#312 Everything Wrong with Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey

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Christopher Nolan is taking on one of the greatest stories ever told.In this episode, we're breaking down and rate The Odyssey. We breakdown films into six categories that we use to come up with our rating. We watched it in 70mm IMAX. Was it worth it? Video Chapters:0:00 - Intro5:30 - What is 70mm IMAX?16:00 - Biggest box office opening of Nolans career17:20 - Source Code: The Odyssey by Homer23:15 - Nolan's interpretation of The Odyssey34:36 - The Odyssey's cast is stacked47:00 - The Odyssey is the first film shot entirely on IMAX58:45 - The music blew us away1:03:55 - We don't understand the hate of The Odyssey costumes 1:13:49 - Pick up more on rewatch of the Odyssey#theodyssey #christophernolan #imax #moviereview 🟥 Oh, if you like the show, please hit that SUBSCRIBE button! 👍🏼💬 Join the conversation ---- DISCORD: https://discord.gg/bP5qcEMXMERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirectingPATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BackseatDirecting

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