Fantasy Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

[Arachnerd]

I'll just agree to disagree then, at least until we obtain more info.

 

[Boom]

Prepare to be disappointed when Christopher Nolan makes a Christopher Nolan movie.

Yeah, he has a blank check - to go hard on all the things he's known for and good at. He's gonna try one or two new things, I'm sure. Will one of those things be CGI giants or sea monsters? Eehhhh ... I doubt it; that's all.

I mean, it'd be an odd choice to adapt a fantasy myth and strip all of the fantasy elements from it. Plenty of other stories to pick from that are already devoid of those elements.

I'll offer a counterpoint and predict that you'll be pleasantly surprised here.

 

[NotToday]

I mean, it'd be an odd choice to adapt a fantasy myth and strip all of the fantasy elements from it.

It happens all the time, though. Even from just the examples in this same thread. And I don't think Nolan will take out all the fantasy elements. I just don't think the six-headed sea monster is making the final cut.

I'll offer a counterpoint and predict that you'll be pleasantly surprised here.

I hope so!

 

[Boom]

If he takes Scylla away from me I'll have words for him.

 

[SupermansPal]

I mean, it'd be an odd choice to adapt a fantasy myth and strip all of the fantasy elements from it

Sadly, Troy (2004) sends its regards.

The decision to remove the gods when their bickering is like half of the appeal of the Iliad is still dumbfounding to me.

 

[Boom]

Sadly, Troy (2004) sends its regards.

The decision to remove the gods when their bickering is like half of the appeal of the Iliad is still dumbfounding to me.

And that should be the valuable lesson learned from Troy, given how apathetic audiences were towards it.

 

[Sithborg]

I'm still laughing at this.

This is why our country deserves what's coming to it, but I digress.

I had some lessons on Greek mythology, but I don't really remember covering the Odyssey. My big intro was the mini series.

 

[Drizzle]

Sadly, Troy (2004) sends its regards.

The decision to remove the gods when their bickering is like half of the appeal of the Iliad is still dumbfounding to me.

I don't think there's actually been a screen adaptation of The Iliad that includes the gods. I can understand why since it makes the story even longer and the meat of it is the actual Trojan War but I think in order to properly adapt it, it would have to either be a series or at least two films.

Category:Films based on the Iliad - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[SupermansPal]

I don't think there's actually been a screen adaptation of The Iliad that includes the gods. I can understand why since it makes the story even longer and the meat of it is the actual Trojan War but I think in order to properly adapt it, it would have to either be a series or at least two films.

Category:Films based on the Iliad - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

All I know is that I need to see Athena throwing a rock at Ares and then punching Aphrodite's boobs in IMAX in my lifetime.

 

[Sawyer]

 

[Snow Queen]

 

[Black Narcissus]

Maybe not at fault, but how hard did he fight for Pearce? Or did he fight at all?

Bald Nolanites going to act like he didn’t have a blank check when it came to castings now. If Nolan wanted Pearce in a movie, it would’ve happened. Having said that, he is out of WB so no real issues now, right.

Nolan got big shoes to fill in this genre.

 

[Lily Adler]

Sadly, Troy (2004) sends its regards.

The decision to remove the gods when their bickering is like half of the appeal of the Iliad is still dumbfounding to me.

If I don't get some Achilles/Patroclus sex scene, this movie is dead to me.

 

[Black Narcissus]

So Nolan is going realistic type of approach? If so, It might be like that one movie ‘’Percy Jackson’’ minus, real world type monsters and magic etc. lol

Or take a page out of the Coen Bros from ‘O Brother, Where art thou?’’

 

[Boom]

I like to think he'll lean into the fantasy stuff. You'd have to really gut the story to take those elements out, and you're taking away a lot of the wonder.

 

[Lily Adler]

They could always call him Ulysses.

 

[NotToday]

So Nolan is going realistic type of approach?

Obviously, we don't know yet; but that's his usual approach, even in his films with fantasy/sci-fi themes. I don't see that changing much now; even with a 'blank check'.

Or take a page out of the Coen Bros from ‘O Brother, Where art thou?’’

I can see Nolan doing something similar, but in his own style.

 

[:eek:]

Details On Nolan's "Odyssey" IMAX Cameras - Dark Horizons

When it comes to Christopher Nolan’s films, their sound mix has been one of the most discussed topics of his work – reaching an apex with “Tenet” where inaudible dialogue became one of the film’s most discussed criticisms. Nolan himself revealed the cause last year to Insider – the filmmaker...

www.darkhorizons.com

 

[Art Vandelay]

Obviously, we don't know yet; but that's his usual approach, even in his films with fantasy/sci-fi themes. I don't see that changing much now; even with a 'blank check'.

This is why I have a hard time imagining such a movie directed by him. I haven't seen Oppenheimer, but Tenet was such a mess that I've lost a lot of faith in him as a director.

 

[Boom]

This is why I have a hard time imagining such a movie directed by him. I haven't seen Oppenheimer, but Tenet was such a mess that I've lost a lot of faith in him as a director.

Bruh.

 

[Sawyer]

I don’t know that I’d call Tenet a mess, but it was damn near inscrutable…

 

[NotToday]

This is why I have a hard time imagining such a movie directed by him. I haven't seen Oppenheimer, but Tenet was such a mess that I've lost a lot of faith in him as a director.

I mean, it'll be the Odyssey, but it'll be Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

Or he's doing another experiment in non-linear storytelling.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I would call Tenet a mess, but Nolan is still an amazing director regardless if Tenet was a massive misfire. Oppenheimer was great

 

[BatLobster]

My hope is… if Oppenheimer was him challenging himself with the subject matter and making a 3 hour movie of people of talking in rooms, this will be him challenging himself visually with the fantasy elements and making that fit into his style.

Based this quote a while back from Emma alone, it doesn’t sound like something she’d say if the intent was to just strip it bare.

While teasing about the director’s next venture, Thomas told the publication, “I would say it’s very exciting. This is the moment where the possibilities are sort of limitless, we haven’t started thinking practicalities, or anything.”

 

[Kane52630]

Göransson’s Odyssey score vs Zimmer’s Dune Messiah score at the Oscars: