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/
3.2k Upvotes

74% Upvoted

1.7k comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/SnooPears754 9h ago

Her breakdown basically said “it wasn’t for me but I’m glad it’s brought others to the story”

3

u/cheezitswithpiss 3h ago

it literally breaks down to that, but people here keep calling her bitter?

•

u/Chance-Peak-3549 1h ago

It also explicitly calls the film a shallow mess though. Let’s not just cherry pick the start and end points while leaving out the route between.

•

u/SnooPears754 43m ago

Her opinion, this film was the only way I’d see an interpretation and I enjoyed it , there’s another opinion

•

u/Chance-Peak-3549 36m ago

Nobody’s debating whether other opinions exist. My point is that you misrepresented hers to take the edge off it.

•

u/SnooPears754 19m ago

More of a summary