Every time I watch a King’s feast in a medieval film

by San Pedro , Monday, July 27, 2026, 16:15 (1 day, 5 hours, 24 min. ago) @ nedhead
edited by San Pedro, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 09:44

I think about what the food tasted like. Was it universally horrible or could they pull off a solid rotisserie chicken? It probably was awful.

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Emily Wilson critique of the Odyssey - Jay, 2026-07-27, 12:23
- I saw it today and I'd give it a B plus -- - omahadomer, 2026-07-28, 20:39
- 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 - 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
    - 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
    - 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
    - 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
- 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
- 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
        
        Oh yeah, I mixed them up. - oviedoirish, 2026-07-27, 14:25
        
        After seeing the movie - HullieAndMikes, 2026-07-27, 13:52

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Every time I watch a King’s feast in a medieval film