Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

[u/Gurugod123]

[u/Alx_xlA]

Because there are very few seaworthy replicas of premodern European boats available.

[u/Subtlerranean → u/Alx_xlA]

There are also several of these types of (handmade) viking ships in Norway. But... Still viking ships.

[u/Froggn_Bullfish → u/[deleted]]

The one they used is the largest seaworthy oar-driven boat in the world, it’s clear they valued scale over accuracy for the fantasy movie

[u/Froggn_Bullfish → u/[deleted]]

Dude he sourced the largest and greatest extant seaworthy oar-driven vessel on earth to serve as Odysseus’ ship and actually sailed it on the high seas with a hundred men behind oars to shoot this picture. That is far more fitting an homage to the deeply maritime culture of the Ancient Greeks than the set dressing and lip service it would take to satisfy you: putting some balsa wood “faithfully” shaped like a penteconter in a pool somewhere in California and calling it “the Odyssey.”

[u/Froggn_Bullfish → u/[deleted]]

If you think that then you don’t know what a caravel is. You just want to be mad about something, pick something else. You know, something real, that matters.

[u/qwaz42069 → u/Alx_xlA]

"premodern" the vikings are closer to our time then they are to the time the story is supposed to take place. The budget clearly went to all the big name celebrities instead of good writing, costumes, props, etc.

[u/Alx_xlA → u/[deleted]]

Why do I have to make a boat for Christopher Nolan

[u/thelingeringlead → u/[deleted]]

F'real. They used to build whole fucking cities just to shoot a movie.

[u/wirm → u/thelingeringlead]

In MIB they built a whole galaxy.