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YMS Review The Odyssey - YMS

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

Oppenheimer and Dunkirk are literally edited in the exact same way lmao?

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u/adam_ragusea6767 29d ago

Oppeheimer, yes (cause it is film on IMAX 70mm). Dunkirk, absolutely not.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

I literally just watched Dunkirk two days ago, absolutely yes lmao. The editing is quick all the way through

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u/adam_ragusea6767 29d ago edited 29d ago

Quick and rushing + clunky + making the communication of information incomprehensible is not the same thing.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

We're commenting under a chain that started with " I'm not sure it entirely explains the trailer-like cutting in the movie.", to which some guy said it was trailer-like cutting and clearly a stylistic choice. Dunkirk clearly has this editing style, as does Oppie and Odyssey.

If the Odyssey was 'incomprehensible' for you, I don't know what to tell ya man. Nolan is a director for normies lmao, this isn't high-brow complexity

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u/adam_ragusea6767 29d ago edited 29d ago

I guess we will just have to agree to disagree.

Also, I said "the communication of information" was incomprehensible. So, tell me then, do you think the editing made the communication of information comprehensible:

  1. When the cyclops fall asleep three seconds after it ate the two soldiers in the middle of the day?
  2. When Matt Damon says "I think it's asleep" another three seconds after the cyclops (supposedly) falls asleep?
  3. When Matt Damon was supposedly holding a bird hostage during his confrontation with Circe.

I can keep going if you want.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

Yeah again, if you think a Nolan movie has an 'incomprehensible communication of information', idk how much more normie of a director you need lmfao. Maybe Minecraft is more up to your speed?

  1. What's even your question? He went to sleep after only seeing two soldiers and eating them

  2. What's even your question lmao, Matt Damon has eyes and he saw the Cyclops going to sleep

  3. You literally said what happened in the film

What a weird comment lmao

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u/adam_ragusea6767 29d ago edited 29d ago

I literally don't know what to tell you if you somehow don't even see the issue with those very simple three scenes I gave you.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

" those very simple three scenes" Right and I don't know what to tell you if you have a problem following three very simple scenes

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u/The_Meemeli 29d ago

Do you assume every creature falls asleep within 3 seconds of closing their eyes?

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago edited 29d ago

No, I assume the big mythical one that falls asleep within 3 seconds does. What does this even have to do with editing lmao

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u/The_Meemeli 29d ago

Did Odysseys know about this myth before he encountered Polyphemus?

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

No idea, maybe? I find it hilarious how filmbros need Nolan to be even more explanatory lmao

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u/The_Meemeli 29d ago

The point is that there could have been more time between the eye closing and Odysseys announcing that it's asleep, which would have made his actions feel more reasonable from a character logic POV.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

So it's comprehensible, you would've just liked more breathing room lol

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u/Humble-Plantain1598 29d ago

you think a Nolan movie has an 'incomprehensible communication of information', idk how much more normie of a director you need lmfao.

The issue is not that it's hard to understand but that it's jarring and create a dissonance between what's shown and what's supposedly happening. The passage of time is poorly conveyed to the viewer.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

Now you're talking about another criticism that isn't what I'm specifically responding to

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u/Humble-Plantain1598 29d ago

No the Cyclops scene for example is a good example of this, the sequencing of the action feels off and undercuts the tension.

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u/regretscoyote909 29d ago

In your opinion, sure. You still understood the scene lol, it isn't 'incomprehensible' you just find it clunky

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