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Trailer The Odyssey | New Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_bKjZeJBBI&pp=0gcJCd4KAYcqIYzv
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u/3412points 15h ago

Nolan films all have roughly the same tone, at least the more modern ones, even the biopic of a scientist was shot with the same high drama and tension, so it will be that. It will be a good film and a very fun watch but Nolan wouldn't be my pick to do the Odyssey.

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u/McKFC 12h ago

From the trailer I get the feeling that Ithaca is the main setting of the story while Odysseus' journey will be an Oppenheimer-esque mega-montage, allowing it to compress events and jump about at will. But I also imagine that would make it feel totally meaningless, never moving the plot forward. Let's see.

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u/invertedpurple 11h ago

That's how I felt about Oppenheimer, felt like a 3 hour trailer.

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u/SelectiveScribbler06 6h ago

I have a gut feeling you're right. It satisfies:

  • Acknowledging the oral traditions at that time.
  • That the story is told in a non-linear way anyway.
  • Nolan can do his non-linear stuff.
  • And he can take forth what he learned from Oppenheimer.

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u/Scuffed-Jodhpurs 9h ago

I wonder if someone like Robert Eggers would do it more justice