Posted on 07/07/2026 2:38:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s three-hour version of Homer’s epic poem, world premiered in London on Monday night, and critics who saw the film there and at early screenings in the US have been sharing their takes on one of the year’s most hotly anticipated films.
“Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is a colossal origin-myth story of postwar disillusion and a loss of innocence witnessed by the dead,” wrote the Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, ahead of the reviews embargo lifting next Wednesday and next Friday’s worldwide release.
IndieWire editor-at-large Anne Thompson called the film the best picture contender to beat, and added that Matt Damon “could win best actor”. “My high expectations were met,” she added, calling the film “stunningly mounted”.
Multiple pundits described the film as “flawless” and “breathtaking”, with others singling out Robert Pattinson’s villainous Antinous for particular praise.
Erik Davis called the film “an absolute triumph and a crowning cinematic achievement from one of the great film-makers of our time. It feels like everything Nolan has been working toward with Imax has culminated here.” The film was shot entirely using large-format Imax film cameras, although it will also be screened in non-Imax cinemas.
“The production design is incredible,” continued Davis, “the action is breathtaking, and the scale is unlike anything he’s done before. What really surprised me is how much he embraces horror. Some of the film’s biggest moments are genuinely unsettling, adding a whole new dimension to his film-making while never losing sight of the humanity at the story’s core.”
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I’d have to watch the original first?
We get it - you don’t like the casting choices.
What else may I help you with?
I’m going. I may or may not like it. But it is not going to bomb.
It’s a stinker
You could go away and take your extreme liberal bias with you?
Whut? Lets see the Rotten Tomatoes audience popcorn rating when Odyssey comes out. My guess in 2x weeks.
Hardly extreme liberal bias.
But I am for liberty.
As far as going away, you have no say in that. Maybe learn to argue the point.
Get to work.
And “Heath Ledger can’t be the Joker
“The phrase “Heath Ledger can’t be the Joker” is a historical reference to the intense online fan backlash when he was cast in 2006. Fans”
The staggering four-figure price tags fans are paying for The Odyssey on opening weekend
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