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Still can't get over agamemnon, especially that back

I am sure nolan never intended it to be this way but benny safdie (agamemnon) very much fits the "female gaze" and its very interesting to see how people react when the female gaze is being portrayed on screen instead of the overly buff Henry cavil male gaze that is constantly being catred to.

rrcenic

little wolf

grecianghost

hell yes 🙂‍↕️

cherryjennnn

What it felt coming back from the odyssey

theroaringhedgefoxblog

Nolan had me lowkey thirsting for Agamemnon and i hate it

theeldritchscribe

Taking a break from my usual content to give you Agamemnon. Or should I say Auramemnon. I fear his character design was just too cool and now i cant stop drawing him

sexy-monster-fucker

he has the most kissable lips I’ve seen in a long time omgggg

sexy-monster-fucker

can everyone PLEASE stop acting like he’s ugly—

smilingformoney

I have so many thoughts about Nolan’s Odyssey

- The body horror of Circe transforming the men into pigs was beautifully disgusting

- I loved how the existence of the gods was never fully confirmed or denied. Were the storms Poseidon’s wrath or just bad weather? Was Athena appearing to Odysseus with the face of the woman he let die or was he hallucinating out of guilt? Magic clearly existed, because we had a cyclops and a witch and shades of the Underworld, but there’s magic and then there’s divinity. Is everything they say about the gods true or are they just an excuse?

- The removal of the Nobody scene was necessary actually. In the poem, Odysseus gives Polyphemus his real name in a moment of hubris and this causes all the problems later on because now Poseidon knows the name of the man that disrespected him. In the film, the problems are caused by the Greeks breaking Xenia by invading Troy. Keeping the Nobody scene would have detracted from the root cause of all the problems.

- I could write an entire essay about how cleverly Nolan uses events from the Odyssey to make a point about today’s society:

The Trojan War was about trade routes and Helen was just an excuse — just as wars today are waged for oil and resources, and governments give excuses to their citizens to make it seem better.

“The people from the sea” are feared as an invasion of bogeymen threatening innocents, but they’re actually just desperate men trying to find safety.

The Greeks pillage an island and ask “why didn’t you just give us what we wanted? We’re the good guys!” while the village burns behind them, not realising that to the villagers, Greeks and Trojans are all the same.

- Whoever let Anne Hathaway freeze her forehead should be fed to Polyphemus

- I hope Tom Holland escapes Marvel soon because he is a damn fine actor