Just saw The Odyssey. Despite what you may have heard, literally all of the criticisms by conservatives were entirely correct. The movie is just as woke as you fear, if not more so. The DEI casting is atrocious. Completely takes you out of the story right from the beginning. But even worse than that is Nolan’s decision to turn Odysseus into an anachronistic whiney, solemn shell of a man plagued by “trauma” and guilt. It’s impossible to overlook these flaws because the film itself is not terribly entertaining or well constructed. For the most part it is disjointed, dull, self-serious, disenchanted, somehow feeling both verbose and overly rushed at the same time. The dialogue is some of the worst I’ve ever heard in a “critically acclaimed” film. “On the nose” and “clunky” are descriptions that can’t even begin to describe this script. At no point in the story does Nolan ever transport the audience to the ancient world. You never feel like you’re 3,000 years in the past. You feel like you’re watching modern Americans put on a pageant, because you are. Nobody would be calling this thing a masterpiece if it was made by a director not named Christopher Nolan.
@SelwynDuke@MattWalshBlog This is so ironic because its not woke at all and I'd argue that this movie is the best thing to come out of Hollywood in at least 10 years!!! So it's all for not my friend! Now that I've told you go see for yourself! You won't regret it
I have absolutely ZERO interest in watching modern entertainment, and this is the main reason why. If I wanted wokeness, I'd go to Berkeley and major in women's studies.
I recommend people do what I do: If you want to watch a movie, choose an old one. They're far less decadent, anyway—and many are free on certain platforms.
Join me in putting Hellywood out of business.
@joshfontanilla@MattWalshBlog Then you'd be boycotting one of the best movies ever made!!! All for nothing because the movie isn't woke in the slightest!!! This is coming from someone who thought just like you til my cousin basically dragged me to see it.. and I'm glad he did because it's Absolutely Amazing;
@MattWalshBlog Dude why are y’all watching this stupid crap?
Did you really need to watch it to know it’s woke when there’s a black Helen of Troy and a trans in it?
Conservatives need to boycott this garbage.
@ncreb@MattWalshBlog Dude I thought the same thing... Then I saw it. Boy was I wrong! It wasn't woke, in fact, he may have been trolling the woke... I haven't enjoyed a movie in theaters that much in a really, really long time!!! Go see it in theaters!!!!
@MattWalshBlog That's why I just bought "Troy" (2004) on Amazon Prime. No woke bullshit and a cast of well known, famous, and talented actors and actresses who really are the genders they portray. Nolan destroyed his credibility by drinking deep of the woke Kool-aid.
@CluelessJayPay@FireLineFighter@MattWalshBlog It was, objectively, a great film. I really don't think anyone who went in willing to see the film for what it is, not for what they thought it was going to be could tell you anything but how amazing it was & anyone still saying it's "woke"were asleep/daydreaming the whole movie
@CluelessJayPay@FireLineFighter@MattWalshBlog He might have physically gone to theaters and directed his eyes towards the screen but if he actually watched it with an open mind, especially after the first minute, then he was determined that he couldn't be swayed no matter what. That would mean he was wrong. I admit I was.
@kangminlee THE MOVIE ISNT WOKE AT ALL!!! I HAVE HAD TO SAY THIS WAY TOO MANY TIMES... SO NOW IM IT SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS!!!! I'M ANTI-WOKE SO HEAD MY WORDS PLEASE!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE MOVIE, PLEASE STOP COMMENTING LIKE THIS! ALL IT DOES IS MAKE YOU DEAD WRONG! GO SEE IT!
The success of The Odyssey will be Hollywood’s green light to go full throttle on wokeness
Woke isn’t over. The right just enjoyed a brief taste of minor victories the past few years, then proceeded to devour itself with Egyptian plane conspiracies and pure retardation
@CallahanAutoCo I'm not a professional movie critic but I consider myself a movie oficionado and I'm not woke at all. I think it's the most insidious word ever introduced into the English language. Having that in mind, The Odyssey isn't woke and was one of the best movies I've ever seen!
@creation247 You really just don't want to hear anything about it being a great movie!!! Your mind has been made up and you won't see it no matter if someone with the same principles as you tells you multiple times it isn't woke at all! It's Amazing and you'll never know til you see it!
So let me get this straight:
Everyone knows the reviews for The Odyssey are manipulated.
The Rotten Tomatoes score is manipulated.
The audience score can’t be trusted.
But the moment the studio announces a huge box-office number, suddenly we’re supposed to treat Hollywood’s accounting like Scripture?
Why would the same industry manufacturing every other metric suddenly become honest when it reports the one number it needs to sell the illusion of success?
@SirMaximusIX@MattWalshBlog You'll regret taking his advice on this one! I promise you! Nothing woke about this movie. In fact he might've been trolling the woke. It is Amazing and will go down as a classic just like Gladiator!! If you remember how awesome seeing Gladiator in theaters was then go see this!
@Y3510X@MattWalshBlog@benshapiro@RubinReport You obviously haven't seen it... If you had you would feel really awful having unsubscribed from them over what you "think" a movie is. I hate any and everything that is "woke" too. It's the worst word ever added to English vocabulary. This movie isn't "woke", it's Spectacular!!!
@MarvinM89966860@MattWalshBlog Don't listen to him on this one! Go see this movie on the biggest and loudest theater you can ASAP! Best movie I've seen in theaters in a very, very long time!
@Callittlikeitis@MattWalshBlog Then you're missing out big time! I, like you, felt the same way until my cousin dragged me kicking and screaming to see it! Boy I'm glad he did because that wasn't just a good movie it was a masterclass in cinema! You will regret not seeing this in theaters while you still can!!
@WriteThomasGill@MattWalshBlog Thank you!!! Someone has to get this across. All this hoopla over a couple small parts that were so inconsequential to the movie. Before you can even sit back in your seat, the most controversial of these is already done for. If anything, Chris Nolan was trolling the "woke"
@MattWalshBlog I completely disagree. The three casting errors are on screen a COMBINED 14 minutes of a three hour movie. If you can’t get passed that then you have the problem not Nolan.
@FireLineFighter@MattWalshBlog Man, please watch the movie before making comments this inaccurate! I thought it was gonna be a "woke" fest too! But then I saw it and Achilles wasn't even in the movie and 30 secs in, neither is "Elle--iiiiot" Go see the movie! It is incredible!!!
@MattWalshBlog I wish I could say I was surprised... But I'm really not. The fact that Achilles was being played by a 5 ft tall 100 lb trans. Not to mention "white armed" Helen...
It'd be nice if Hollywood would just make a damn movie and stop with the ideology bullshit!
@MattWalshBlog Dude I usually like watching your videos, etc... But you're dead wrong on this one!!! The only way you could possibly come to this conclusion is you let your prior misconceptions, the same ones I had, block out your ability to watch it with an open mind. This movie was incredible
@IiSchatzer@RottenTomatoes He's not woke!!! You think the movie is because thats what I thought before I saw it too.. It's not though, at all! Best experience I've had at the theater in a loooong time!
@jason87587369@RottenTomatoes I think it was a lot better than Lord of the Rings!!!! But thats just me... And the only part of me that's left is the hand I write with... Objectively, it was an Amazing Film! Meaning there's no way anyone who actually watches it would think otherwise..
@RottenTomatoes I don't trust Rotten Tomatoes. You guys delete reviews. No way is this film rated.higher than Lord of The Rings. You're having a laugh 🤣