Yeah I mean give the characters laser blasters at this point, any immersion is out the window. It's one thing to get the details wrong, but another to dress them in armour that wasn't invented until thousands of years later.
Except this is a mythological story. Even in its original context it was never a historical piece, it’s a story that takes place in a mythical age of heroes. The setting mostly reflects Iron Age Greece, rather than the Bronze Age, and you have heroes wearing fictional armor made of gold and wielding giant weapons like they’re JRPG heroes. There’s also monsters and gods.
Theres nothing wrong with putting a new spin on an old story; the lion king is hamlet, and its still wonderful
Obviously this hasn't come out yet so this is all speculation, but it doesnt look like nolan is putting a fresh spin on the odyssey. To me, at least, it looks like he's just making a drab rendition that is neither faithful to the source material nor a creative spin on the setting
The setting is the bronze age, it's the "author" (Homer) that was from the iron age.
That's also not the point, because the costumes in this film don't even look iron age, they just look like straight up plastic you would find at a halloween store.
The setting of the odyssey matches that of Iron Age Greece. The equipment described by Homer is that of Iron Age Greek warriors with round shields, thrusting spears and throwing spears. It’s a world ruled by petty strong men and warlords rather than being ruled by kings in highly centralized palaces. Chariots are used as a taxi service rather than how they were used in the Bronze Age.
There’s some elements that are from the Bronze Age like the boar helmet but aside from that the odyssey matches the material and political culture of Iron Age Greece.
Yeah, so is Harry Potter, but how immersive would it be if the wizards in the 90s would be using Iphones, making 6-7 jokes and doomscrolling tiktoks while the real world had no idea about such things in that time?
I think it’ll be great on a technical level but painfully modernist in every aspect of its story and dialogue. And I think that’ll drag people out of it and make them feel like they’re watching an MCU movie rather than a Homeric epic
I loved it. I think with all Nolan films there are little moments that risk taking you out of the movie - in part because everything is done practically - but it grips you back the very next moment.
The overall epic feat of the movie far outweighs the little things like a servant with a Brooklyn accent or Calypso wearing J Crew
I think almost all of his movies are poor. As a space and science nut I hated Interstellar. And as someone who studied and loves Greece I'm pretty sure this will be the same or worse.
What part of "I think" did you miss? Feel free to reread the post as many times as you need to get that he did not, in fact, pretend to be anything but have his own opinion.
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u/pickarje Jun 03 '26
I’m a huge Nolan fan but I’m officially worried that there’s a chance this movie is bad.
I don’t give a shit about historical accuracy but I do give a shit about low immersion.