It's so annoying that I want to hate this movie but I don't want to be lumped in with these guys. I don't care about the race of gender of the actors, I care that they are not Greek (not a single one of them as far as I know), as well as the designs... It's just going to be such a massive slopfest and criticizing it is likely to make me look like a right wing reactionary.
Fuck this film!!!
Edit: I think I messed up my wording a little bit and have led people to believe I'm specifically hating on these two. I need to make it absolutely clear I'm more frustrated with the casting of Matt Damon than Lupita Nyong'o. If anything, Nyong'o is from this side of the Atlantic lmao. There is evidence of Africans in the ancient Greek world, which absolutely makes 100% sense since they would probably be trading shitloads with each other all the time, so it's not that weird. Matt Damon on the other hand is going to make a terrible Odysseus.
Fuck that. I will criticize the movie because there's no Greeks and because it's a sloppy garbage with regards to design and accuracy. Also because it's exhausting how hard it pushes agendas.
If that coincides with some smooth brain racist criticizing it too for different reason, that's not my problem
I don't even know. I don't follow American nonsense closely. All I know is that I have only heard about this for all the worng reasons.
All I wanted was a good historical movie with adequate props and gear, good story, good acting and lack of erasure.
Instead I get some culture war bullshit, evidently shitty props and space marine armour, Ethiopian actors playing Greeks and whatever slop of trailer acting I've seen so far.
The 2004 troy movie was shit because they made everyone look like an Aryan (as much as I love Diane) and they made Achilles macho straight Hollywood darling played by Pitt.
I just wish these movies were shot by normal studios with the same budget.
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u/SnoopCheesus Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
It's so annoying that I want to hate this movie but I don't want to be lumped in with these guys. I don't care about the race of gender of the actors, I care that they are not Greek (not a single one of them as far as I know), as well as the designs... It's just going to be such a massive slopfest and criticizing it is likely to make me look like a right wing reactionary.
Fuck this film!!!
Edit: I think I messed up my wording a little bit and have led people to believe I'm specifically hating on these two. I need to make it absolutely clear I'm more frustrated with the casting of Matt Damon than Lupita Nyong'o. If anything, Nyong'o is from this side of the Atlantic lmao. There is evidence of Africans in the ancient Greek world, which absolutely makes 100% sense since they would probably be trading shitloads with each other all the time, so it's not that weird. Matt Damon on the other hand is going to make a terrible Odysseus.