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/RefinedBean 4h ago

I remember people memeing on the Illumination choice by Nintendo for the movie, but they knocked it out of the park. Their standards plus over three decades of art direction and design by Nintendo? It was always going to at the very least look visually sumptuous.

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u/TheDarkAbove 4h ago

I only remember the memes about the casting of Mario

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u/StuckAroundGotStuck 4h ago

Dunkey's reaction video to the cast list still gets quoted every time my wife or I see Chris Pratt in something.

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u/thats-impossible 4h ago

He's so cool

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u/Unusual-Locksmith832 3h ago

One of the videos I laughed the hardest because it literally looked like a joke Dunkey himself would've made if he could pick the cast.

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u/thedirtyknapkin 1h ago

well yeah, they were primarily known for minions movies before that.

even if you like despicable me you cant claim that it was pushing any kinds of envelopes.

the only other notable movies by them are all b-tier remakes, like their grinch movie, or b-tier kids movies like "the secret life of pets".

they were absolutely a strange choice at the time. the fact that they've done as well as they have is still surprising to me.

then again, i've never understood the appeal of minions. so i'm not saying i didn't think it would sell, I just didn't have faith that it wouldn't suck. a lot of garbage sells. like minions.

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u/Luciifuge 4h ago

Yes, the moment they announced it was the illuminations I thought

“Oh, this gonna make a billion easy”

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u/CUCUC 4h ago

visually sumptuous is a bit self-indulgent and masturbatory. i mean, let’s be real; it was made to appeal to toddlers who like rainbows and sparkles. 

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u/RefinedBean 3h ago

It's not self-indulgent if I don't work there, which I don't. Same with masturbatory. I actually think that description is more apt for your reply! Which is also pretty redundant as well as being reductive.

Have a joyful day.

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u/CUCUC 3h ago

i dunno, i feel like you are somewhat well read so to this end you would appreciate the nuance between self-indulgent and masturbatory. but hey certainly i could be wrong too. i mean i felt like the mario movies are tripe. 

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u/Lottabitch 3h ago

Who the fuck used the word trite\* when referring to a movie made for children? I mean literal children. Not adult children, like you

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u/CUCUC 2h ago

i meant tripe as in it is unwanted discard. the movie certainly wasn’t trite, a whole lot of random shit happened

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u/Lottabitch 2h ago

And my point remains the same.

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u/CUCUC 2h ago

i think you are taking it personally because i don’t like the same movie you like. just because it’s a kids’ movie doesn’t mean we shouldn’t criticize it for blatant faults, especially when it is an egregious cash grab that is creatively bereft. 

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u/Lottabitch 1h ago

No, you’ve got it backwards. I’m making fun of criticizing you criticizing a movie made for the 12 and under demographic as one might criticize a movie like citizen Kane. The movie doesn’t warrant that level of criticism in this specific medium, within this context, by you.

It’s a movie meant for you, a normal everyday consumer of entertainment (read: not someone paid to review movies), to sit and enjoy the spectacle. Not sit and watch every frame critically. Take your kids to the movie and shut your brain off.

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u/CUCUC 40m ago

it’s okay to acknowledge that something you disagree with still holds merit. at this point i feel like you are a corporate shill. this second mario movie has been pretty universally criticized as having an non cohesive plot, an incredibly low standard that even the first movie was able to uphold. your mindset tells studios that they can continue to produce slop and people will pay hand over fist for it (all while fervently defending their decision to do so).

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