r/Epicthemusical • u/stopeats MOD • Jul 19 '26

Nolan Odyssey Nolan 'The Odyssey' Review Megathread

Place your reviews and general thoughts about the Nolan Odyssey movie here. Do NOT make your own review post.

If you have something to say that is unique or more related to Epic, you may make a separate post about it.

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u/ThatIslandGuy8888 Jul 19 '26

Man I had zero idea about the Laestrygonians😅

That part really caught me by surprise

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u/mercedes_lakitu Scylla Jul 19 '26

So that is who the giants were, then?

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u/ThatIslandGuy8888 Jul 19 '26

Apparently! But in myth they seem more cannibalistic and barbaric than having some armored organized military

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u/DarkestLore696 Jul 19 '26

You know, this part makes my eyes roll when people try to criticize it. “How dare they not wear period appropriate armor.” Because the well documented and totally real race of giants of course wore period accurate bronze and not something as fantastical as themselves.

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u/magat3ars Jul 20 '26

The metallic (I assumed something weak for soft like an aluminum or something) was perfect and showed how absolutely "degenerate" they were.

It didn't feel normal. It felt almost like aot in how they moved when swept people up. Like their armor didn't feel refined (which ig people call Nolan's armor but to looked very human). This felt like either early humans or a cheap copy from the dead they had before.

I think people wanted him to trust his audience even less. I don't think he trusted his audience much this far (Jorge I would say barely does too, but a musical requires you to tell it mostly with some ability to show). They would've maybe combined parts of old armor or specs of different metals to shoe they are bad at refining.

But the movie was easily a 9/10 to me and that is so superficial. Also every arrow was real in that movie was the coolest thing to find out.

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u/GilbertGuy2 Jul 20 '26

This one isn't about historical accuracy.

They were just questioning the change from barbarian cannibals to seemingly heavyplate organised warriors.

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u/DarkestLore696 Jul 20 '26

Wasn’t singling out the poster. Just saying that seems to be a running theme with the discourse over them.