r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 4h ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/Paladar2 4h ago

There are plenty of talented people who worked on the flops, but they weren't in charge lol

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u/No_Departure_2848 4h ago

damn fucking right. I had a film teacher who first-day made the point to say that though he wasn't a fan of most hollywood movies, the crews who make them are fucking pros.

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u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat 3h ago

So what does he watch instead? Shaky-cam Euro stuff?

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u/Faladorable 2h ago

probably the movies in between “most” and “all”

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u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat 1h ago

So he dislikes Hollywood movies, but still watches them? What?

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u/Faladorable 1h ago

Don’t take this as an insult, but is english not your first language? I think what he’s saying is crystal clear, but if it’s not your first language I can understand being confused

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u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat 1h ago

Reading the whole conversation, I think I misunderstood his comment - I think I lost context from one comment to another. Huh, am I an LLM chatbot?

Still, why wouldn't he only watch shaky-cam Euro stuff, instead? Some of it is good - Amelie and Underground are better than most Hollywood movies.

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u/No_Departure_2848 1h ago

I know! "an adult who doesn't watch only Disney IP and Wes Anderson movies? Whaaaat?"

Y'see when you're a professor who teaches film production, it's important to watch a lot of different kinds of film. Not JUST hollywood movies.

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u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat 1h ago

"an adult who doesn't watch only Disney IP and Wes Anderson movies? Whaaaat?"

Uh... What are you talking about, bud?

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u/FrostyD7 3h ago

Yeah people need to realize there's only so much room in Hollywood for certain things. Not taking away from his abilities, he's a master at his craft. But if there were 50 Nolan's, most of them wouldn't have risen to this status. Some of them would run into enough bad breaks that they'd exit the industry entirely.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 2h ago

It's tough because I don't think talent is enough. The great movie makers like Spielberg and Nolan seem to understand the general audience better than the average director.

Someone could be extremely talented at all the aspects of film making but if they make the best Hawaiian pizza ever made while people want pepperoni then it's not good. Predicting the general audience's tastes is easier said than done, because it changes over time in ways that no one really can measure.