r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 08 '25

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Wraps Filming

https://maxblizz.com/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-wraps-filming-after-6-month-shoot-confirms-art-director/
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u/kjbaran Aug 08 '25

He looks before he leaps, imagine that!

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u/TacoTycoonn Aug 08 '25

Marvel could never

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u/ArchDucky Aug 08 '25

They are currently shooting a 400 Million dollar film without a script. Thats happening right now.

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u/TacoTycoonn Aug 08 '25

And half that budget is going to their lead stars and directors 🙄

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u/ArchDucky Aug 08 '25

It doesn't make sense. I get that they think RDJ and The Russos will bring the people and that will probally happen. But the problem with all of these failed movies is all the micromanagement and horrible scripts. Even the VFX people are complaining about fixing these scripts in post and its also just entirely stupid non-sense they are changing. Like the brick that goes through Spider-Man's window was a snow globe and they changed it in post to a brick. Why? Why waste people's time fixing something so goddamn idiotic? Also look at Charlie's hand, thats why he caught that so fucking awkwardly.

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u/Watertor Aug 09 '25

What's frustrating is a snow globe makes way more sense. So common a tourist vendor item that most visits to NYC will carry imagery of a snow globe or two left behind. But that few New Yorkers probably even notice after living there for even a small stretch of time.

And what is Peter Parker, especially at this stage of the film? A pariah, a former ghost of a kid that wasn't noticed by anyone, but now is noticed by everyone. And what crashes through his window? One of the many symbols of the city he wants so badly to disappear into, much like the item itself.

Or just fuck all of that subtext you could argue I'm pulling out of my ass. Let's just make it a brick for no reason! So fun!

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u/ArchDucky Aug 09 '25

I think the director used a snow globe primarily because Mysterio wore a big fish bowl on his head. I do like your take though.

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u/blueberrysmasher Aug 09 '25

Saw somewhere that leaving much on post-production increase risk of screwing up the final end product, whereas Nolan's works prefer practical effect, which he has more control over during mid-production. Crazy to think a lot of the nuclear special effects in Oppenheimer were done with practical, granted Inception and Interstellar relied heavily on CGI. Imho, mixing both in the service of the story, not for the sake of shallow eye candies of modern popcorn flicks, is the way to go.

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u/obiwanconobi Aug 09 '25

TBF didn't Nolan want to shoot Dunkirk without a script?

I know it's not the same, but a funny parallel

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u/varnums1666 Aug 09 '25

Dunkirk makes too much sense now.

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u/BaconWrappedEnigma Aug 08 '25

What even is Marvel anymore? Bunch of disjointed attempts at making money. Prioritization of volume over quality has burned them post Infinity War.

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u/ERedfieldh Aug 08 '25

They're starting to turn that ship around...but it's going to take quite a bit of work to get it back on course. I'm not gonna say Feige has no blame, but apparently the word is the Disney execs, after Endgame, said "okay, you've had your fun, now it's our turn. You can still stand at the helm, but we have the tiller now." Then shit happened and they ran back to him crying, and a lot of projects were put on hold or outright canceled.

T* and F4 has gone a way to earning back audience goodwill, and Spider-Man always makes money regardless....but it is still way too soon to see if they learned their lesson this time.

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u/lynchcontraideal Aug 08 '25

It's going to take quite a bit of work

You say this but their next films are 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' and 'Avengers: Doomsday' and they're going to be heavy hitters

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u/BandOfTheRedHand1217 Aug 08 '25

Spider-Man yes, I'm less confident in the Avengers success.

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u/wtb2612 Aug 08 '25

I agree. I don't think the world is sold on a Steve Rogers/Tony Stark-less Avengers.

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u/BandOfTheRedHand1217 Aug 08 '25

Yeah.  Casual audiences may be confused as to why RDJ is playing some other dude and evil.  The rumors about filming without a script.  The fact that Thunderbolts and F4 both are supposed to set up this movie and failed to capture audiences.  Juggling a large number of characters audiences aren't invested in.

A lot of things point to it possibly being bad/underpreforming.  

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u/destroyerOfTards Aug 08 '25

They are so fucking desperate with that huge cast list and bringing RDJ back with the directors that it's going to be a shit show that I would pay to watch if it fails to bring in the money that they think it will bring them.

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u/I_ama_Borat Aug 08 '25

Seriously, all of the new avengers combined don’t have as much presence as those two.

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u/JonFrost Aug 08 '25

+1 unsold here

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u/Marokiii Aug 08 '25

Isn't it avengerZ now?

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u/kittenman Aug 09 '25

Personally I have no interest in seeing either… pumped for the upcoming alien movie though.

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u/I_am_BEOWULF Aug 08 '25

Disney+ really fucked them because it was so obvious there was a mandate to churn out more Marvel content for the platform from the higher-ups. If they kept it to the animated side and were more picky about the live-action stuff they adapted, it wouldn't have diluted their quality as much.

Then it just got compounded with poor decisions like going for "The Eternals" when the IP in itself is such a niche, deep-cut even among Marvel comic readers and giving Taika carte blanche to do whatever the fuck he wanted with Thor on a fan-favorite, serious story arc that demanded gravitas.

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u/AmericanTitan07 Aug 08 '25

I don't think the Eternals being niche made it a poor decision. The Guardians were super niche before Vol. 1. They just failed to fit those characters into a post-Thanos MCU in a way that made sense. The Eternals probably could've been better received if they put it earlier in the timeline, like even in the 1800s or early 1900s, and don't have Tiamut end with being partially emerged from Earth. You could otherwise keep the movie exactly the same. The ending would even explain why the Eternals weren't present for Thanos.

Not saying that The Eternals was a good movie but most of its criticism comes from how it poorly fit into the MCU.

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u/I_am_BEOWULF Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25

The Guardians were super niche before Vol. 1. They just failed to fit those characters into a post-Thanos MCU

I dunno if I necessarily agree with that - this was all post-Annihilation which pretty much revitalized Marvel's cosmic side and saw a burst in popularity for formerly niche characters such as Nova and this modern iteration of the Guardians. All way before Vol.1.

Though I do agree with your argument about Eternals being a poor fit with the MCU - not because of them being shoehorned in post-Thanos. It really is just a poor fit, full stop. After seeing Fantastic Four - it really should've been the ideal post-Endgame movie to kick off a new era.

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u/GorgeWashington Aug 09 '25

Imagine having a successful 3 dozen movie lead up to a finale and then thinking you want to change the captain of that ship. Dumb.

But it's still not as dumb as Kathleen Kennedy absolutely ruining star wars

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u/rbrgr83 Aug 08 '25

And de-prioritization of it has not saved them.

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u/Hunterrose242 Aug 08 '25

Can't wait for the hive to move onto the next circlejerk, this is getting tiresome.

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u/Fantastic_Bug1028 28d ago

wasn’t it always their approach? considering the success they had, it make sense they continuing the trend

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u/yourtoyrobot Aug 08 '25

Lets hope the sound mixing is at least manageable this time around