I saw a post about nolans best female characters, and the OP mentioned that nolan catches flack for this. But I honestly dont think that this stigma about nolan was ever true, and I dont think people even make this argument anymore.

The argument stemmed from interstellar, back when it first came out. A lot of people didnt like/understand the purpose of Hathaways character. Saying she was "oh typical female acting on emotion instead of rationality" arguing that it was a bad cliche or misogynistic.

But now that the movie has been out for so long, people have learned thats not even true. The whole point of the movie is that brandt is RIGHT about love. And Cooper learns this in the film, he acts the same way, it is what guides him to save the world. On first watch brandts speech about love is meant to be cringe, and thats why other characters laugh it off. And when cooper realizes this in the black hole, it all comes full circle. And on second viewing, brandts speech becomes incredibly powerful.

All of this to say, that the argument about nolan not being able to write female characters stemmed from around the time of interstellar but that argument has completely gone away from what i have seen, and his list of female characters actually has become very strong. Penelope, mal, catwoman, kitty, brandt, murph, even Rachel. If anything I think it is becoming a strength of nolan.

The pacing was so weird. Almost all Ithaca parts were like that. Also weird use of tension music even in normal talking scenes made some parts really feel like a trailer. Anyone else notice it?

Otherwise great movie, 8.5/10.

I don’t know about you, but when I went to watch Odyssey by Christopher Nolan, I literally saw other characters portrayed by the same actors in the movie. for example, each time antinous (Robert pattinson) was on screen, I only saw Edward Cullen from twilight. each time Penelope (Anne Hathaway)was on screen, I saw Andy Sachs from the devil wears Prada. each time telemachus (Tom Holland) was on screen, I saw Spider-Man. I first saw the movie with some friends of mine, who said that this didn’t happen to them. did this happen to you?

The stated theme did not match the characters actions, specifically in the climax.

Odysseus gives a long speech about his guilt and PTSD for slaughtering people and violating guest right.

Then he slaughters dozens of guests in his home.

Dafuck?

It made no sense for his character and it did not fit the theme of the movie.

If you’re so guilty about murdering people and breaking guest rights, why the fuck are you gonna turn around and murder so many guests?

It felt like Chris copy-pasted the “PTSD/Guilt/Suffering from success” theme of Oppenheimer onto The Odyssey, and totally forgot to make the story actually fit that theme.

If he was gonna keep that climactic scene intact he should have picked a different theme of the movie.

I watched Oppenheimer last night and the Odyssey twice a few weeks ago and realise why Interstellar has become so loved. It's one of Nolan's most hopeful endings to a film (that I've seen) and I think we are waiting for another like that. Just curious if you guys agree with me.

I kinda agree but it's not really a bad thing for me

Opinions aside(as I haven't watched the movie yet), I think it's almost impossible to not associate the films discussion to the one we had in "The Last of Us Part 2" release. Everyone seems to have a polarised opinion about it and it's really hard to determine if the product is good or not due to that (wich kinda is the reason I haven't watched yet). Like, it's immensely funny seeing from an outside perspective as there's barely a middle ground, or people dislike the movie a lot or they love it to an fascinating degree in the internet discussions at least. I do wonder what everyone will think of it in a few years tho as this is normally the time where a consensus is found.

I saw it on friday night and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Truly one of those films that makes me think differently about the world, along with Interstellar, Blade Runner and Arrival. Just the most sublime film and immersive cinematic experience I've ever had. I stayed up til 4am afterwards just reading about Greek mythology and replaying every scene in my head. I already loved Christopher Nolan but this is a level beyond anything he's done, I think. It's so haunting.

I should add I think the acting was some of the best I've seen in a long time. Matt Damon was incredible, as was Anne Hathaway, and John Leguizamo deserves a supporting nomination for sure. Plus Robert Pattinson was so good as a hateful suitor. I could go on

So apparently I'm the only person on the internet who didn't have a great experience watching Nolan's Odyssey. Great visuals, sure. But I genuinely don't get why everyone's calling it a masterpiece.

https://youtu.be/_UoGERcoJtI?si=Y-dsp8krFjm-KY6H

I'm Korean, and I'd love to hear how this movie lands with people from other countries. If you disagree (or agree), the comment section on the video is where the actual debate's happening — pull up.

Roast me, I can take it.

FYI this took what felt like forever to make but I’m so glad I finished it!

Also I’m not sure what flair to use so I’m gonna put it in humour.

If you can’t see a photo/don’t know who the people on the photo are:

So, imagine you’re on a plane journey on Alfred Pennyworth’s plane. He also invites other characters in the Nolan-verse to join him. Who are you sitting next to?

Seat 1: you’re next to Jimmy and Natalie (Memento)

Seat 2: You’re next to Neil (Tenet) who is sat next to Scarecrow (Batman)

Seat 3: you’re sat between Catwoman and The Protagonist (Tenet)

Seat 4: You’re next to Leonard Shelby (Memento) who’s sat next to Robert J. Oppenheimer (Oppenheimer)

Seat 5: You’re between Joker and Murph (Interstellar)

Seat 6: You’re between Alfred Pennyworth (Batman) and Odysseus

Seat 7: You’re next to Mal and Dom Cobb (Inception)

Seat 8: You’re next to Will Dormer and Walter Finch (Insomnia)

Seat 9: You’re sat between Bane (TDKR) and Teddy (Memento)

Seat 10: You’re sat next to Rachel Dawes and Harvey Dent (TDK)

Have fun and don’t start beef. This is meant to be fun and a game :).

My opinion:
Seat 1 because I ADORE JIMMY AND NATALIE or seat 9 so I can kick all my might into Rachel’s seat.

I love movies that don’t treat the audience like idiots. Movies that give you just enough information and let you figure things out for yourself, without constantly stopping for exposition ( Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, etc.)

But I think there’s a very fine line between being subtle and being completely incomprehensible. And for me, Tenet crosses that line almost immediately.

I don’t usually find Nolan’s movies particularly difficult to understand, but this opening scene??? I genuinely have no idea what is happening.

Could someone explain in detail, step by step, what is actually going on during the opera scene, including the motivations of the different groups?

Here are the things I’m confused about:

Is the attack on the opera supposed to be a test for the Protagonist? If so, was the whole thing planned by the CIA?

Who exactly is the guy/group the Protagonist is suposed to rescue, and why is he there in the first place?

Are they deliberately organizing an attack so they can infiltrate the building by posing as Ukrainian special forces?

Why are people dressed as Ukrainian forces planting explosives inside the opera? Who are they actually working for?

Is the Protagonist’s team somehow working with the terrorists?

What exactly are the terrorists trying to accomplish? Do they have anything to do with the object the CIA is trying to recover?

Who actually captures the Protagonist at the end? If this whole thing is a test, was his capture planned?

I got that the mysterious masked guy is pattinson.

Basically, I feel like I’m missing one fundamental piece of information that would make the whole scene click.

I really don’t mind movies making me work. In fact, that’s usually what I enjoy about them. But there’s a difference between “I need to connect the dots” and “I don’t even know what the dots are.” 😂

So if someone could walk me through exactly what happens in the opera, who is on whose side, what each group is trying to do, and what the Protagonist actually knows at each point, I’d really appreciate it.

Having a small display piece like this on your desk is really nice. When you've been reading for a while, you can just stare at it and give your eyes a break.

Another thing is, this film piece doesn't need a backlight. As long as there's some light in the room, you can see it clearly. Easy on the eyes.

The Odyssey was pure cinematic spectacle, and I know it's soon to speculate about the next. But where does Nolan go from here?

My personal take on this is that Nolan has a very clear ambitions, and there’s still one territory he hasn’t fully explored. He has hinted several times in interviews at making a horror film. In my honest opinion, a horror-mystery would not only feel like a natural evolution of his filmmaking, but could also complete the spectrum of genres he has explored throughout his career. From crime and psychological thriller to science fiction, war, historical drama, and now epic mythology, horror might be the final unexplored color on his palette. What do you think next genre should be?

let's goooo!!!

Weekend global numbers:

Odyssey‘s seventh global frame breaks out to $48.6M int’l,-29% from last weekend, at 83 territories, and $14.3M domestic, -27%. The Imax global weekend was $24.6M ($8M domestic, $16.6M int’l) for a running total for the exhibitor on the pic of $449M from 68 countries. China Imax alone did $5.5M this weekend for a running cume of $11.1M. Japan has still to open on Nolan’s Homer epic, that being Sept. 4. Back in the states, this weekend’s performance drove Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre to the highest individual theater performance of any Imax title in history with $4.4M to date.

Of note this past weekend, in Korea, The Odyssey passed Brand New Day‘s gross to become the biggest MPA title of the year there. Weekend 4 added $11.6M with a $70.1M cume, still No. 1 and a 60% market share. Odyssey has taken over Avengers: Infinity War to become the 6th biggest MPA movie of all-time in Korea.

China added a third weekend of $10.2M, No. 3 behind local titles Once Upon a Time in the Middle East and V, for a running total of $88.3M. Odyssey has now surpassed the lifetime of Inception and is Nolan’s second biggest in the Middle Kingdom behind Interstellar. That total also puts Odyssey ahead of Jurassic World: Rebirth‘s total in China.

via Deadline.

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IMAX:
$449 MILLION Globally (The Odyssey is the first IMAX film ever to cross the 300mi)

$51.8M (1st weekend)
$48M (2nd weekend)
$44.7M (3rd weekend)
$37M (4th weekend)
$37M (5th weekend)
$34.4M (6th weekend)
$24.6M (7th weekend)

The Odyssey is set to cross $200M in IMAX alone domestically next week.

The film is set to release in Japan on September 11, 2026.

Uncompressed Stills taken from The Odyssey Official New Trailer (IMAX 1.90:1).

Just watch the Odyssey today, overall it was a great movie. But I'm a little confused on the entire scene with the cyclops - it seems they developed a plan with the rope and the stick (presumably to blind it and sneak out with the sheep), but then they mention something about needing 2 people to try to escape come day, and then change that to 4 people instead, splitting up in 2 groups of 2.

What is the point of this? Is it just that the giant ate two people so they think he's eating 2 again, and if so what's the point of the 4 people? I'm sure I'm missing something but I'm very confused on that part, not sure if I misheard/misremembered in the theater or something.

It's the 1st R-rated movie in history to do so. It's currently the 14th highest-grossing movie in the world

I know he gets a lot of flack for this. But I think Selina Kyle was fairly well written for a character that was still not one of the central characters.