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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“ I’m just not going to be able to get over Matt Damon as Odysseus. He is just not right for historical period dramas or epics”

People that wouldn’t dream of putting a movie together are so happy to criticize this.

With emotion. With hate. I’m getting slammed by a cousin for unfortunately mentioning I will see the movie

It’s like TDS hatred from people who have not even seen it

Have you seen the Dark Knight?

Do you think the Joker was a well-played villain?

The screeches that Nolan miscast Heath Ledger were deafening before its release.

This anti odyssey thing is sick


56 posted on 07/16/2026 8:14:20 AM PDT by stanne
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To: stanne

I’m not being hateful. If you read my other posts on this movie, I said the criticism of Lupita Nyong’o and Elliot Page was overblown and that personally, I don’t mind race or gender swaps in movies. I defend giving Elliot Page a role in this movie. But Matt Damon has a certain personality and does not disappear into a role. He is not Daniel Day Lewis. I will see Matt Damon as Matt Damon in this movie. Just like I saw Matt Damon as Matt Damon in The Duel. I like him in modern movies. I don’t like him in historic period dramas or epics.


61 posted on 07/16/2026 8:19:31 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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