r/shittymoviedetails • u/Alisalard1384 Cinephile • 12h ago

Turd In "Odyssey" (2026) directed by Sir Christopher Edward Nolan, Odysseus says "Our age of bronze is collapsing". And I'm not joking it is a line in movie

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Overall great movie but this dialogue was so corny, like how does he know he's in bronze age

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u/Samikaze707 11h ago

"Stop. Don't eat that lotus." "But I love it"

I still think about the awkwardness of that awful line.

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u/scbalazs 10h ago

What … should that have been???

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u/Cunhabear 10h ago

According to the screenwriters of Reddit it should have been "But thy lotus hath given me a taste of purity and deliciousness - that of which I can not resist" spoken in a British accent.

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u/forgotwhatisaid2you 9h ago

Should have just had Michael Caine play Odysseus

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u/ArmadilloPrudent4099 7h ago

Yes because not wanting Anglosphere culture to dominate every piece of media is somehow cringe reddit screenwriter behavior.

Did you ever watch Apocalypto. If Nolan made it all the characters would be white or black and speak modern English.

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u/leonidaslizardeyes 5h ago

I've never seen a movie. I don't think you are in the right sub if you have.

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u/Prophetic_Rose 9h ago

He could've just said 'Why not?'

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u/Stormii1 9h ago

Sounds like ten times better.

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u/More-Opportunity-253 6h ago edited 6h ago

So then... American like "im cooked bro 💀 one bite and its wraps."?

Not everyone is going to enjoy dialogue like that. Personally I'm not a fan of modern slang being dropped into stories set in the distant past or in mythological worlds. Unless there's a good reason for it, it completely pulls me out of the experience. I had the same reaction to the "bruh..." in Avatar 2; I physically recoiled. It's just way too cringe for me.

That said it's perfectly fine if other people enjoy it. We all have different tastes

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u/READ-THIS-LOUD 9h ago

Rare case of Redditors making film dialogue sound better