ok instead of posting about other ppls posting. here's an opinion i have about the odyssey (2026). i do think there's a certain sensibility to it that won't allow odysseus to truly be a complex character. that it wants to tell us that odysseus is flawed but isnt actually so interested in showcasing his flaws beyond the surface. and this does relate to how he didn't come across as quite as deceitful or arrogant as his character in homer's epic (as i understand it) is. and this is unfortunate but i find it interesting that the same can be said of nolan's oppenheimer; oppenheimer and odysseus are both tortured with guilt over something that the narrative never fully allowed them to have a choice over. which makes them more sympathetic at the expense of making them less interesting. and in both cases, too, the victims of the atrocities designed by the heroes aren't given any interiority. in oppenheimer, it was a very notable choice to not have a single japanese person onscreen. in a story like the odyssey, i do think the story would've benefitted from showing any of the iliad's trojan characters' perspectives on anything. also i <3 cassandra. ultimately in both of these cases it's a choice between focusing on the hero's internal processing of the events vs taking the time (in an already very long movie) to show the wider impact. i think i would've found the latter more compelling
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