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@annielcrawford I look forward to your thoughts as well!

I'm turning in official #Odyssey reviews soon. But some thoughts: Nolan does for the epic myths what he did for superheroes with Batman. That is, he takes the mythic and strips it down and grounds it just enough to make the mythic more plausible and therefore powerful. When it works, it's glorious. When it doesn't, some of the magic is gone. This is true aesthetically as well as narratively. Scenes with Athena are fantastic and blend the mythic with the personal. But sometimes when we jump from a grounded sword and sandals epic to a random giant Cyclops, the effect doesn't land. He does it with the philosophical themes too. He makes the grand philosophy modern enough that we can understand it. He brings the subtext to text, so to speak. The result sometimes makes the ideas more real. And sometimes it waters it down and trivializes it. His idea that the problem with our world is that we've turned our back on traditions with roots in divine law is deeply resonant. Sometimes his treatment of this idea sings. Sometimes it falls into cynical cliches about how guilt for how bad we and our civilization are. I'll probably need to see it more than once in order to determine what I thought of it more fully. Right now, I liked it, but wasn't overwhelmed by it. And I very much understand why this has had such polarizing reactions.

Don't know if this is true. But it should be.

As a film critic I can say, as usual, CS Lewis nails it.

@Fair_and_Biased My complaints as a patriotic Christian. To be fair, I still would have given this a "fresh" if I was on RT. religionunplugged.com/news/america-2…

Well, I just got out of Young Washington, and I LOVED it. I literally have not a single complaint. I went in trying to understand why critics gave it a 60% while audiences gave it a 92%, and my only conclusion is that the critics hate patriotism, George Washington, and/or Angel Studios. The reviews make that clear, as they were complaining about things like Washington being too handsome, etc. It was a classic American hero’s tale- and very well done. I’ll admit I’m biased because I have family native to Pittsburgh, so I’m intimately acquainted with the history of Fort Duquesne (which became Fort Pitt), the French vs. English in Pennsylvania, etc. That being the case, I was thrilled to see it on screen. They got the little things right – like the fact that the Native Americans traded for items like metal crosses and loved to wear them. Some of those were prominently displayed in their garb. They did a fabulous job handling actual diversity in casting. Instead of creating fake roles, they used REAL, awesome historical characters like Tanacharison, the “Half-King” of the Seneca tribe. They also handled slavery accurately – showing how the English and the colonists were very numb to the plight of the slaves, sending them as extra bodies into battle but not even arming them properly, etc. They didn’t dwell on it, but they didn’t sugar coat it, and they didn’t make the main characters particularly sympathetic to it (as they weren’t). Still, they didn’t make you hate the main characters for this societal sin. Washington was ambitious, headstrong, brave, and you fully understood his second class status as a colonist. His efforts to serve King and country were at odds, and the break with England was clearly inevitable. This wasn’t about the Revolution yet, though – it was about his military rise. The film focused on self-determination, learning from failure, and embracing greatness (with humility). It was well worth seeing, and you SHOULD go see it to support Angel Studios. We need more movies like this.

I feel like this is reasonable

@annielcrawford But am VERY excited

@annielcrawford I have not. Will be seeing it this weekend.

Heck yes

@BMcGrewvy The answer is always yes

Should I watch Young Washington and The Odyssey and come home to write a grumpy double review everyone will hate in which I explain these movies are actually bad for the same reasons?

Love the term couch fatigue and will ABSOLUTELY be using it obnoxiously.

One of my favorite endings ever.

@bluejeansqt Without a doubt

@NormalGuy8 Looks like shit but I’m gonna watch it because at least it’s not a remake, re-imagining, sequel, or comic book movie

I have to say, all the jokes in this feel very old and obvious to me. It feels mine the kind of thing we'll be told to think is a masterpiece when it comes out and for months afterwards.

Kids give the sickest burns

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"Sharp review with a side of historical fact checking and sociology analysis" is my middle name

Into my veins