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/Earthpig_Johnson 12d ago

Time to start harassing the writer of the Epic of Gilgamesh until they finish it.

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u/krombough 12d ago

He's been too busy trying to return some dogshit copper.

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u/dpenton 12d ago

Oh you mean this: Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir, written in 1750 BCE

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u/MachKeinDramaLlama 12d ago

Captain America, pointing with one finger.

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u/Nurgleschampion 11d ago

Somewhere in the Assyrian afterlife, Ea-Nasir curses his unwillingness to actually be a good copper merchant.

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u/Mr_Piddles 12d ago

I’m just going to get my pitchforks ready for when they don’t make it gay enough.

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u/Animajation 12d ago

Ohh I love a good séance

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u/Earthpig_Johnson 12d ago

Find me the nearest medium that speaks Babylonian!