The Odyssey

[whelk]

Worth going to see. Musk slagging it off was a positive. Might even go and see it again despite there being no blacks in mythology.  

[hypochondriac]

28 minutes ago, whelk said:

Worth going to see. Musk slagging it off was a positive. Might even go and see it again despite there being no blacks in mythology.  

Was it actually good? Not sure I can be bothered to sit in the cinema for three hours.

[whelk]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

Was it actually good? Not sure I can be bothered to sit in the cinema for three hours.

Very good and time flies. At risk of sounding pretentious Nolan can pace a film. I loved it. My daughters who both know their Homer and Greek mythology generally don’t want to see it - sure they will come round. 

[whelk]

And cinema so comfy and air conditioned these days. I remember the ABC with fuck all leg room and everyone smoking

[Holmes_and_Watson]

13 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Was it actually good? Not sure I can be bothered to sit in the cinema for three hours.

It was good. I go to be entertained, rather than nit picking. It was as close to Homer as you could reasonably expect. Modern takes on some of it are well grounded in the original (again as much as you could expect), and acting and sequencing excellent.

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

It was good. I go to be entertained, rather than nit picking. It was as close to Homer as you could reasonably expect. Modern takes on some of it are well grounded in the original (again as much as you could expect), and acting and sequencing excellent.

Cheers. I was worried about it being largely taken from a feminist retelling of the original which I assumed would be quite jarring along with some of the weird casting choices like Ellen page et al. Sounds like it's worth a go though.