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idk if I should watch s3 of the bear

#does claire disappear #and do sydcarmy happen #those two answers will determine if I ever finish it or not #m #the bear

clementine-kesh

*producer about to make one of the worst seasons of television ever put to screen* surely writing purely in reaction to what the fans are saying on twitter will work out great for us this time

kosmogrl

why is doing ur ig holiday post so stressful

#i’ve put it off for a month can’t bring myself to edit them all #m

I genuinely really enjoyed the movie it’s shot brilliantly, the visuals (even if I wish the armour was different) and the music especially. But this is not Odysseus. This is Oppenheimer in the Odyssey.

I am also not making an argument that is has to be a 1 for 1 adaptation. I don’t think any adaptation should be an exact copy and it would be a disservice to the Odyssey as an oral story that is meant to be changed and improvised with each retelling. I think some decisions have to be made bc a 1:1 adaptation would be gruelling to watch. But there are some care facets of Odysseus character that have been changed and that’s where I feel it falls short

#the odyssey #he’s like sanjay leela bhansali #he as in Christopher Nolan #visuals and soundtrack and attention to detail are always amazing and a feast for the eyes but the dialogue is always lacking #I would say Cooper in Interstellar is more Odysseus than Matt Damon as Odysseus #bc you see the streak of pride in Cooper he doesn’t need to go but he still does #where is Odysseus hubris ? where is his wit and clever tongue? you take that away an that’s the core of his character

the dialogue also could have been amended in some places. you get really sucked into the movie then there’s such a jarring piece of dialogue in such a strong american accent that it rips you out of the immersion. it is so on the nose which is such poor storytelling

#the odyssey #like an audio version of an ice bath #“’we’re Greeks from Ithaca’#‘our age of bronze is collapsing’#‘Zeus law’ like give me a break babes #m

my issue with the Odyssey is making out that Odysseus is honourable when he’s not

#he’s a bald faced liar and he’s great at it that’s his strength #his wit!!#I just don’t feel like u see that he’s conniving and sly #where’s odysseus pretending to be mad so he doesn’t have to go to Troy! instead he’s just stoic and a ‘veteran of Troy’#it’s these americanisms that bring the movie down for me #the odyssey #m

reallyreallyreallytrying

nip over to troy, bit of rough and tumble, big horse, bish bash bosh, back home to ithaca. simple as

#the odyssey

youthincare

people should be allowed to have low ambition, and also be able to feed a family on the salary of a cashier at a convenience store.

jeyneofpoole

nolan’s odyssey is such a textbook study on the idiocy and dangers of presentism. yes of course penelope is a modern day feminist who wants to rule ithaca by herself. they make telemachus say that GREECE IS THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION IN THE WORLD as if the entire point of the massing of achaeans at troy for one unified cause isn’t spectacular precisely because THERE IS NO CONCEPT OF A UNIFIED GREECE NATIONS DO NOT EXISTTTTTT YETTTTT. literally 101 on historical writing is making sure that you’re avoiding strict periodization because the people living in a “period” will not identify themselves that way. ever. five million cheeky nods to “the sea peoples” but we’re being cute and coy and calling them “the people from the sea.” the obsession with xenia but refusal to call it xenia yes let’s say “zeus’s law” a hundred times and reduce it to the literal expectation that any stranger could be a god in disguise. how was penelope just hanging out in the main hall of the palace with her husband’s dinner guests while they were playing with weapons with her HAIR COMPLETELY DOWN no veil no nothing just chilling casually. comical. stoppppp making movies that engage in historical viewpoints if you’re going to slather a modernized coat of paint over the top. “the past is a foreign country, they do things differently there.” or fucking whatever.

#the odyssey