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What happens when the most offline man in Hollywood is asked to react to an online hate campaign against his movie? Well, we found out in a recent interview with Christopher Nolan ahead of the release of The Odyssey.<\/p>\n
Nolan says that he doesn\u2019t even own a smartphone, his network instead getting him the relevant information he needs without ever having to log on himself. He is aware of the online movement protesting the film, but had this to say about it to The Telegraph:<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cComes with the territory. These conversations that happen before people see the film \u2013 they\u2019re always irrelevant, because no one having them knows what the film actually is yet.\u201d<\/p>\n The only opinions out about The Odyssey are from critics who have seen the film, issuing universally positive social media reactions<\/a> this past week, some calling it Nolan\u2019s best and others even saying it might be a frontrunner for Best Picture.<\/p>\n You could find a couple of negative reviews, but on investigation, on more than one occasion, random users were taking world premiere photos from actual critics and passing them off as their own, accompanied by a negative opinion<\/a> based on\u2026not seeing the film. Just another angle of the hate being directed at the movie.<\/p>\n LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Christopher Nolan speaks onstage during ‘The Odyssey’ London Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 06, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby\/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n Getty Images for Universal Pictures<\/p>\n What is all this about? You only need to check the comments on the Telegraph interview to find the highlights. The film is deemed \u201cwoke garbage\u201d with the common complaint that it cast a black actress, Lupita Nyong\u2019o as Helen of Troy, and trans actor Elliot Page as a young Greek warrior (many, incorrectly, are saying he is playing Achilles). There are comments claiming the film is offensive to the Greek people by not using Greek actors. There are more grounded complaints, however, about the costume design and modern dialogue in the film, something Nolan also recently addressed in an interview with Channel 4:<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you look at this world, when you look at the ancient world, people tend to view it in weird ways. There\u2019s a lot of cultural prejudice. There\u2019s a lot of elevating it because it\u2019s old,\u201d Nolan said. \u201cWhen you go to the poem, what you find is something that is really earthy and grounded and accessible. So for me, in building the world of the film, when I talked to all the actors about it, I said, I just want to centre it on that and make it feel very fresh for modern audiences, and do away with some of those assumptions that aren\u2019t based on anything logical.\u201d<\/p>\n Though in a separate interview with the LA Times<\/a>, he shrugged and said, \u201cI was maybe being na\u00efve, it might bite me on the ass, but I wanted an earthy narrative. To me it was a no-brainer.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s also defended<\/a> some of the costume choices, going into detail about the concept of \u201cblackened bronze\u201d and its potential use in an era with \u201cfragmentary archeological records.\u201d<\/p>\n Many behind the backlash movement believe this will translate into financial failure for Nolan\u2019s Odyssey, though early box-office tracking and positive reviews from those who have actually seen the film do not indicate that at all. Nolan has only made one movie that has earned less than $500 million since 2006. So, we\u2019ll see how things go a week from today.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n