God that movie was boring, and no not because it had black people.
It felt like they wanted to tell a primarily ‘drama’ type movie; I would say I don’t like that there was so much focus on Telemachus and the suitors, but they cast famous actors, no way were they going to just have them appear in short segments; also Odysseus’ segments wasn’t as fantastical as I would’ve liked so I didn’t feel like I was being kept away from anything interesting. And again, it felt like they wanted to tell a primarily drama type movie; Odysseus felt like a broken man most of the time, and yes, by the end of the movie they reveal why he was so broken the whole time but it doesn’t make having to watch him be like this the entire run a fun journey. Was Christopher Nolan depressed or something and wanted to make a movie to reflect that mood?
Was there ANY good parts to the movie? Few and far between, but my favorite scene was Circe practicing her magic on Odysseus’ men, absolutely fantastic job on the practical effects (cause that’s the other thing; apparently Nolan had a strict ‘no CGI’ rule on effects like this); the Cyclops, while his segment was unimpressive, had a scream that was genuinely monstrous. The acting was amazing but of course it was; they cast accomplished actors who knew how to act.
Ironically though I think casting such famous actors was a mistake; basically you’re looking at this movie and thinking ‘Hey, spider-man! Hey, Edward! Hey, Punisher! Hey, familiar guy who acts in lots of side roles (the blind farmer)!’
Also the locations were dreadfully dull to look at; most of the lands they go to are just forest sections, beaches or deserts. Places were always important to me a in a movie (also games), and I need good, fun environments to really make a movie memorable and exciting, and to make it stand out.
I will say though that perhaps the movie just wasn’t for me, as tons of people enjoyed it and even by the end of the movie people were literally clapping; when Odysseus strings his bow and shoots his arrow, the guy next to me even instinctively just began clapping in excitement. I’m a horror movie fan who also likes heavy fantasy; I’m fine with sword and sandal fantasy, but where the fantasy is more pronounced, like in the older Odyssey movie. This movie just really wasn’t for me, but clearly everyone else in the cinema had a blast.
I can’t take the mfs who say taking inspiration from historical armor would have been boring compared to this tired costume design. Total War Troy did a great job taking inspiration from examples like the Dendra Panoply or ancient cloth armor and stylizing it a bit for that fantastic element. There’s a lot of variety in its heroes like Agamemnon, Odysseus, Achilles, Menelaus - there’s color, interesting shapes in the armor and clothing.
If you’re gonna tell me it’s a mythic story and it doesn’t have to be accurate, then why not make it both historically inspired and larger than life? And not this desaturated shit
Honestly those armors you’re showing look really cool;
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the purpose behind the black armor though was that in the scene where they take Troy, they’re dressed in black and attack on a moonless night so they don’t get seen; given it’s a movie though, they weren’t obligated to actually do all black armor
I would’ve much preferred the armors you’ve shown, but I’m guessing this is probably the director feeling the same way the guys who made the first x-men movie felt, that black was the safest ‘cool’ color (no seriously, the first x-men movie, everyone was dressed in black; it looked ridiculous).
The leather one looks dumb, but I like that Ulises has the ivory helmet, otherwise he doesn’t look manly. Somehow the helmet seems off. But other than that I agree. I also want to point out that dune atradies solders should also have that asthenic, so this movie, and the dune movie both made the exact same mistake of not having Minoan inspired panoply.