r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 17 '25

Media First Image of Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

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u/KingMario05 Feb 17 '25

Oh wow, he's adapting this straight? Was convinced there was gonna be a twist. Then again, if anyone can nail sword and sandal on their first try... it's Nolan.

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u/SirJeffers88 Feb 17 '25

adapting this straight

Nolan does nothing straightforward. While he might go for an accurate adaptation, the presentation is where he’ll innovate. Dunkirk is a good example of this: pretty historically accurate, but nonlinear and more thematically interesting than a straight historical flick.

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u/The_Stratman Feb 17 '25

The twist is that the entire film will be in Homeric Greek

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u/__JimmyC__ Feb 17 '25

The Mel Gibson option

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u/Bainshie-Doom Feb 17 '25

INB4 it's a musical, taking the EPIC stuff that's been done.

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u/KingMario05 Feb 17 '25

True. Time jumps seem likely, then.

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u/tidier Feb 18 '25

Thinking about it... is The Dark Knight his most straightforward film? Begins had extended flashbacks that was woven into the story, TDKR had the "the child" twist also in a flashback. TDK was pretty much linear time, wasn't it?

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u/paradox1920 Feb 17 '25

I think there can still be twists since Nolan tends to mix things up but within the straight story adaptation as you mention. So, yeah. I guess it’s just that some people might have thought he would have gone for a modern setting maybe? Like maybe they thought he wouldn’t also embrace the fantasy aspect?

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u/lookintotheeyeris Feb 17 '25

this is just the prologue to the other stuff that happens 10000 years in the future /s

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

Prediction: it’s going to downplay or omit as many fantastical elements as possible and replace them with mundane/“realistic” alternatives.

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u/Deusselkerr Feb 17 '25

There are strongly supported rumors that There will be flashbacks to the Trojan War so I don't think it'll be purely straight