martin wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Got my IMAX ticket for The Odyssey tomorrowmost excited I've been to got to the movies in a long time
Got a chance to watch it before having to go in for surgery on Friday. It lives up to the hype. Most of the actors were compelling on screen and Nolan comes through on the visuals like he usually does.A lot of parallels with this film and Oppenheimer, believe it or not. Movie of the year frontrunner, by far, and I am huge Project Hail Mary fan. I could still argue that Gosling is still my choice for Best Actor, not to take anything away from Damon. But the Odyssey is, IMHO, is the superior film.
Getting the pec implants you've always wanted?
Either way, good luck on Friday!
Nah, I'm going for that Dirk Diggler special. You gotta go big, or go home. 
BigDaddyG wrote:martin wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Got my IMAX ticket for The Odyssey tomorrowmost excited I've been to got to the movies in a long time
Got a chance to watch it before having to go in for surgery on Friday. It lives up to the hype. Most of the actors were compelling on screen and Nolan comes through on the visuals like he usually does.A lot of parallels with this film and Oppenheimer, believe it or not. Movie of the year frontrunner, by far, and I am huge Project Hail Mary fan. I could still argue that Gosling is still my choice for Best Actor, not to take anything away from Damon. But the Odyssey is, IMHO, is the superior film.
Getting the pec implants you've always wanted?
Either way, good luck on Friday!
Nah, I'm going for that Dirk Diggler special. You gotta go big, or go home.
In your case, get big and then go home 
BigDaddyG wrote:martin wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Got my IMAX ticket for The Odyssey tomorrowmost excited I've been to got to the movies in a long time
Got a chance to watch it before having to go in for surgery on Friday. It lives up to the hype. Most of the actors were compelling on screen and Nolan comes through on the visuals like he usually does.A lot of parallels with this film and Oppenheimer, believe it or not. Movie of the year frontrunner, by far, and I am huge Project Hail Mary fan. I could still argue that Gosling is still my choice for Best Actor, not to take anything away from Damon. But the Odyssey is, IMHO, is the superior film.
Getting the pec implants you've always wanted?
Either way, good luck on Friday!
Nah, I'm going for that Dirk Diggler special. You gotta go big, or go home.
I'm suiting up to go to the theatre now
Good luck with the appendage BigDaddy, AKA Dr. Salami
BigDaddyG wrote:martin wrote:BigDaddyG wrote:BlueKnickers wrote:Got my IMAX ticket for The Odyssey tomorrowmost excited I've been to got to the movies in a long time
Got a chance to watch it before having to go in for surgery on Friday. It lives up to the hype. Most of the actors were compelling on screen and Nolan comes through on the visuals like he usually does.A lot of parallels with this film and Oppenheimer, believe it or not. Movie of the year frontrunner, by far, and I am huge Project Hail Mary fan. I could still argue that Gosling is still my choice for Best Actor, not to take anything away from Damon. But the Odyssey is, IMHO, is the superior film.
Getting the pec implants you've always wanted?
Either way, good luck on Friday!
Nah, I'm going for that Dirk Diggler special. You gotta go big, or go home.
Hope everything went well or goes well.
Odyssey was awesome. My only issue was also one of my favorite parts. I LOVED the loud sound effects. The issue was that it made it hard to hear the dialogue at first. Either it got better as the movie went along or I adjusted. Great flick though.
Can’t wait for Spidey next week. Might take a shawty to see Evil Dead manana. I expect that one to suck. 😂
Watched Odyssey last week and its a FANTASTIC movie!!! Really loved the whole experience!!!
This year generally promisses a LOT of great cinema!!!
Project Hail Mary was already a wonderful movie, now The Odyssey, Spidey and later that year Dune 3... thats a LOT of great cinema for one year!!! LOVE it!!!
On a side note... based on the fun trailer, Digger might actually just sprint past most of the movies above and/or join that group of top cinema!!!
The Odyssey was very good. IMAX was also good, though I don't think this is a film that will require it if you have a good sized theater of any kind to go to.
Homer's epic by its very nature and design has a feeling of randomness during Odysseus' years of wandering lost far from home. As a result, the first two thirds of the movie do have that kind of episodic quality as they set sail again and again from their most recent point of departure into the unknown.
It is the final third of the movie that depicts their return to Ithaca and their strategy to regain their legacy where the multiple narratives pull together into a coherent whole. I believe the script sets this up beforehand well with the various timelines shifting between past and present. In terms of storytelling, this was the most difficult choice and I think that worked out.
So my appreciation for the film grew towards the end as everything got brought together into a satisfying resolution.
Cinematically speaking, no new ground was broken, but I don't think that was Nolan's intention. If anything, it was more like he wanted to make a classic film like a David Lean production that benefitted from modern effects used on top of the celluloid deployed for the primary location filmmaking. Thus, those elements that are SFX like the cyclops felt as realistic as one could want to experience.
I've seen thousands of films and most of the classic movies of other cultures so this was not as revelatory for me as it might be for someone younger whom I can understand being blown away by this experience.
The most important aspect to me was the handling of the narrative as much as the cinematic aspects and for that I'd give it a B+/A-
My one quibble is casting 30 year old Tom Holland as a boy. Sure, he looks like a boy, but he was a failure in the role. He is a weak dramatic actor best suited for light hearted fare, but he was completely out of his element surrounded by capable pros like Damon and Hathaway. That they also had him awkwardly refer to Odysseus as his Dad instead of his Father was a misguided nod towards modern audiences and the most glaring stumble in the script. His role should have gone to an actual teen with some acting chops.
Overall, highly recommended to be seen on a big screen.
BlueKnickers wrote:The Odyssey was very good. IMAX was also good, though I don't think this is a film that will require it if you have a good sized theater of any kind to go to.Homer's epic by its very nature and design has a feeling of randomness during Odysseus' years of wandering lost far from home. As a result, the first two thirds of the movie do have that kind of episodic quality as they set sail again and again from their most recent point of departure into the unknown.
It is the final third of the movie that depicts their return to Ithaca and their strategy to regain their legacy where the multiple narratives pull together into a coherent whole. I believe the script sets this up beforehand well with the various timelines shifting between past and present. In terms of storytelling, this was the most difficult choice and I think that worked out.
So my appreciation for the film grew towards the end as everything got brought together into a satisfying resolution.
Cinematically speaking, no new ground was broken, but I don't think that was Nolan's intention. If anything, it was more like he wanted to make a classic film like a David Lean production that benefitted from modern effects used on top of the celluloid deployed for the primary location filmmaking. Thus, those elements that are SFX like the cyclops felt as realistic as one could want to experience.
I've seen thousands of films and most of the classic movies of other cultures so this was not as revelatory for me as it might be for someone younger whom I can understand being blown away by this experience.
The most important aspect to me was the handling of the narrative as much as the cinematic aspects and for that I'd give it a B+/A-
My one quibble is casting 30 year old Tom Holland as a boy. Sure, he looks like a boy, but he was a failure in the role. He is a weak dramatic actor best suited for light hearted fare, but he was completely out of his element surrounded by capable pros like Damon and Hathaway. That they also had him awkwardly refer to Odysseus as his Dad instead of his Father was a misguided nod towards modern audiences and the most glaring stumble in the script. His role should have gone to an actual teen with some acting chops.
Overall, highly recommended to be seen on a big screen.
I actually thought Holland was very convincing.
The Odyssey was very good. I had huge expectations going in.
The sound was brutal. AMC Dolby theater, and I had my ear buds in half the time with noise canceling turned on max.
With or without earbuds, the dialog was often tough to hear. A common complaint with Christpher Nolan.
My favorite part was the Run Pee app on my phone letting me know when to see a man about a horse. Great app! Installed it right before leaving my house.
Oh... but I can't see Tom Holland without my brain registering Peter Parker. Still thought he did well.
ToddTT wrote:The Odyssey was very good. I had huge expectations going in.The sound was brutal. AMC Dolby theater, and I had my ear buds in half the time with noise canceling turned on max.
With or without earbuds, the dialog was often tough to hear. A common complaint with Christpher Nolan.
My favorite part was the Run Pee app on my phone letting me know when to see a man about a horse. Great app! Installed it right before leaving my house.
That's amusing.
Probably would have less success if they had called it the Run Sh!t App
Recommended. But citrus is my jam. Whole Foods has it.
Martin, did you recommend something similar recently?
ToddTT wrote:Recommended. But citrus is my jam. Whole Foods has it.Martin, did you recommend something similar recently?
This is my summer jam, hint of grapefruit. Yummy. Local special in upstate Western NY
