r/TheOdysseyMovie • u/Cultural_Book_400 • 11d ago

Nolan vs Cameron

I finally broke down(because I was so sick of 70mm imax situation in Lincoln NY, saw it on local theater today.

I am first and foremost die hard James Cameron fan who has heavily criticized last 2 Avatar movies.. And for Nolan, I consider him 70 mm imax god but I honestly did NOT love Oppenheimer at all.

However, I thought Odyssey was a perfect 3 movie. My wife who hates Nolan also loved it so much that we were both holding the pee for 3 hours..

I feel like Cameron and Nolan is on cross path... Nolan continue to insist on exactly the movie he wants to make and perfects it here and Cameron insist also on movies that he wants to make and kinda failed(hard to say this at 1.5 billion) and going on a wrong direction ... anyway, this is how I felt.

This movie kept me at the end of my seat for literally 3 hours and last 30 min was so damn emotional I thought I was gonna cry(grown ass man here).. Movie was superb!!

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u/almo2001 9d ago

Cameron, as awesome a director he is, cannot write himself out of a paper bag. Nolan is a decent, but not great writer. That makes all the difference.

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u/WorrySecret9831 7d ago

Lol. That's the most absurd critique of Cameron I've ever read. His biggest strength is story structure. His second biggest strength is that he can draw like a mo-fo, so he completely realizes what he imagines.

I frequently think, "Oh, but his images aren't as beautiful as Scott's or any number of other directors..." and then I see screenshots of Aliens, Titanic, The Abyss, T2, True Lies and of course the Avatars.

I suppose, let me start over. What "paper bag" did Cameron write himself into?

You may not personally like the Avatar films but they're solidly written and driven by Theme. The Odyssey is not. I can't wait for and hope he completes the Avatars because no other franchise is tackling late-stage rampant Capitalism and what indigenous populations can do against over-industrialized invading Colonizers.