u/Blarghith

Definitely Nolan’s weakest film so far.

There are basically no stakes or tension since there’s a ton of “yellow shirts” crammed in there that you cannot give a single SHIT about them. I know Odysseus I supposed to live, but >!COME ON MAN, he’s so covered in plot armor, barely anything scratches him.!< Anne Hathaway’s acting is so terrible, she either whispers or tries to scream in a whisper. However, not everything is Anne Hathaway…unfortunately. The sound design, as a whole, is terrible.

There is a ridiculous amount of shouting and yelling lines. I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard a movie like it before. There’s also a scene that >!culminates into this incredibly irritating, ear piercing shriek that lasts a while.!< You’ll know the scene if you watch it, or have watched it.

If you do go, bring ear plugs. Thank me later.

Further, the attention to detail is surprisingly lacking. I’m not talking about the “period design” or whatever, I’m talking that there are at least two shots out of focus. TWO. That is so shockingly unprofessional for a movie, firstly, but it gets worse when you consider the fact that, being made for IMAX, this is especially obvious. It’s clearly unintentional, as the camera seems to be focused on the ground around the actor, etc.

The acting is extremely wooden at times, other times, very cheesy and sometimes, both! There’s a lot of dimension sucked out of all the characters because of how fast the movie moves, without much time to breathe. This, especially, becomes hilariously ridiculous towards the end, >!during the final fight sequence. The weapons being dropped down to enemies are never seen being picked up or even remotely gotten near to by the enemies. They’re suddenly fighting with them.!<

All characters speaking in random accents with no consistency, is…truly a choice. Same with using plain, modern English, ruins a ton of immersion. This also goes hand in hand with how random the casting choices seem.

Tom Holland really wasn’t doing it for me in his role. Really, all I could think of the whole way through was “The Odyssey Far From Home”.

The Odyssey really seems to define the saying “style over substance”.