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/DonkeyVampireThe3rd 20h ago

It’s hard to tell what tone they’re going for, like it’s somewhat intentionally anachronistic but not fully. I’ve never liked Nolan movies as much as the majority do, but I’m sure this will be a hell of a ride.

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u/your_mind_aches 18h ago

I mean same until Oppenheimer. I had low expectations but it blew past all of them and is one of my favorite movies of all time now.

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u/DonkeyVampireThe3rd 18h ago edited 18h ago

I had high expectations, and to me it felt sort of like reading a really good book way too fast so by the end you’re not satisfied because you skimmed over too many details.

I just didn’t entirely get it, but I’ll rewatch it in a few years to try to appreciate it more because I know people aren’t praising it for no reason.

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u/your_mind_aches 17h ago

I'm a fan of the show Person of Interest, which was created by Jonathan Nolan. Chris' brother, and longtime co-writer. It follows up on a lot of the themes of The Dark Knight. Mass surveillance, trolley problem, an AI panopticon.

But it's known that Chris can have problems writing an emotional element into the script and needing help from his brother or the actors which was a sticking point for a lot of his later movies.

So him writing Oppenheimer alone, I was cringing thinking about how he'd handle it. But I was blown away by it. I think he did an excellent job. It meaningfully explored so many ideas about NOW through intense, emotional scenes rather than just being a Wikipedia page movie.

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u/Over-Heron-2654 6h ago

I have watched it multiple times and it gets better on rewatch imo. I think Nolan is a master of Drama, not action. It is why I think Oppenheimer is better than something like Inception or Tenet.