The Odyssey (Christopher Nolan)

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Brian in Mesa]

One year before its release, blockbuster film sells out San Francisco theater

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/year-before-release-blockbuster-film-sf-theater-20774345.php

One year out from the release of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film, “The Odyssey,” tickets for early screenings in the Bay Area are already sold out.

The film is slated to hit theaters in July 2026, but in an unconventional move, IMAX tickets for “The Odyssey” went on sale on Thursday morning, one year before the film’s release. If any die-hard Nolan fans happened to sleep in, though, they’ll have to wait until after opening weekend to catch an IMAX screening — or at least suffer the indignity of sitting in the front row.

 

[AsUpRoDiGy]

I'm all in on anything Nolan.

 

[oaken1]

I'm all in on anything Nolan.

Im all in on anything Homer

 

[GatorAZ]

I'm all in on anything Nolan.

In theatres absolutely.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Im all in on anything Homer

So, you’re a Homer homer?

 

[oaken1]

i am

 

[Stout]

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Please delete this. It is not a trailer.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Please delete this. It is not a trailer.

I never said it was. It's a news piece about some moviegoers filming the trailer in theaters. Just something talking about the film so I could kick off a thread about it.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Chaplin]

Yup

 

[Cheesebeef]

Was visiting a buddy a couple weeks ago in the Universal bungalows and we strolled by the actual big ship on the backlot near the huge tank they’re shooting some of the movie in. Was a cool geek moment.

 

[GatorAZ]

Was visiting a buddy a couple weeks ago in the Universal bungalows and we strolled by the actual big ship on the backlot near the huge tank they’re shooting some of the movie in. Was a cool geek moment.

Idk how they make it look so real like Titanic and Master & Commander. Truly incredible.

 

[oaken1]

Was visiting a buddy a couple weeks ago in the Universal bungalows and we strolled by the actual big ship on the backlot near the huge tank they’re shooting some of the movie in. Was a cool geek moment.

a cool "Greek" moment too....

 

[oaken1]

I am stoked for this.
When I was a kid I spent a summer at an old farm house so my mom could work OT...one of her old friends watched us.
I spent an afternoon hiding in this old attic and while I was up there I found this ancient cloth bound book.
The Iliad and The Odyssey...the writing in that book was totally arcane and honestly the main reason why I was enthralled by the book initially.
The old lady found me...and told me to keep the old book. So I spent nearly the entire summer parsing through that book trying to glean out all the details. what I found in the pages was the most amazing story I had ever heard. It made me a bibliophile, a history buff, and a fantasy lover all rolled up into one.
I have been waiting fifty years for Hollywood to give this story the respectful treatment, and budget, that the story deserves. TROY was close....but it needed at least two more hours honestly....and a little less creative license.
If Christopher Nolan makes a true adaptation of the story Homer presented I will be a fan for life...and likely see the movie 500 times.
He has no excuses on this one. Cant blame the writer. I already respect him for making the attempt....to take a story that is enthralling and fantastical, totally engrossing,...even while in archaic text...and put it to live action...thats a very tall order...one might say the only way to go is down. so I am really looking forward to seeing how he avoids the pitfalls of putting the greatest epic ever written to film and keeping it true to its native verse.
This one has Opening Day written all over it and I havent done that in years.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Saw the six minute IMAX prologue before Way Of Water 2 tonight and all I can say is…

NOW. GIVE IT TO ME NOW.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

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[Bada0Bing]

I think the last film I saw in the theater was the Jumanji remake with The Rock. This miiight pull me back in.

I tried listening to the audiobook a while back, but just couldn't do it. Maybe I'll give it one more shot.

 

[SunsTzu]

I tried listening to the audiobook a while back, but just couldn't do it. Maybe I'll give it one more shot.

I've never really cared for the story, but I'm in on anything Christopher Nolan does.

 

[oaken1]

I think the last film I saw in the theater was the Jumanji remake with The Rock. This miiight pull me back in.

I tried listening to the audiobook a while back, but just couldn't do it. Maybe I'll give it one more shot.

We're you attempting the original??
Homer is a hard read...but you can make a dozen badass full length action movies from it.
I read The Illyiad and the Odyssey when I was about 10 or so.. very difficult to follow due to language and style... IMHO you need to be a dedicated bibliophile to get through it... it captured my imagination completely but I have never gone back and attempted a re read... it's kinda like when I read "Shakespeare's complete Works" .... I did it. But I dont want to do it again.
That's why I'm stoked for this movie...
You can watch Troy...then follow with this...and get the bulk of the stories presented in full budget modern IMAX filming...
Much easier on the eyes and nowhere near as exhausting to follow...
It beats the hell out of the plethora of low budget adaptations or antiquated 1950's films...
I mean, they were good...for what they are...but against modern film making they look like a final project from a JUCO film student

 

[Bada0Bing]

We're you attempting the original??
Homer is a hard read...but you can make a dozen badass full length action movies from it.
I read The Illyiad and the Odyssey when I was about 10 or so.. very difficult to follow due to language and style... IMHO you need to be a dedicated bibliophile to get through it... it captured my imagination completely but I have never gone back and attempted a re read... it's kinda like when I read "Shakespeare's complete Works" .... I did it. But I dont want to do it again.
That's why I'm stoked for this movie...
You can watch Troy...then follow with this...and get the bulk of the stories presented in full budget modern IMAX filming...
Much easier on the eyes and nowhere near as exhausting to follow...
It beats the hell out of the plethora of low budget adaptations or antiquated 1950's films...
I mean, they were good...for what they are...but against modern film making they look like a final project from a JUCO film student

Yessir. Audiobooks are hard enough, but something like this with the intense language is nearly impossible for me. I think I need to listen while I'm doing absolutely nothing else, or just read a physical copy. I couldn't even walk and listen to this one.

Funny you mention Shakespeare's complete works. I asked for that for xmas last year and I've barely cracked it open. That is hard stuff to read! I just need to build some momentum and then I'll be fine, but it's hard to get started.

 

[oaken1]

Yessir. Audiobooks are hard enough, but something like this with the intense language is nearly impossible for me. I think I need to listen while I'm doing absolutely nothing else, or just read a physical copy. I couldn't even walk and listen to this one.

Funny you mention Shakespeare's complete works. I asked for that for xmas last year and I've barely cracked it open. That is hard stuff to read! I just need to build some momentum and then I'll be fine, but it's hard to get started.

Those two books and The Hobbit are what turned me into such a voracious reader. I read them all very young.
When I joined the navy I gave away over 2200 books and 3000 comics that I had read. Two full pickup loads...
It was like an addiction...sitting on the dumper I read everything under the sink or in the medicine cabinet, lol..
But good books can't be beat.
It's like turning on a VR movie..I dont even see words, just images

 

[Cheesebeef]

oddly enough, this tempered my enthusiasm for the movie just a little bit. I can't say why, exactly, but I'd rather go in just expecting a good movie rather than the greatest epic of all time... which truth be told, I've been psyching myself up for ever since I saw that Trojan Horse teaser last Xmas in IMAX.

 

[oaken1]

oddly enough, this tempered my enthusiasm for the movie just a little bit. I can't say why, exactly, but I'd rather go in just expecting a good movie rather than the greatest epic of all time... which truth be told, I've been psyching myself up for ever since I saw that Trojan Horse teaser last Xmas in IMAX.

It's a huge task to make this movie.
I'm going in with tempered expectations...but even then, expectations are high...the movie is going to have to be really good.

I have set myself to judge it against previous attempts and not against the original book

 

[Stout]

I am so, so in for this. I'm not going to watch any trailers, because I just want to go in and experience it fresh. The only pause I have is the number of stars. How will this work as an ensemble cast? That said, it doesn't matter. I'm stoked.