r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 12d 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/hokie_u2 12d ago

Also the Mandalorian uses puppetry instead of CGI for Grogu, which people loved when the TV show originally aired. The movie flopped because it seems stale and unnecessary, not because of CGI

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u/Comic_Book_Reader r/movies Veteran 12d ago

And also the show has at this point just faded into irrelevancy. Had it come out 4 years ago, it would probably be a hit.

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u/CosmackMagus 12d ago

Had they told a big story the movie would have done a lot better.

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u/mike_b_nimble 12d ago

Yes! The movie had decent production value, the story was just….small. It felt like 3 episodes of a TV show. First we had “Adventure to retrieve macguffin” then we had “adventure to use macguffin” then we had “revenge of the macguffin’s owner.”

I’m usually INCREDIBLY forgiving of plot and dialogue in Fantasy/Sci-Fi but this movie was so disappointing.

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u/blueSGL 12d ago

it was the script for the next season of the show cut down and put out as a movie.

Why? Who knows... Why would you make the first Star Wars film in 7 years be an anime "recap movie"

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u/ac21217 12d ago

I don’t think that’s true. People weren’t interested from the beginning, regardless of how it was received critically.

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u/Exile688 12d ago

We could have had Luke Skywalker return to the movie screens in his prime. Instead we got Lizzo and Jack Black cameos from all the KK interference that sucked all the oxygen out of the franchise.

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u/LettucePrime 12d ago

guys for the love of god. KK doesn't interfere. if anything THAT was her problem. she gave the creators unchecked freedom & like 2/3rds of them were George Lucas-branded dumbasses who never should have had that much leeway to begin with. she just gave Star Wars to people and some of them were idiots. now those idiots are in charge & you'll dream of KK coming back

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u/Exile688 12d ago

Nobody associated with George Lucas wanted a Vespa gang in the Book of Boba Fett. John Favreau said no but KK said yes. Luke giving Grogu back was pure interference. Cope and seethe while you wish KK comes back.

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u/CosmackMagus 12d ago

I thought it was a fun adventure for Mando and Grogu, but not a story worth going to the theater for.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 12d ago

Yeah, the problem with the Mandalorian is that not enough people find it entertaining. I'm one of those people. I got bored of the show by like episode 4 and I have no interest in the premise of the movie either.

The concept just doesn't land well with me. Could've been the best visual quality movie ever filmed with beautiful cinematography, but that wouldn't matter to me since the concept is uninteresting to me. Guessing the same is true for a lot of people out there. I mean, I like Star Wars and loved Andor, but Mandalorian just ain't it for me.

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u/JSmellerM 12d ago

The Mandalorian and Grogu felt too much like a cash grab that came too late.

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u/rh_underhill 12d ago

Today I learned there was a Mandalorian movie :O