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On the one hand, this is going to make the right people very angry
On the other hand, fuck Christopher Nolan
It could be very cool if it was done by someone competent, but when it's done by Nolan it just reeks of
Yeah, Ryan Coogler could do an amazing version of The Odyssey
coen brothers could do it, as evidenced by O Brother Where Art Thou they are masterful in modern re-interpretation of classics, as well as music. You need a certain level of tongue-in-cheek to pull it off, and a certain level of sincerity to keep it grounded. Nolan has neither, he has cold and 'smart' and nerdy vibes. Which works for Batman (nerd) or movies about obsessive magicians (nerds) better than historical epics or music (cool shit).
I love O Brother Where Art Thou and I think it's a great rework, but it's firmly tongue all the way through cheek partly due to the fact that the Coen's had never actually read The Odyssey and decided to write the script based on what they'd garnered through cultural osmosis mostly.
It has sincerity in its tone, it takes the pain and dilemmas of its characters seriously. It's not a total farce.
I absolutely agree. It's chock full of pathos as well as being wonderfully silly. I think it's really interesting to remake a story - which is often considered a sort of blueprint for almost all storytelling since - that you haven't actually read but instinctively know lots of bits of thanks to it's influence.
The odyssey is a very silly story. It feels very pulpy when compared to the aeneid or the illiad. The tone should match that.
nolan def ain't it for silly
Oh yea I'm 100% aware. The best odyssey adaptation remains the campy-ass 90s miniseries.
Exactly. If this was made by a competent director with a single bone of artistic merit in their body, it would kinda work. But because it's Nolan, I expect Zack Snyder's watchmen 'hallelujah while our actors fuck and brutalize people" levels of music insert