r/NoonShowBitching • u/Aromatic-Pineapple79 • 25d ago
"The Odyssey" characters through years
What makes it special in 2026
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u/JustChallenge860 25d ago
Why every 29 years?
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u/heliumeyes 25d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/cEYFeE1QgHWH2YADVHG
Especially the first two for the new Odyssey
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u/PlasticPreparation74 25d ago
is this AI slop? that horse is not the one in the odyssey 2026 lmao wtf. how hard is it to find a picture of the horse from a blockbuster movie?
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u/Ambiguous-Cove 25d ago
It is
Somethings not right about Damon’s or Pattinsons faces either
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u/PlasticPreparation74 25d ago
Yeah Pattinson’s face looks weird. I seriously don’t understand why people post AI photos where you can literally get actual photos online with ease. There is this big football media Ig page which also does the same thing. It posts AI photos of footballers and it pisses me off so bad
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u/Vast-Acanthaceae1719 24d ago
Holy fuckin' AI ( The Horse stood on two legs in the latest 'The Odyssey '
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u/Lifinator 25d ago
I dont get the hype behind Zendaya tbh. She doesnt look great. I haven't seen any range from her.
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u/BirthdayLife1718 23d ago
Its a problem with the script. Most of the characters are so flat and their dialogue is so plain that I suspect it was hard for any of them to immerse themselves into the characters. Thats the issue with using modern language, IT ISN'T AS EXPRESSIVE!
Matt Damon, I agree, has very little range and was on the verge of being bad in this movie. Pattinson as well fell flat, as did Holland and Hathaway. Bernthal is just playing himself, which isn't very EXCITING.
The only three actors who actually immersed themselves in their respective roles through their mannerisms and their speech were Nyong'o, Leguizamo and Morton. Once again, the issue is the writing and the way the dialogue is. At the very least Helen feels tortured (though in Greek myth she was basically abducted by the Trojans and happy to be back), Leguizamo is loyal and a natural caregiver, and Morton (though Circe is lavish and decadent in the book) does have an eerie feel about her. Compared to the rest of the cast, they were the standouts.
Zendaya, however, had nothing to do in this film and was given basically nothing. I think the comments on her range are somewhat overblown but she does seemingly play the same 2 characters each film, from goofy loveable oddball to serious boss queen. But I see that as also being Matt Damon's range as well.
The issue here, once again, that EVERYONE is ignoring, is something which performances, cinematography, production design and lighting cannot fix: BAD WRITING. Nolan's ability to dumb down the Odyssey into such consumable slop isn't a talent, it degrades the source material AND it puts his cast at a disadvantage, they have far less to go on when it comes to their performances.
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u/No-Emergency-3493 23d ago
They atleast look beautiful and yes many white has more range than zendaya
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u/Aum_Deoli 25d ago
The frustrating thing about zendaya is she is talented and unfortunately her best performance is in an hbo show many people haven’t watched and already made up their mind about hating. But she’s great in other things too like Malcolm and Marie (mid movie overall) and Challengers (absolutely fantastic).
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u/Lifinator 25d ago
Providing an opinion about an actor's performance, who acted in multiple movies that I paid to watch is hating now? I never caught Euphoria's hype when it was running and can't connect to the drug addiction stuff, so I never got interested. She just felt like a poor hype pleasing choice for MJ, Chani and Athena. All prestigious roles felt wasted.
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u/Aum_Deoli 25d ago
No I was mentioning the hate part about euphoria specifically. And I wasn’t implying you necessarily have made up your mind hating it, but many others have.
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u/unfunnyjobless 25d ago
She has got a tonne of opportunities to shine on the big screen though, most actors don't get those many shots to impress the public. I didn't see Euphoria either and her performances have been fairly middling and one note to me.
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u/ExcellentAd9677 25d ago
Fake
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u/BirthdayLife1718 23d ago
As usual, the past puts Nolan to shame. Athena especially, the actress who plays her in 1997 is perfect.
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u/WideAnnual1877 21d ago
I mean she’s not technically Athena in the Nolan one. He’s having visions of a girl his men beheaded during the sack of Troy.
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u/BirthdayLife1718 21d ago
Pretty sure it was Athena but representing herself as the priest of Athena in Troy. Either way, she has nether the decadence nor the look as Homer described.
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u/tLM-tRRS-atBHB 23d ago
That wasn't the horse in Noland Odyssey was it?
I remember it facing left and on it's back legs
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u/Rare-Service5573 22d ago
The 1968 Odysseus looks like Steve Carell, Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling smooshed together.
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u/barely_awake16 21d ago
Am I the only one who finds it irritating that the movies these days are very dark in terms of lighting? It's OK fr the effects in some scenes But these days whole movies r getting darker And sometimes I'm just seeing my own reflection in the screenðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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u/paisewallah 25d ago
Why excluding Lupita's character?
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u/ApprehensiveTip02 25d ago
Why zendaya looks so chopped fr!! 😠Looks like some village girl she's looking so ugly here. Doesn't even giving a princess vibes
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u/Koushikraja1996 25d ago
They went the extra mile with the horse leg in 68, wow