Those who made this movie a “success” are dupes, who never read a good translation of “The Odyssey”, and who don’t realize that the movie’s “Helen of Troy” is really an African Jezebel!
I read it, studied it, taught it. Particularly the Fagles translation and the Derek Jacobi audio
And I like what Nolan did. So did the other westerners who have put in close to a $billion over the past two weeks. Nest week when it comes out in Asian markets it will be more clear
Here’s one fact- VDH can say Nolan chose casting based on whatever, but he has no basis for knowing. He has not interviewed Nolan
His reasoning is of a level equal with a middle school girl set on becoming popular
Why the scare quotes around "success"? Are we still not sure it's been a successful film yet?
I can’t imagine what people think is a success if this isn’t. But- whatever
From screen rant:
“Per Variety, as of Sunday morning, [2 Aug] The Odyssey is projected …box office gross of $911 million...
…it has already more than surpassed its estimated break-even point of $625 million (which is two and a half times its reported budget of $250 million).
… stellar Rotten Tomatoes scores of 94% from critics and 97% from audiences”