The casting of an African as Helen of Troy, whom Homer described as “fair-haired and light-skinned” did it for me.
We are also to believe that a female tranny is a “brave Greek, male Warrior.”
Right.
I will never see this mis-cast abomination.
I shared you opinion about Elliot Page until I actually saw the film. Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is a run-of-the-mill goofy monster/adventure film with a strong cast and nothing to do with Homer or the Bronze Age Greeks, and it really does not deserve all of the attention it is getting. How goofy is it? See my comments above (#5), to which I will add that Agamemnon appears dressed as Batman.
Surprisingly, the casting of Elliot Page as Sinion was inspired. It works very well. In Nolan's adaptation, Sinon is a brave but ineffectual warrior: a womanish young man of childish build and looking smaller in his armor, who was left behind to guard the horse. Odyessus knows that Sinon will be killed by the Trojans, and Sinon himself suspects it as well. Elliot fits that role perfectly.