The latest trailer for The Odyssey arrived this week, providing the most comprehensive look yet at Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation. From the second it was confirmed that Nolan would be adapting the classic story (and not telling a “father/son story with helicopters”, as had been initially rumored), there have been waves of debate and discourse… but it has now hit a fever pitch.
In the hours since the latest The Odyssey trailer debuted, several talking points have swelled to the surface online. There are nitpicks about certain line readings — particularly Matt Damon’s Odysseus passionately saying “No one can stand between me and home – not even the Gods.” — being “inaccurate” to the source material. There’s the ongoing racism over Lupita Nyong’o being cast as Helen of Troy. And there are a lot of complaints about anachronisms of characters speaking in American accents and saying more modern words like “daddy.”
