I didn’t like this as much as Oppenheimer. But it is really good. The scale of everything is insane. There’s so many moments where I have no idea how those things were shot. An interesting angle...
I didn’t like this as much as Oppenheimer. But it is really good. The scale of everything is insane. There’s so many moments where I have no idea how those things were shot.
An interesting angle this took is how kind of artsy and introspective everything feels. Where there’s an indie sensibility to large scale filmmaking.
This is the closest we’re gonna get to someone materializing what you see in your mind as you read The Odyssey. It is basically that story come to life without any big twist of, it’s The Odyssey but actually it’s high school kids going on a road trip, or whatever.
I think somewhere around the two hour mark I thought to myself, "I'm definitely going to watch the director's commentary." That's not something I ever really do, let alone think in the middle of a...
The scale of everything is insane. There’s so many moments where I have no idea how those things were shot.
I think somewhere around the two hour mark I thought to myself, "I'm definitely going to watch the director's commentary." That's not something I ever really do, let alone think in the middle of a movie.
I rewatched a bunch of Nolan movies to get myself excited for it, and while I don't think it cracks my top-3, it's definitely one of the best movie theater experiences I've ever had. Just the sound that the cyclops made was worth the cost of admission. I just love when a director hits that sweet spot between a thoughtful film and a big, fun popcorn blockbuster.
Also, having his other movies fresh on my mind, there were a few similarities that immediately stood out. One minor example was a shot of the side of the ship going over a wave, which was almost identical to a similar moment on the water planet in Interstellar. Another was Anne Hathaway's delivery of 'we're the sea people' which, again, was so similar to how she reacted to the revelation that there was no plan A in Interstellar. Then there's all the storytelling parallels, like Leo waking up on the beach in Inception, unsure of what's going on and trying to find his way back, the homecoming theme throughout Interstellar, or Oppenheimer wrestling with the devastating thing he did to end a war. I'm sure there's plenty of others for smarter people to point out.
I didn’t like this as much as Oppenheimer. But it is really good. The scale of everything is insane. There’s so many moments where I have no idea how those things were shot.
An interesting angle this took is how kind of artsy and introspective everything feels. Where there’s an indie sensibility to large scale filmmaking.
This is the closest we’re gonna get to someone materializing what you see in your mind as you read The Odyssey. It is basically that story come to life without any big twist of, it’s The Odyssey but actually it’s high school kids going on a road trip, or whatever.
I think somewhere around the two hour mark I thought to myself, "I'm definitely going to watch the director's commentary." That's not something I ever really do, let alone think in the middle of a movie.
I rewatched a bunch of Nolan movies to get myself excited for it, and while I don't think it cracks my top-3, it's definitely one of the best movie theater experiences I've ever had. Just the sound that the cyclops made was worth the cost of admission. I just love when a director hits that sweet spot between a thoughtful film and a big, fun popcorn blockbuster.
Also, having his other movies fresh on my mind, there were a few similarities that immediately stood out. One minor example was a shot of the side of the ship going over a wave, which was almost identical to a similar moment on the water planet in Interstellar. Another was Anne Hathaway's delivery of 'we're the sea people' which, again, was so similar to how she reacted to the revelation that there was no plan A in Interstellar. Then there's all the storytelling parallels, like Leo waking up on the beach in Inception, unsure of what's going on and trying to find his way back, the homecoming theme throughout Interstellar, or Oppenheimer wrestling with the devastating thing he did to end a war. I'm sure there's plenty of others for smarter people to point out.