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free welcome gift. Taxes and fees apply. When we first learned that Christopher Nolan was making an

adaptation of The Odyssey, there was perhaps reason for optimism, if you happen to be an optimistic sort of

person. Nolan has made some mistakes in his career. Tenet was one of the most convoluted films

ever made. Interstellar had one too many bloated Hallmark-style monologues from Anne Hathaway

preaching about the universal power of love or whatever, but he's still,

unquestionably, one of the most talented living filmmakers. And The Odyssey is one of the foundational

works of Western literature. It's a heroic epic with very obvious themes of masculinity, patriarchy,

daring, discovery, mortality. Nolan has proven he can tackle epic sweeping projects in the past.

And because Hollywood has somewhat retreated from the racial depravity

of the Cultural Revolution of 2020, or so we thought,

it was reasonable to hope that Nolan would be faithful to Homer's original story

and produce a worthwhile film.

Then the trailers arrived.

And we'll start with the one that came out several months ago.

Watch.

After years of war.

Yeah.

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