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/AnAncientBog 2h ago

'The King's decision to rape the women of his country was, in fact, awful and the gods punished him for it. He was a terrible ruler and through the events of this tale, he redeemed himself and became a better and wise one...

...by enslaving men instead.

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u/pjtheman 2h ago

Baby steps.

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u/pizzastone8 5m ago

I cannot wait for the trailer to play Britney Spears' "Im a Slave 4 U" in slow and reverbed orchestral version.

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u/ApsleyHouse 1h ago

A certain self-styled king keeps getting rewarded for raping women in his country and there's no divine intervention so far. We aren't that far off.