the odyssey

james choice · 2026-07-08T09:45:02.034283-07:00

lupita nyong'o, one of the actors in the film, is asked in an interview what she'd want to say to homer. and she says: i'd ask, homer, you gave women almost no place at all in your book, but look, now in this film a bunch of women have screen time, what do you think? this one sentence drove the final nail into the film's coffin, so long and farewell. the woman is out here crying that "there aren't enough female characters heeere" about a book written 3000 years ago... is she an idiot or what. an even bigger version of the disgrace we lived through when rachel zegler shoved the snow white she played up the dog's ass is on the way. come on, nolan, you weren't the guy to sink into these kinds of embarrassments, damn it.

it's a nice film to watch in theaters, but would i watch it in theaters a second time, no. like i said, it's nice, a film that doesn't bore you over 3 hours, but it's not a masterpiece or anything.

i agree with the criticisms about the casting too, i could never buy tom holland in this role, spider-man kept coming to mind the whole time, zendaya's playing the same character in every film anyway, they could've cast less famous names instead of these two, and helen being black has already been criticized plenty, rightly so.

i don't think we're going to see films like interstellar or inception from nolan anymore, now that he's gotten swept up in woke culture too. his career looks like it's headed in this direction from here on. his career won't hit rock bottom, but it won't get back to those peak years either. this film doesn't rank in nolan's top three.

it was a nice film you could watch in theaters for 3 hours without getting bored, worth the money you paid for it. it's not a film you'd put on and rewatch over and over. like i said, not a masterpiece, but not a bad film to be dragged through the mud either.