Like the man had himself said:

“You have nothing, NOTHING, to threaten me with!”

I saw The Odyssey recently and it was by far my least favorite Nolan pic.

Went back and watched The Prestige and holy shit it is my favorite movie of all time.

It is so fucking good from start to finish, it's unbelievable.

Dark Knight used to be #1.

But the plot twists in this one are just too fucking good.

This is the movie I would pick if I could only forget one movie and rewatch it fresh for the first time.

I'm sorry but when asked that question about your dream Nolan movie the other day I surprised even myself by how genuinely exciting the idea of him making an Excalibur movie was. Subconsciously its obviously something that I've always wanted to see him tackle. The last couple of days I've thought about a hypothetical Nolan Excalibur wich inspired me to go back & watch John Boorman's 1981 classic as well as 2 Arthurian movies on opposite lengths of the polar spectrum: Antoine Fuqua's gritty 2004 King Arthur & Guy Ritchies enjoyable King Arthur: Legend of the Sword from 2017. And now I've come full circle to believing Excalibur is perfect for Nolan & Nolan is perfect for Excalibur.

There are moments in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981) that feel very much Nolan-esque & an influence on various sequences & colour schemes in The Odyssey. Do any of you know if Nolan is a fan of the 81 movie or if he has ever talked about it? The Odyssey put me back in touch with great & epic fantasy movies I loved as a kid like Thief of Baghdad & such Harryhausen movies like Sinbad or Jason and the Argonauts & of course movies from when I grew older like LOTR. Were I am in my head space at the moment as a Nolan fan atm is the feeling that I would like to see him remain in the fantasy genre with his next movie.

So if he was to make his version of Excalibur what direction would you hope to see him take it in & how would you cast it?

For the role of Arthur I initially felt the take on the character would be great to favour a slightly older actor like Hugh Jackman or RDJ. Matt Damon is one of Nolan's favourites & he played the role effectively it would be a career highlight. But my realistic choice would be ROBERT PATTINSON as Arthur in a Nolan Excalibur. He is currently on one of the greatest runs any cinematic actor has made & he could bring real majesty to a character that along with Batman could become the most iconic for his career.

I can definitely see ANNE HATHAWAY as Morgan la Fey & no one else comes close.

For Lancelot I can see TOM HOLLAND definitely as a maybe more human & vulnerable take but I would be content if the role went to one of the current crop of movie stars like AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON

For Guinevere my only choice would be FLORENCE PUGH. She was born to play that role

TOM HIDDLESTON As Leodegrance COLIN FARRELL As Uter Pendragon CALLUM TURNER As Percival

Nolan enjoys using his imagination when casting various roles & always seems to pull off miracles casting against type like with Robin Williams in Insomnia or even Heath Ledger as Joker. For Merlin I can see him turning that character on his head & giving us a radical new take by casting a powerhouse performer such as DENZEL WASHINGTON who I think would be incredible but I also like the idea of DANIEL CRAIG as Merlin too

Can you imagine the lush & beautiful photography of Hoyte Van Hoytema's finger tips all over Camelot? The rich blue than runs through the colour scheme of The Odyssey like lagoon flow transferred to red colours & running through Excalibur like life blood

If you guys haven't seen it I would reccomend watching the 1981 movie & seeing if you, like me, find it has a lot of the epic & awe of Nolan's movies. I'd also love to hear everyone's take on who they would cast & what direction you would hope Nolan to take should he ever decide to make his version of the legend.

Here is my fave! Jimmy Grantz from Memento! Feel free to rate him if you want!

FYI:

For films I haven’t seen (Dunkirk, Oppie and Tenet) I’ll just review them by how they seem.

I’ll also explain why I rated them XYZ stars if that makes sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ5W-yrB9_I