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Christopher Nolan’s Un-Greek Odyssey

By Filings on Tue, 07/28/26
Society & Culture
Movies
Homer
Classical Education

“I generally admire Christopher Nolan’s films…. Any person, having not read The Odyssey, who walks away from Nolan’s new movie thinking he knows the story would be sorely mistaken.” - Acton

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Bert Perry

NewAlways happens

Wed, 07/29/26

Beyond the reality that a faithful rendition of The Odyssey would probably get an "X" rating--it's a brutal story--I agree with the author. There seems to be a disease in Hollyweird (and elsewhere) where every English major with a C GPA thinks he's (she's) a far better writer than Shakespeare, Homer, Twain, and the like. The trouble with this comes as each of these screenwriters takes a few threads out of the original tapestry without realizing how the whole carpet will be weakened.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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