My opposition has been from the moment I began to learn about how they cast the movie, and the things that come out of the mouse of the actors that were cast indicated to me that the casting was done to optimize the chances of an Oscar nomination for one, and for two, the characters discussions of their interpretations of their roles indicated that they viewed it widely as a woke interpretation. On both counts, I was repulsed by both the pandering and the woke comments.
This asinine pandering comment further validates my impressions I reached without even seeing the movie. I am sure Matt Damon meant that as an off-the-cuff comment, but those who suspect this movie had the cast of a modern feminist interpretation of Homer's work probably smelled the stench of that comment as proof quite readily.
It was a great disappointment to me to reach this conclusion, as I have wanted to see a interpretation of the Odyssey on large screen for years as it is one of my favorite books…I have read it and listened to it somewhere between five and 10 times.
I have always hoped against who that someone would make a version of it that was worthy of watching, because CGI could really do it justice if done correctly. I never could stomach the old version that looked like the monsters were portrayed using claymation. Of course, I understand Christopher Nolan is famously against CGI to a degree, but had to use it in some ways for obvious purposes.
“… indicated to me that the casting was done to optimize the chances of an Oscar nomination for one, and for two, the characters discussions of their interpretations of their roles indicated that they viewed it widely as a woke interpretation…”
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Yep… VALID reasons to not support this movie.
Tiny pellets of rodent poop?