I’ve read theories that the female actors who are talking up the female empowerment angle in pre-release interviews are intentionally generating controversy that isn’t in the movie with a goal of creating good critical reviews. The idea is that the critics will knee-jerk give the movie good reviews if they think Nolan made some feminist take on the Odessey. Critics who have seen it say that isn’t the case, and that the controversial casting - Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page - aren’t in it that much despite how prominent they were displayed in pre-release advertising. So its all a plot and Nolan is betting that most people just won’t pay attention to the culture war and will see it anyway. If true, its an evil genius plot that may work. But for it to work, Nolan would have to make a good movie and he may fail on more conventional grounds like boring plot, bad color and sound, too long and bad casting that has nothing to do with race or gender swapping. When I first heard about the casting, my biggest disappointment was Matt Damon as Odysseus. That’s horrible casting to me. So are Tom Holland and Zendaya. None of them are right for a Greek epic.
In early showings, I’ve seen complaints that bad sound quality makes following the dialog difficult. Hopefully they quickly fixed that ahead of the regular release.
“ disappointment was Matt Damon as Odysseus. That’s horrible casting to me. So are Tom Holland and Zendaya. None of them are right for a Greek epic.”
Did you see the movie?