Autor: MedaBeda ++++
Datum: 17. 07. 2026 16:54:34
I went into this film with no pre-formed opinion. I didn't want to jump on the hate bandwagon before seeing it. Nolan has never made a truly bad movie ever. I've been entertained by almost everything he's made. So I went in open-minded.
Let me get the controversial stuff out of the way. The casting, modern English, modern accents, and historical inaccuracies didn't take me out of it one bit. I was completely fine with all of that.
My problem with this movie is it simply didn't have that "wow" factor.
Dinosaurs hit the big screen in 1993. There was nothing mind blowing about the cyclops or giants.
Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon offer more immersive and visually breathtaking visuals from the fantasy genre. The Northman had a far superior siege sequence than the siege of Troy, not to mention photography. On that note...
I was completely unimpressed by the photography. Worst of Nolan’s career. What’s the point of shooting large format if all you’re gonna do is shoot tight, shallow, crammed, darkly lit, claustrophobic, shoulder-mount camera shake shots?
The score was forgettable. So were the set pieces generally. And my god, the sound effects were bad. Every time I heard a sword stabbing or slitting someone, it just took me out. Pretty sure they just pulled sound effects from movies 20 years old. For a $250m movie, record some fresh fucking sound effects.
John Leguizamo and Samantha Morton gave the best performances in the movie.
There were some sequences I found quite engaging. I don't want to spoil it, but my favorite scene was mainly anchored by Elliot Page and had a truly absorbing atmosphere and tone to it.
The best element of the movie was the relationship between Damon and Himesh Patel. That should have been the primary focus of the story in my opinion.
I’m drawing a line in the sand right now. I have little further interest in movies shot in IMAX. I like large format, but I want a wide screen image. Would rather more movies just get shot in Alexa LF. I don't particularly love this movie, but Roma is a better example of what large format photography should look like.
You can’t have agile, high energy action sequences on IMAX like Die Hard 3 - taxi raging through Central Park. Everything has to be really stiff. If you give audiences The Odyssey's ocean sequences and have them watch back to back with Master and Commander's ocean sequences, I’d love to know what they think is more visually immersive and gripping. I'm willing to bet it's the latter.
3/5.
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