the Iliad in the 7th grade…. I have basically read it 3 times with them….

It's not perfect by any means. Damon was robotic in his role, but I think that was intentional.

But, the woke casting didn't really take much away from the movie at all, and I loved the movie. I was shocked when it was over, because it didn't feel like almost 3 hours to me.

It's a fun summer blockbuster. And I really enjoyed it.

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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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Brits aren't the right people to ask. They have zero command of the English language and mispronounce virtually everything.

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Ok but alyoominium is awesome and we should all say it that way.

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So- I've now seen it.

Found it rather disorganized/scattered/messy, particularly the beginning. But beautifully shot, as expected. I mean gorgeous.

Holland- quite fantastic. If anybody is winning acting awards, it's him.

Hathaway- Great.

Damon- Good.

Page/N'yongo- not even there enough for the very *many* pages spilled over all that.

Cashing out my Kalshi "Best Adapted Screenplay" bet as this is definitely not that. But beautifully shot.

No movie should be 2:50. The 2 folks to my right bailed about halfway through. The theatre was otherwise full at 2PM.

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maybe one of them had diarrhea

So, non-spoilers but send me the repeated complaints that i've read and heard are

- Slow for the first 30 mins
- pacing throughout is weird.
- majority of the actors feel like they're just acting rather than really embodying the characters.
- standard Nolan sound issue

Some of you that have seen it have already touched on a few of these things, but I'm curious to hear from the rest of you.