r/Oscars • u/cinmusper • 20d ago
Prediction Making sure he wins more Oscar’s
Like title says looks like Nolan is making sure he gets more Oscars. Either way, though I disagree with all the love Oppenheimer received(except for RDJ), I can’t wait for this one.
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u/Strange_Shadows-45 20d ago
I love Greek mythology so I hope this ends up being legitimately good and not light, Oscar baity “look at this great cast and ignore all the glossed over plot lines and inconsistent lore”.
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u/Important-Purchase-5 19d ago
Yeah Greek mythology adaptations tend to suck because they don’t understand Greek myth and how the culture was. Plus they try to change it.
In Greek mythology gods are basically immortals divine beings but they’re morality wise they aren’t that different from humans.
They act more like The Boys Superheroes than MCU avengers.
Heroes are also like heavily flawed. Like most heroes do so pretty terrible things at one point.
Greek myths you really don’t have change script that much.
Honestly at first I thought he was doing a Troy movie which I thought would be fun because Trojan War was this ten year epic battle between Trojans and there allies against Greek city states with the gods each choosing and supporting a side with bad and lovable people on both sides.
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u/rubix7777 20d ago
Wow, I thought Oppenheimer was the best in all the categories it won except Supporting actor and Cinematography (both of which I would have swung toward poor things), downey jr was my #2 tho. I guess it just shows how subjective this field is lol
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u/cinmusper 20d ago
See id go Oppenheimer over poor things. I couldn’t stand poor things.
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u/nun_de_plume 20d ago
With these takes idk if I could stand you tbh. Nothing personal but wow our tastes are different.
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u/JermHole71 20d ago
I hope he stays loyal to the Assassins Creed game.
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u/fille_triste 20d ago
I love Greek mythology and am trying to be excited for this film but I really do not care for Matt Damon (unpopular opinion, I know). With him cast as Odysseus, I just don’t see how it’s going to work. Hoping to be proved wrong!
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u/cinmusper 20d ago
Right? This could be the second coming of Ben Hur but it could also be the epic second coming of Babylon
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u/HM2112 20d ago
See I'm ambivalent on Damon. My worry is Nolan will try and "realistic-ify" The Odyssey. It's not just the story of Odysseus' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade, it's also a story of the gods being absolutely The Worst - and I'm worried Nolan will lean away from that aspect of it.
As I told one friend: "If it doesn't have Poseidon being the pettiest motherfucker on Olympus and personally setting out to ruin Odysseus' life, I don't want it."
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u/kakapoopoopeepeeshir 20d ago
“Though I disagree with all the love Oppenheimer received”
Every day I get on this sub and see someone new spewing out the worst takes
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u/Suspicious_Bug6422 20d ago
It’s not a terrible take lol. It’s cool if you enjoyed it but it’s really not hard to see why some people wouldn’t feel like it measures up to all the acclaim.
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u/Ohlookitstoppdsnowin 20d ago
It isn’t that good, my man
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u/kakapoopoopeepeeshir 20d ago
Ok champ
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u/OccasionMU 17d ago
Someone really has a hard on for Oppenheimer. I think it’s boring and linear.. it really didn’t even tell a story. Or at least provide any “new” information 99% of Americans didn’t already know.
Nolan had to splice in unnecessary titties in non-sequential order so we have to remain somewhat engaged or else the audiences would’ve fallen asleep.
Hell, it was a movie about creating the atomic bomb, where the loudest scene are FOOT STOMPS IN A HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM.
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u/kakapoopoopeepeeshir 17d ago
Calling a Nolan movie linear is one of the dumbest things I’ve heard
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u/OccasionMU 17d ago
The “story” of Oppenheimer is linear and uneventful. We’ve known about being behind in the A-bomb race, we’ve known the government compartmentalized teams for security, we know we tested in the desert, we know he was shunned, we know his iconic line, etc. We learned about his alcoholic wife and suicidal mistress that are by no means including the mythos of Oppenheimer — just a reason to add attractive women to a big budget film.
The didn’t tell or show us anything “new”. It was taking a simple story about a significant person in history, chopping up the sequence and adding bright and loud effects.
You failing to acknowledge 95% of my critique confirms you’re just one of the Nolan fanboys I presume thinks The Dark Knight is a top 5 movie all time.
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u/Dry_Handle_7086 20d ago
The casting choices are so meh. Not a bit excited due to this.
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u/Advanced_Ad2406 20d ago
For me it’s the costumes. Ok inaccuracy is expected but why the dull colors? It’s just so ugly
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u/fuckingshadywhore 20d ago
First disappointment for me about this movie already. Although, as a classicist, I was one part excited and one part dreading this adaptation right from the start. It will be interesting to see how this whole thing turns out.
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u/hamcheese111 20d ago
To be fair there is only what 3 Oscar winning performances/actors? And what 2 supporting actress and a main actress? A lot of stars no doubt but not exactly Oscar bait like some movies casts.
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u/clue1985 20d ago
What are you trying to say with this? Do you mean he’s trying to get Oscars in various categories for himself by being the one directing, writing, AND producing? Because he’s done all three for every one of his films for the past decade. Or do you mean the cast?
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u/cinmusper 20d ago
What I mean is when I read that he was doing the odyssey and saw the Matt Damon photo, it feels like he felt that he has to follow Oppenheimer with something even more grandiose, what’s more grandiose then The Odyssey by Homer? I wasn’t an Oppenheimer fan, I thought it was overhyped, but I think he’s a great filmmaker and am pumped by this. Also, of course he won two Oscar’s so he’s probably trying to win more.
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u/Healthy-Passenger-22 20d ago
Sword and Sandal movies haven't done well with the Oscars since Gladiator and even then it didn't deserve those.
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u/BROnik99 19d ago
I can’t see this going other direction than Dune at this point, probably a BP nom, maybe, maaayyyybeee adapted screenplay, but mostly BTL categories.
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u/spandytube 20d ago
Sequels rarely get much attention at the Oscars, and Troy only had one nomination.
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u/Accomplished_Sock435 20d ago
I don’t think it’ll be an Oscar player. I think once it comes out, people will wake up and admit what a terrible writer Christopher Nolan is.
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u/Cyborg800-V2 20d ago
Not a fan of any of Nolan’s films made after Interstellar. Dunkirk and Oppenheimer felt like consolation nominations/wins after being snubbed for far superior films. Jonathan Nolan’s absence has been very much felt.
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u/Own-Knowledge8281 20d ago
I don’t know…I tried reading the Odyssey… it was very dry…I don’t think this is going to be as big of a player as people think..
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u/BeautifulLeather6671 20d ago
Homers odyssey? Lol I think it’s safe to assume Nolan is going to take some artistic liberties with it
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u/Peeeing_ 20d ago
Like making the armour boring as shit
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u/BeautifulLeather6671 20d ago edited 20d ago
Haha is it? Damn.
Not a big Nolan fan, I like some of his movies but not a diehard. This should be an interesting one lol
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u/Peeeing_ 20d ago
It's just grey and not how the armour of that period was
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u/Tyler_The_Peach 20d ago
Some of the prose translations are dry and confusing. Try Alexander Pope’s verse translation. It’s a wild ride.
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u/prancer_moon 19d ago
It’s valid for you specifically to not enjoy the story but there’s a reason this particular epic has survived nearly 3 thousand years lol
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u/ThrowRA2235 20d ago
fuck nolan and his shills. All the photos look inaccurate af and the movie will be white washed. Why is he regarded more than action film director I’ll never know. A stain in the history of movies
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u/shadowqueen15 20d ago
You disagreed with all of the love Oppenheimer got EXCEPT for RDJ?! That’s…interesting.