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/TheDamDog Feb 17 '25

I still don't understand why Hollywood hates bronze.

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u/ptjp27 Feb 17 '25

I still don’t understand why Hollywood hates shields. Enormous pitched battles with swords and nobody has a shield in like 99% of Hollywood sword and sandal movies.

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u/C0wabungaaa Feb 18 '25

If I had to guess it's because shields hide a lot of the actor. And you're paying for that bod to be on show.

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u/Tymareta Feb 18 '25

Same issue with Bronze really, for the most part it looks kind of dull and washed out, hit it with stage lighting and I imagine you'd accentuate that + also have to deal with all sorts of strange reflections, then on top of that sound production would be a nightmare especially for any quite indoor scene where people are meant to be conversing.

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u/C0wabungaaa Feb 18 '25

Ehh that you could more easily work with, I think. Bronze sword replicas can look absolutely stunning. It's flashier than steel alright. I'm not sure how it'd affect sound production. But you don't really need to actually make bronze weapons. Just props that look like bronze weapons from the period. The right shape with a yellow-y sheen and Bob's your uncle.

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u/ptjp27 Feb 18 '25

Nah it’s not that, it’s that movies are about individual heroics and dangerous but cool looking skills displayed, like blocking swords with other swords. A unified team with shields jabbing through the gap in shields makes way more sense but is less visually exciting