And yet with all the Barbenheimer buzz Odyssey still had a better opening weekend.
It is indeed fanfic, I’ll give you that. But so are pretty much everything based on the old texts. Basically the entire Arthurian legend is fanfic. That’s a big part of how these stories continue on. Every couple generations somebody says “I wonder what I can do with this” and they give it a shot. And sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. But just by making the attempt the keep it alive and get a new generation interested. I think this one works. Lots of other people seem to also.
“…But just by making the attempt the keep it alive and get a new generation interested. I think this one works. Lots of other people seem to also.”
I agree. As a high school literature teacher, and having studied the classics, and this, the Odyssey, in my literature degree, as well as word of mouth from family and friends, young and contemporary, I believe this will go a long way to reaching a new generation of devotees.
That’s after reviewing all reviews listed here, primarily from ‘American Thinker’
I was awaiting Victor Davis Hanson’s review. He had said in an interview last week that he was holding off reviewing until after he sees the film, but today he stated he will not be seeing the film