I just did some quick research, and other than handicap seats, the 70mm by me has no seats available until 8/1, and that's 2 seats in the front row, at the end.
The first non-1st row seats available are 8/10, and those are second row. Reservations only go out to 8/19, and there isn't a single seat available other than random 1st and 2nd row. I don't know if they open up the next available day (8/20) at midnight?
it's gonna make over $1B when it's all said and done. I'm very interested to see the % drop this weekend at the box office. Oppenheimer dropped around 45% in its second weekend which is actually very good for movies. All movies are pretty front loaded. But I am willing to bet the drop for Odyssey is less than 45%...which would be ******* bonkers.
My daughter went. Not exactly her type of movie. She said it was ok but just way to long to be enjoyable. Which I totally get. I am not a fan of super long movies either. She said she could understand how people would like it.
it's gonna make over $1B when it's all said and done. I'm very interested to see the % drop this weekend at the box office. Oppenheimer dropped around 45% in its second weekend which is actually very good for movies. All movies are pretty front loaded. But I am willing to bet the drop for Odyssey is less than 45%...which would be ******* bonkers.
It made $25M+ on Friday. Expected a weekend total of around $84M...that's a dip of just 32%. I don't think people realize that a big tentpole summer movie doesn't do this. Marvel movies for instance average a drop easily over 50%...some even 70%.
It's currently made roughly $225M in 8 days in North America and around $450M worldwide. I think at this point it's an 'if' it breaks $1B but by how much.
Went last night. Had high expectations based on so many people being wowed by it. I thought it was good, but not great. Lots of people walking out of the theater saying "WASN'T THAT AMAZING??!!"
I can't put a pin on why it didn't resonate with me. I like long movies and I didn't feel it was too long. I thought the acting was okay but felt rushed. All I can say is I didn't leave the show feeling deeply moved like many others did. Here are a few examples of where I did feel that way:
-Secret Life of Walter Mitty
-Last of the Mohicans
-Braveheart
-A River Runs Through It
-Up
Braveheart and Mohicans might be decent comparisons to epic quest movies with large scale battles, etc. I'd say both of those were a few levels higher than Odyssey.
it's gonna make over $1B when it's all said and done. I'm very interested to see the % drop this weekend at the box office. Oppenheimer dropped around 45% in its second weekend which is actually very good for movies. All movies are pretty front loaded. But I am willing to bet the drop for Odyssey is less than 45%...which would be ******* bonkers.
Went last night. Had high expectations based on so many people being wowed by it. I thought it was good, but not great. Lots of people walking out of the theater saying "WASN'T THAT AMAZING??!!"
I can't put a pin on why it didn't resonate with me. I like long movies and I didn't feel it was too long. I thought the acting was okay but felt rushed. All I can say is I didn't leave the show feeling deeply moved like many others did. Here are a few examples of where I did feel that way:
-Secret Life of Walter Mitty
-Last of the Mohicans
-Braveheart
-A River Runs Through It
-Up
Braveheart and Mohicans might be decent comparisons to epic quest movies with large scale battles, etc. I'd say both of those were a few levels higher than Odyssey.
I fall into the trap of expecting amazing things when I see a movie that so many love and I just...didn't.
Sixth Sense isn't good.
Weapons is highly overrated
Not a Braveheart fan at all (but also not a Gibson fan much either so that's not saying much)
I wasn't emotional at The Odyssey at all. I just look at it as pretty incredible that it was done basically with no CGI at all. Circe scene? Not CGI. The giant whirlpool? Not CGI, he had a bunch of guys on waverunners make a whirlpool in the sea and he filmed it.
That universe "bet hard" on The Odyssey being a flop.
They thought it would be disrespectful to "Western culture." I read the original Homer as a teenager and twice since then and, well, no, Nolan isn't the least bit disrespectful to the source material. If anything it's a reverent, faithful adaptation (especially compared to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?). I'm all for interesting reinterpretations of ancient works, which the Coen brothers pulled off, but so does Nolan playing it "straight."
They thought the race-switching would be disqualifying somehow. I'll admit I don't love it as a general rule, but the film itself is so powerful you blow right past it. It helps Lupita Nyong'o is such a good performer in her own right, and well, I think I'll put this next more detailed point under the spoiler.
Nyong'o also plays Helen's sister Clytemnestra, who, well, is anything but a hero. She's one of the most unadulteratedly despised characters in the Greek mythos. Some feminist authors have tried (and I think mostly failed) to rehabilitate her as a victim of Agamemnon's tyranny finally standing up for herself, but I'm not sure it really works. She's as bad as Penelope is good – an intentional contrast.
The chuds don't think Hollywood can show a black actor doing a bad thing on screen.
Well, Nolan sure as heck did.
(Part of me wonders if maybe you switch Nyong'o and Theron between Helen and Calypso. The ancient Mediterranean could be a diverse place, and it's not clear where Odysseus was during his wanderings. An island with a black sea nymph called Calypso makes a certain amount of sense. But eh, it's fine as it is. Can't really find many faults with this one at all so not gonna try and fix what clearly isn't broken.)
They also thought they'd bag another "scalp" like with Snow White or The Marvels or Supergirl more recently. I don't think the politics of those films or the politics of the actresses in them is what doomed them, though. They were doomed because they're bad or at least mediocre films made as soulless cash grabs by corporate behemoths in tired franchises/bland remakes with no new ideas brought to the table.
Mad Max: Fury Road is a strongly feminist film – one of the strongest in the history of cinema. So is Terminator 2. So is Alien and even Aliens. But those films are good made by skilled directors who had a clear vision in their head, a strong screenplay to work with, and excellent performances by the whole cast, though especially the women (Weaver, Hamilton, etc.). Turns out good films actually make more money.
The Odyssey is clearly a passion project by Nolan and everybody else involved. It shows.
Damon has to win Best Actor for that performance. He was nominated for Good Will Hunting (won one for writing) as well as Invictus and The Martian, but I think it is his time for the big one.
It's a great performance on its own based on what ends up on the screen. But it was an incredibly challenging role, sort of like Leo with The Revenant when he finally won his Best Actor nod.
Nolan shoots everything he can onsite. Shooting outdoors in a film where so much of the runtime takes place in extreme environments (hot and cold) or literally out on the ocean is challenging.
The physical transformation for a man in his mid-50s was impressive. It has some shades of Tom Hanks for Castaway in that regard. The facial hair was his own (no way to fake that with the water and salt of the ocean washing everything away). Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman (each previous collaborators with Nolan) turned the role down because it would be so difficult. I'm impressed Damon stepped up to the plate.
Shooting on IMAX the whole time is a nightmare. IMAX cameras are the size of small cars, sound like a lawnmower in the background, and can only shoot for three or so minutes at a time before needing to be reloaded for a couple of minutes. So, you're dealing with this obnoxious object right next to you with loud and distracting noise in the background and have a VERY limited number of takes you can do... it's a nightmare.
But they pulled it off.
Acting as well as he did under those conditions... gotta reward that effort.
it's gonna make over $1B when it's all said and done. I'm very interested to see the % drop this weekend at the box office. Oppenheimer dropped around 45% in its second weekend which is actually very good for movies. All movies are pretty front loaded. But I am willing to bet the drop for Odyssey is less than 45%...which would be ******* bonkers.
The box office $ are skewed in that many of the screens are IMAX which carry a higher ticket price. The number of screens will be lower than previous blockbusters, but the $ intake may be higher (even adjusted for inflation due to IMAX bump).
The box office $ are skewed in that many of the screens are IMAX which carry a higher ticket price. The number of screens will be lower than previous blockbusters, but the $ intake may be higher (even adjusted for inflation due to IMAX bump).
There's a finite IMAX inventory (is there another one in state of Iowa outside the Waukee Palms?) out there even if I would imagine most IMAX screens in the country are showing it right now.
And I'd imagine a lot of people are holding out to see it in IMAX if they're going to go.
The fact the film is pulling in that kind of money despite the IMAX screen "bottleneck" is impressive.
I fall into the trap of expecting amazing things when I see a movie that so many love and I just...didn't.
Sixth Sense isn't good.
Weapons is highly overrated
Not a Braveheart fan at all (but also not a Gibson fan much either so that's not saying much)
I wasn't emotional at The Odyssey at all. I just look at it as pretty incredible that it was done basically with no CGI at all. Circe scene? Not CGI. The giant whirlpool? Not CGI, he had a bunch of guys on waverunners make a whirlpool in the sea and he filmed it.
There's a finite IMAX inventory (is there another one in state of Iowa outside the Waukee Palms?) out there even if I would imagine most IMAX screens in the country are showing it right now.
And I'd imagine a lot of people are holding out to see it in IMAX if they're going to go.
The fact the film is pulling in that kind of money despite the IMAX screen "bottleneck" is impressive.
Council Bluffs has one and Davenport actually has two (though the one at the museum is usually more documentary type stuff-they do show Hollywood movies also). It is on 1700 IMAX screens worldwide.
