Yeah this is just dumb.
by KelleyCook 
, Monday, July 27, 2026, 14:40 (1 day, 5 hours, 10 min. ago) @ Jay
I for one thought the movie was spectacular. Condensing a twenty year epic into a 3 hour movie is going to leave stuff on the floor; but to complain about lack of sex and food? Though to be honest, I wasn't planning on reading Emily's translation before and with that quip I certainly am not about to now. But I will soon be re-reading a 20th century translation. Somethings I clearly misremembered from forty years ago.
I put this movie as Nolan's second best behind Interstellar. That's really high praise for me as I love his movies.
Complete thread:
- Emily Wilson critique of the Odyssey -
Jay,
2026-07-27, 12:23
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- Who knew that there are Odyssey fundamentalists - Jack, 2026-07-28, 18:40
- What does she know about it? -
OGerry,
2026-07-27, 17:19
- I didn’t care for it, for some of her reasons -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 08:48
- You just don’t like Zendaya
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HumanRobot,
2026-07-28, 15:35
- Theaters have been packed - OGerry, 2026-07-28, 12:27
- I really enjoyed it and plan to see it again in 70mm IMAX -
Dallasdomer,
2026-07-28, 10:39
- I am really glad he made it -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 11:52
- That’s about where I am -
Jack,
2026-07-28, 18:56
- When do you think he most stayed out of his way? -
BPH,
2026-07-28, 11:56
- to go back in time -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 13:40
- I might be alone, but Memento only works slightly... - PMan, 2026-07-28, 15:05
- Good stuff. I actually remember that thread -
BPH,
2026-07-28, 13:50
- I find Inception to be his most rewatchable -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2026-07-28, 15:42
- I didn’t list the Batman movies in that thread - Jay, 2026-07-28, 16:24
- I find Inception to be his most rewatchable -
Jeremy (WeIsND),
2026-07-28, 15:42
- to go back in time -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 13:40
- That’s about where I am
- I am really glad he made it -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 11:52
- Stylistic critiques are one thing -
HullieAndMikes,
2026-07-28, 09:41
- I don’t read that at all -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 11:41
- I think she treats the film as if it were a student paper - HCE, 2026-07-28, 12:15
- The LRB is a shark publication - HullieAndMikes, 2026-07-28, 11:55
- I don’t read that at all -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 11:41
- Oof, "oppressive soundtrack" -
Joe I,
2026-07-28, 08:56
- it’s also blatantly manipulative -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 09:03
- Someone who also didn’t like Dunkirk? - San Pedro, 2026-07-28, 09:43
- it’s also blatantly manipulative -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 09:03
- I'm shocked his brother Jon wasn't apparently involved -
BillyGoat,
2026-07-28, 08:51
- is he the one who went to Georgetown -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 09:05
- Yep. We were friends at school, but he lived about - BillyGoat, 2026-07-28, 09:23
- is he the one who went to Georgetown -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 09:05
- You just don’t like Zendaya
- I didn’t care for it, for some of her reasons -
Jay,
2026-07-28, 08:48
- The food probably was horrible? -
nedhead,
2026-07-27, 14:46
- Every time I watch a King’s feast in a medieval film -
San Pedro,
2026-07-27, 16:15
- Roman cities had a ton of tavernas -
beattherush,
2026-07-27, 16:47
- But there was also a host of food borne illnesses - Jack, 2026-07-28, 18:59
- Good point. -
San Pedro,
2026-07-28, 09:44
- "Tasting History" can be pretty entertaining. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2026-07-27, 16:25
- Very cool. There’s a recent episode on the Odyssey. -
San Pedro,
2026-07-27, 16:43
- All I can think of is that -
Mark,
2026-07-27, 16:28
- Agreed. Must have been huge. -
San Pedro,
2026-07-27, 16:41
- Agreed. Must have been huge.
- Very cool. There’s a recent episode on the Odyssey.
- Roman cities had a ton of tavernas -
beattherush,
2026-07-27, 16:47
- Every time I watch a King’s feast in a medieval film -
San Pedro,
2026-07-27, 16:15
- It’s odd given that her translation inspired Nolan - Dallasdomer, 2026-07-27, 14:46
- Yeah this is just dumb. - KelleyCook, 2026-07-27, 14:40
- There are valid criticisms. That’s not one of them. - beattherush, 2026-07-27, 14:05
- I mean, that whole paragraph is wrong on its face - HullieAndMikes, 2026-07-27, 13:50
- Very interesting stuff. Also, meh... -
HCE,
2026-07-27, 13:33
- I was imagining the film in the hands of other directors - Jay, 2026-07-27, 13:41
- It's been boiled down to < 3 hours of material. -
KGB,
2026-07-27, 13:38
- That's pretty much my view. - oviedoirish, 2026-07-27, 13:46
- FWIW, there's stuff in the poem that no one needs -
HCE,
2026-07-27, 13:46
- Wasn't it implied that he did? It just wasn't shown. -
oviedoirish,
2026-07-27, 13:48
- FYI, that was Calypso, not Circe -
HCE,
2026-07-27, 13:54
- I was trying to figure out why he left Calypso -
beattherush,
2026-07-27, 16:06
- Oh the horror! To be marooned with a servile Charlize Theron -
KelleyCook,
2026-07-27, 16:17
- Well, Anne Hathaway ain’t chopped liver -
Jack,
2026-07-28, 19:03
- Heh. -
KGB,
2026-07-27, 18:55
- My close reading of the text - OGerry, 2026-07-28, 08:22
- Well, Anne Hathaway ain’t chopped liver
- Oh the horror! To be marooned with a servile Charlize Theron
- Oh yeah, I mixed them up. -
oviedoirish,
2026-07-27, 14:25
- I was trying to figure out why he left Calypso
- After seeing the movie - HullieAndMikes, 2026-07-27, 13:52
- FYI, that was Calypso, not Circe -
HCE,
2026-07-27, 13:54
- Wasn't it implied that he did? It just wasn't shown. -
oviedoirish,
2026-07-27, 13:48