u/MaleficentCreme5697

I went into this expecting to love it. Nolan is one of my favorite directors. Interstellar, The Prestige, Dunkirk, Oppenheimer… I’m a huge fan.
But The Odyssey honestly felt like it was directed by an amateur who had access to a magical “Nolan” slider and cranked it to 100.
The whole movie felt like a **three-hour trailer**.

Every scene was trying to be monumental. Every cut felt urgent. The score never seemed to breathe. It was just constant drums and rising tension with almost no memorable musical identity. It felt like the movie was permanently building toward something that never actually arrived.

My biggest issue, though, was the storytelling.
It felt like Nolan abandoned the basics because he was trying so hard to be clever.
Characters weren’t introduced. They just… appeared. Compare Achilles’ introduction in *Troy*. Before he even speaks, you understand exactly who he is, why people fear him, and why you should care. Every detail is deliberate.
In The Odyssey, I rarely felt like I understood who anyone was beyond whatever exposition they had just delivered.

Even the dialogue felt strangely artificial. Characters constantly explained themes and mythology so directly that it almost felt like they were saying, “Pay attention, this is foreshadowing.”

The Cyclops sequence should have been one of the highlights. Visually, it was fantastic. The creature was genuinely disturbing.

But then the tension evaporates because the characters behave in ways that don’t match the situation. They’re standing around casually talking next to a sleeping Cyclops as if he’s just some large guy taking a nap. The danger disappears the moment it should peak.

The frustrating part is that I don’t think Nolan misunderstood Homer’s story.

I think he simply chose experimentation over clear storytelling.
If the story was too large for one movie…

**Then make two movies.**

You only get one real chance to adapt something as iconic as *The Odyssey* at this scale. I would’ve much rather had two great films than one three-hour experiment that constantly felt more interested in style than in making me care about the people on screen.

Am I completely alone here, or did anyone else walk away feeling surprisingly… empty? I honestly want to hear what people who loved it saw that I didn’t.

Me and my friends have played everyday since launch. Strike point only. We love this game and now they have ruined Strike Point…

We have been waiting for ranked to get to strike point, but no. Instead the ONLY thing we loved was taken away completely.

Is this anyone else’s experience too?