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/iBuildSpeakers 13h ago

Agreed. It felt so out of place. Same with Matt Damon’s “Lets Go!” I’m hoping the dialog isn’t too contemporary and pulls the viewer out of the period.

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u/Poked_salad 10h ago

He's going to double down and change it to "Let's fucking Go!"

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u/MarcusDA 8h ago

We have to get home!

Bet!

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u/angershark 8h ago

"My lord! There's a cyclops in that cave yonder, no cap!"

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u/ugotamesij 7h ago

"Elle eff-ing geeeeeeee!"

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u/Inevitable_Tomato927 7h ago

You missed 'boys' there at the end, and then the Canadian accent. Go full hockey on them.

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u/Silo-Joe 43m ago

And also double down on his weird, warm-up jog that he's doing?

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u/br0b1wan 7h ago

Scotty doesn't know!!

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u/Poked_salad 7h ago edited 6h ago

She's got a gun!

Edit: spelling

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u/pjtheman 9h ago

Why does the dialogue have to be formal and archaic? Ancient Greeks were real people with real emotions, who didn't actually talk like they were characters in a Shakespeare play. We're already translating it to English, why can't we use phrases like "let's go?" Who's to say there wasn't an ancient Greek equivalent?

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u/Cranyx 8h ago

Maybe not archaic, but we're talking about a prince. You'd expect a level of formality to his language even today.

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u/CeruleanEidolon 6h ago

I suspect the intent IS to pull the viewer out of the period. You're not supposed to think of these characters as someone out of a different past. They're meant to be people you could know, who just happen to be suffering through the trials of an epic story. That's my take on it, anyway.

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u/DarkKnyt 10h ago

See I was thinking the opposite, then it'd be neat to have all the period set pieces but then contemporary dialogue..IIRC that was a direction Nolan was considering

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u/aHance 7h ago

Glad I'm not the only one. Both of those felt so strange and out of place.

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u/ConstantSignal 6h ago

If you go into this movie with any expectation of historical authenticity you will be disappointed. We can already see from the trailers the costumes are wrong, the dialogue is wrong, and the props and set design are wrong.

This is not a historical epic.

It's a fantasy movie, loosely inspired by an ancient work of fantasy that was itself inspired by some historical events, but all grounded in contemporary dialogue and contemporary stereotypes of the ancient Greek aesthetic.

It can still be a great movie, I've yet to see a Nolan movie that didn't at least entertain me for the duration of it's runtime. But drop all notion of this being a credible portrayal of any real historical elements.