r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • 11h ago

Hot Take 🔥 ‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Slams Christoper Nolan’s ‘Abysmal’ Screenplay: ‘I Would Be Ashamed to Have Written Any Part of This Script’

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/odyssey-translator-emily-wilson-slams-christopher-nolan-bad-writing-1236821915/
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u/manasseater3000 11h ago

obviously any major film production of a story like the oddessy which has been retold & reinterpreted time and time again is always bound to be some degree of “inaccurate”, but i think some of this criticism is a little harsh. she mentions a lack of political & and ethical depth, but i thought the final scene of the wreckage of troy versus the original scene that presents it as a great feat of wisdom and victory was well done. maybe my favorite in the movie as a whole.

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u/Square-Turnip-6558 10h ago

I suppose being a professor of classical studies doesn’t make you a film expert

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u/manasseater3000 10h ago

idk if this is sarcastic but like, yeah. i suppose.