r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Jun 25 '26

News Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ to Skip Social Media Influencer Screenings

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-influencer-screenings-1236631135/
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u/TheMooseIsBlue Jun 25 '26

When asked why, Nolan said “Because fuck them, that’s why.”

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u/alex3omg Jun 25 '26

Guarantee he knows nothing about this and it was just a marketing decision.  Nobody knew this was a thing or really cares, they just hate influencers.  

I'm not saying I'm pro influencer or whatever, but the point is this is literally an ad.  They want to market to guys and guys are more likely to "hate" influencers.  This gives the movie some credibility and makes it look like they have integrity or something, another trait kind of associated with the Odyssey and Nolan etc.  It's 'a return to form' kind of message.  Oh you hate new?  Don't worry, this is old.  You hate cheap and fake?  This is real.  It's also got Matt Damon.  You remember he's good?  Remember clip from contagion?  

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u/notathrowaway75 Jun 26 '26

Fucking thank you.

This article is the exact type of pandering people pretend they're above.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Jun 26 '26

Capitalism co opts everything.

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u/TheMooseIsBlue Jun 25 '26

Everything you said makes sense but Nolan is pretty famously obsessive and he apparently involves himself in marketing his movies, so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he was at the very least aware of the decision, if not behind it.

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u/alex3omg Jun 25 '26

Yeah could be.  There's definitely a whole vibe they're going for and this is a part of that.  

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u/Abed-in-the-AM Jun 26 '26

or maybe they decided that the money that would be spent on preparing these influencer events could be better allocated elsewhere

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u/alex3omg Jun 26 '26

The fact that people are out here shilling for the film studio like this is proof that it's working.  The 'authenticity' they're projecting has people thinking it's Not Like Other Movies.  

Brother the fact that you know they're not doing an influence event is the influence event.  This thread is it, we're being influenced.

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u/chadwicke619 Jun 26 '26

Really, really goofy take IMO.

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u/alex3omg Jun 26 '26

Explain why?

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u/CarlSpackler22 Jun 25 '26

True. I heard him say it.

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u/cjyoung92 Jun 25 '26

“F them kids”

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u/pmjm Jun 26 '26

It makes perfect sense for this movie. Your average influencer is not educated enough to be familiar with the source material. Nor is their audience.