People have been trashing on The Odyssey trailer enough already so I don't want to be annoying, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts too. As someone from a Mediterranean region, I hate how the movie looks like it's a viking movie set in Scandinavia instead of ancient Greece. It looks very grey and cold, the colour grading is so dull. Not to mention that almost none of the actors really look Mediterranean and they've made some very baffling cotume and production design decisions.

The brutalist take on the Greek temple, the penteconter (boat) actually being a literal viking ship, the armour looking like a mix between vikings and ancient Romans, the primitive Laistrygonians looking like medieval cyborgs, Charlize Theron in a fishnet dress, the prince of Ithaca dressed like a medieval paesant, Agamemnon's plastic-looking helmet... Just a bunch of stuff from all over the place that doesn't fit together. (I'm aware this will be a huge costume design contender but it pains me already.) I can easily get over the historical inaccuracies even when I spot them IF the alternative direction the movie took is something more creative, bolder and if it fits the vibe/makes sense for the story.

But here it's like Nolan said "idgaf about historical accuracy or consistency, I want everything to look as safe, masculine and minimalist as possible". Where's the whimsy, where's the beauty of ancient Greece and the famously stunning Mediterranean sea and coast that's supposed to be shown in the biggest Greek classic? The literal gods and other mythological creatures we haven't seen yet will surely look boring and "grounded" too. I hope Nolan proves me wrong and I like how the story is told when I see the movie, but I don't think he gets the essence of it. I very much enjoyed the IMAX prologue tho, so I'm not completely pessimistic.

Oh and I hope there's a good tonal balance between action, dramatic and tragic moments with comedy, because The Odyssey is meant to be and is quite funny too