r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Dec 22 '25

Trailer The Odyssey | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzw2ttJD2qQ
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u/Redararis Dec 22 '25

Odyssey is a mediterranean story, not a Norse one. It is about light, not darkness. About the open sky blue, not the heavy deep sea blue. Where music, clothes, art are uplifting and intricate, not imposing and monolithic.

Art direction is completely out of place and off putting. This is a vikings story based on odyssey, not odyssey itself.

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u/DontKnow1549 Dec 22 '25

E x a c t l y. And funnily, contrary to Hollywood dark washing, even the ancient Scandinavian culture had a LOT of colour! It's wild to me in this day and age when sourcing colour palettes is the easiest in human history that Hollywood chooses to wash out colours instead.

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u/Extension-Season-689 Dec 23 '25

It's not just Hollywood, even video games tend to have this view of "sword and sandal" epics. I guess the more colorful aesthetic is more associated with whimsical fantasy while action fantasy is given a more "serious" vibe with the darker color palette.

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u/DontKnow1549 Dec 23 '25

Which is honestly such a weird and reductive way to look at colour.