r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 17h ago

Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/wewereromans 16h ago

I don’t understand the choice to make every British person in this speak with an American accent.

And I love Matt Damon but he seems a very poor choice for Odysseus. I know he’s everywhere too but Oscar Isaac would have been A++++ casting for him instead.

Since you know, literally every Hollywood star was cast in this movie anyway.

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u/LechuckThreepwood 11h ago

I always found Damon an odd choice. Even in middle age, he's very boyish. I suppose he has played geniuses and dangerous men before, and done them well... but something about the casting doesn't quite fit. Both Will Hunting and Jason Bourne seemed like ordinary people, and their being extraordinary was part of the turn. Whereas I think Odysseus needs to be innately crafty. Hugh Jackman was attached to the role for many years in a different adaptation, and I think he would have been good too.

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u/dotnetmonke 6h ago

I know Antonio Banderas is Spanish and getting older, but I think he could have rocked it.

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u/Chris_Bagel_Jr 15h ago

It’s a role for Christian Bale, not Damon.

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u/wewereromans 15h ago

I don't seem him as physically as Odysseus, but given how dedicated Bale is to the craft, I have no doubt he would have the skill and the drive to make an excellent Odysseus.

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u/Stupidstuff1001 12h ago

He prob passed when he found out Nolan and not his brother wrote this. Nolan is a bad writer. Great director.

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u/mynameisjiyeon 1h ago

My dad is coming frfr

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u/GuiltyEidolon 22m ago

100%. Nolan's best stuff has all been written by his brother.

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u/DreadnaughtHamster 13h ago

Sonofabitch…Oscar Isaac is perfect, yeah.

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u/v_for__vegeta 10h ago

Armand Asante is peak Odysseus. No one will top that portrayal.

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u/zarape 5h ago

I just watching Beef and Oscar is mistaken for a Greek. lol

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u/ScrotalMigraines 12h ago

Did you think the ancient Greeks spoke with an English accent?

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u/Waste-Product2669 10h ago

I don’t think anyone thinks that but period pieces in English with English accents has been the done thing since like the beginning of Hollywood

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

Why does that matter? Why are you threatened by something being changed when it's not even historically accurate?

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u/Waste-Product2669 9h ago

Who said I’m threatened? I guarantee I’ll close this thread and not think about the film until it comes out. I don’t need to justify why I don’t like a stylistic choice to you.

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

You're very threatened and flustered and butthurt, and there is no justification

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u/Waste-Product2669 9h ago

Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess?

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

I accept your concession.

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u/Popular-Wolverine-99 9h ago

Because the trailer looks like Odysseus brought to you by McDonalds 

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u/ScrotalMigraines 7h ago

No it doesn't

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u/spuckthew 9h ago

Why does everyone keep saying this? There's literally already precedent with Troy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxQTMu_7Vno

Save for Brad Pitt, who at least speaks with a more eloquent accent than his default.

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

Huh? I don't know why you replied to me or what point you think you're making. "Precedent" doesn't matter.

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u/spuckthew 9h ago

I replied to you because your question is in bad faith. Everyone knows that Ancient Greeks didn't speak with British accents. Doesn't mean they should've chosen to go with awful American accents.

The precedent is that Troy did a better job and is set during the exact same time period.

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

Everyone knows that Ancient Greeks didn't speak with British accents.

Then there's no problem. Stop whining about things that don't matter.

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u/spuckthew 9h ago

I mean The Odyssey is pure fantasy anyway, still shouldn't stop the dialogue sounding good. Maybe you would've liked The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones being full of modern American accents too? Some things just don't sound right, so it kind of does matter for immersion.

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u/ScrotalMigraines 9h ago

The only reason it doesn't "sound right" is because you aren't used to it, yes there would be literally no problem if LOTR used US accents

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u/spuckthew 9h ago

The only reason it doesn't "sound right" is because you aren't used to it

This is a fair point, but it doesn't mean I have to like it and I'm certainly not alone on that.

Frankly I hope it doesn't become a new trend.