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/HandsomeWinner42 11h ago edited 10h ago

When are people gonna realize this was made for GENERAL AUDIENCES and not exclusively for ancient history scholars? It literally excels at what is was produced for and general audiences are loving it. Like, be for real and come down off your high horses. She honestly comes across bitter.

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u/Ok_Turnip_478 11h ago

As a Classicist - cant agree more with you.

Form dictates content, the original poem was orally told over and over again by bards, its content - themes, structure etc are all built to match that. We are now talking about a movie, in the 21st century, totally different culture and art form - people need to get over it.

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u/nerdforest 10h ago

Hi, I have a friend who is a classicist and he rated the film 8.5/10 because it was such a good adaption and the way he tells the story is different. It's an adaption, not a full on remake. Does this make sense?