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[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 26 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Fuck the chuds who thought it'd flop because of Elliot Page and a black Helen of Troy.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

A fully accurate movie about ancient Greece would have a lot MORE queer stuff

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No one said it would flop. Perry much every one of the people criticising it for the clear issues said explicitly that it will be a huge hit and make tonnes of money.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've seen plenty predicting it was going to be a massive flop. Not professional reviewers, just "anti-woke keyboard warriors"

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world -1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

https://thefederalist.com/tag/odyssey/

Second article expects a disaster, the top one saw the box results and walked back

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

BY: [AUGUSTE MEYRAT]

Who cares what random nobodies thought. None of the actual big voices in the industry who know what they’re talking about said it would flop. Everyone with half a brain knows a Nolan film in 2026 is going to be a financial smash hit.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I explicitly said they were keyboard warriors, not reviewers, and the original post I answered said "nobody", not "nobody that I know of".

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

right wingers have always got thier panties in a wad over ELLIOT page because he transitioned.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

it was more because he's supposed to be a super soldier and he weighs 96 lbs.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

Totally not because he's a total joke of a soldier

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bad actor even before transition and very small even when they where female so kind of odd to be a soldier and when people thought he was Achilles.

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Troy (2004) Achilles effortless defeats a much larger and heavy warrior through seer skill. I've never anybody claiming that his size makes that scene bad or unrealistic.

I will hold my judgment until I see the movie.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Achilles was an immortal demi-god. Do you even Greek mythology?

[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Immortal? Spoiler alert: he was killed with arrows to the chest.

And not a demi-god.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world -1 points 17 hours ago

killed with arrows to the chest.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Critical Drinker got this one completely wrong.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It doesn't matter, he already made his money from the faux outrage he and other right wing grifters successfully generated. Whether his predictions are accurate is irrelevant because he doesn't have a reputation as a real film critic to uphold and the social media debate cycle is so fast nowadays that he can immediately pivot to a new "controversy" and start milking that.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

Didn't they say it would make lots of money because it is a Christopher Nolan movie.

[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

It'll do fine, it still won't make it a good movie (nothing to do with that) it'll be a typical Hollywood pander film, big visuals, little substance. Oppenheimer was praised for being a mediocre piece of crap.