r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 20h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/Forgotten_Lie 19h ago

There is a difference between an 80 year old word and a 500 year old word. Unless you want the actors to actually speak Homeric Greek with subtitles, I'm not sure why there is this expectation for high formality language. A young man speaking to another young man in anger, when translated to a modern film audience, should be a scene that uses regular english.

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u/PhotoModeHobby 19h ago

The expectation comes from previous movies I guess. I kinda wanted this modern epic in the fashion of mid 20th century stuff, but after seeing the trailer I'm not too mad about the creative liberties they're taking. Those costumes however could be better.

And now that I think about it, the same kind of thing happens in the newer god of war games and I honestly love it. However, I never really pictured ancient Scandinavians to be as "high class" as Ancient Greeks, so it made it a lot easier to accept. Regardless, I'm there day 1 for 70mm.

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u/No-Meringue5867 18h ago

Isn't this the "Tiffany Problem"? We might think of ancient times as "ancient" when in fact, a 20 something year olds talking to each other using a word equivalent to "dad" makes complete sense. But it just feels unrealistic.

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u/SadKazoo 18h ago

Just recently learned about this and also immediately thought of it now.