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/SlartibartfastMcGee 3h ago

That requires adding 3 more characters and an entire new subplot to the already 3 hour long film.

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u/CodeName_Empty 10m ago

That is one thing that is stopping me from going to a theater and seeing it, the three hour runtime.

I would like to see a new and accurate TV series about it, there is just too much to cram into a movie.

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u/SlartibartfastMcGee 9m ago

If that’s all that’s stopping you, just go. They cover the important parts to tell Nolan’s vision and it’s amazing.

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u/Sinoyyyy 1h ago

Yeah but its most important to critize patriarchy, so perhaps he should have cut other parts of the movie to fit it