Tiny mind. Wow. Some real nasty hatred going on here
Well. I believe any criticism ought to wait until after the movie has actually been seen
I know that’s a logical statement.
Nobody is reviewing the movie. So save your passive aggressive pretend ignorance. You know exactly what people are commenting on.
It’s the complete disregard for the source material, race swapping, gender swapping nonsense that is not even controversial anymore. Adding rap while saying there is no soundtrack because orchestral music wasn’t around 2700 years ago. People who were excited for this are now just gonna pass on it because it’s trash. There is no shock value. It’s a boring trope anymore. Nolan has always been hit or miss. Interstellar sucked.
I agree that people shouldn’t run wild based on internet speculation. Sometimes the rumors are true. Sometimes they’re not.
As far as I know, there is no confirmation of Ellen/Elliot Page’s role. Several characters have been rumored. For some reason, Achilles is much mentioned. I don’t know how that started. My guess would be that it is from people venting about woke Hollywood and projecting the most outrageous thing they can think of.
So LOL if it’s true and LOL if it’s not.
Fwiw, Achilles had been killed before the Trojan Horse caper. Legolas did not kill him during the sack; that was Hollywood nonsense. Achilles only comes into the Odyssey when Odysseus meets him in the underworld. Other than that, he’s referenced a couple of times by other characters, so he could appear in the movie as a flashback.
It occurs to me that Nolan has some latitude in how to depict spirits in the underworld. They could be frail, withered wraiths, ghostly whisps of the robust people they were in life. As long as all the spirits are depicted consistently, I suppose that’s possible. Or Page could be playing someone else. Hermes has also been rumored.
I do dislike the stuntcasting of Helen and Clytemnestra.
I do try to be disciplined about not prejudging something before it’s released. Then I’ll read enough reviews before deciding whether to buy a ticket. A little due diligence goes a long way. Sometimes I’ll watch a movie just to see what all the fuss is about, and sometimes as deliberate opposition research — because if I’m tempted to throw stones, I should at least actually know what I’m talking about, as opposed to relying on internet graffiti.