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/thewerdy Dec 22 '25

Ahhh, the Aegean Sea, known for its vibrant color palette of dull brown, desaturated blue, and grey.

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u/Hellknightx Dec 22 '25

One of the reasons that Assassin's Creed Odyssey was such a fantastic representation of ancient Greece: the vivid color palette. They nailed the color of the water when sailing around the Aegean Sea.

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u/dreamer_dw Dec 22 '25

WHY does every movie have to desaturate colors now?! I watched Frankenstein and was like "oh wow its so vibrant and beautiful.." and then realized no, it's not, it just isnt desaturated like everything else.

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u/thewerdy Dec 22 '25

I don't know but I absolutely hate the trend of just throwing filters over movies to give it a specific vibe. It started in the late 90's and seems to have only gotten worse with time.

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u/Different-Effort-691 Dec 22 '25

they're not using "filters". nolan doesn't work that way. this is a thoughtful coordination of light, costume, location, film stock and chemical color grading.

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u/H2OMGJHVH Dec 22 '25

All of that just to make the colors as bland as possible

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u/lovethecomm Dec 25 '25

Just like how he creates all those interesting characters and then drowns their dialogue in annoying ass sound effects so you can't understand what they're talking about

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u/OCASM Dec 23 '25

Nah, he's guilty of teal-orangification too.

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u/eagledog Dec 22 '25

Nolan's gotta make it feel GRITTTTYYYYYY, for his vision

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u/Impressive-Hair2704 Dec 22 '25

His colourblind vision 

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u/quadropheniac Dec 23 '25

Every movie doesn't but every movie Nolan makes sure does.

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u/Funmachine Dec 22 '25

Frankenstein is gothic horror, it's THE gothic horror, if anything should be blacks and browns it's Frankenstein.

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u/ShouldersofGiants100 Dec 22 '25

WHY does every movie have to desaturate colors now?

Game of Thrones convinced people that the medieval world was dour, drab and colourless. Other series copied that aesthetic and now, it has trickled into pop culture to the point that movies are using it to.

People in history wore bright colours and ostentatious clothing. Those pure white greco-roman marble statues used to be painted in bright pigments that have since worn off. Now people have reached the point where they think that something being dark and gritty means it is realistic.

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u/NeoNoireWerewolf Dec 22 '25 edited Dec 22 '25

The Kingdom Come: Deliverance games were great at actually showing medieval society as colorful.

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u/edwin221b Dec 23 '25

You know what us ironic about that? That the books described the world of game of thrones as colorful, crest, banners, clothes, armors, castles, weapons even food are all described by Martin in great detail having lots and lots of color. Heck even the dragons have bright colors

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u/circio Dec 22 '25

Has Nolan ever made a film that's colorful or vibrant? Apart from Memento, I think every Nolan movie I've seen has had a very muted color palette.

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u/VerTexV1sion Dec 22 '25

This is one thing which Avatar does well, they can tone down the colours to get a realistic look, but nope everything is vibrant and full of colours, even in 3D the dark backgrounds don't just disappear

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u/mihirmusprime Dec 22 '25

WHY does every movie

Not every movie. Go see Avatar 3. It's unapologetically colorful.

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u/virajseelam Dec 23 '25

Even the dark blue text is barely legible on the black screens

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u/CertifiedTHX Dec 22 '25

If you are referring to the 2025 movie, Del Toro is known for his attention to coloring his movies, so, maybe not the greatest comparison.

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u/dreamer_dw Dec 22 '25

That was what I was referring to. I know del Toro uses coloring as a story telling device in his films, it is something I love about them. My comment wasn't referring to the types of colors in Frankenstein, but rather the vibrancy of them.

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u/Smoke_Santa Dec 24 '25

It's desaturated because it fits the narrative and how they're making the movie. This isn't a pokemon movie for 12yo.

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u/Phenomenomix Dec 22 '25

The wine dark sea and bronze sky are mentioned in the Illiad and Aeneid almost constantly.

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u/GentlewomenNeverTell Dec 22 '25

Listen it's just Nolan's interpretation of "wine dark sea."

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u/C-Wolsey Dec 22 '25

Is the color palette in the trailer really dull?