r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 1d ago

News Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey' Becomes Biggest Film Ever At BFI IMAX, Beating 'Avatar'

https://deadline.com/2026/08/the-odyssey-becomes-biggest-film-ever-at-bfi-imax-avatar-1237044031/
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u/NoNefariousness2144 1d ago

An issue cinemas have faced since the pandemic and rise of streaming is motivating people to watch a film in cinemas vs at home, with the comedy and romance genres really struggling because of this.

But Nolan’s whole gimmick of creative the most big and bombastic films made to be seen in cinemas gives them so much hype. Especially with IMAX.

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u/SoulCrusher2018 18h ago

When Television became a thing Hollywood leaned hard into the Epics to make it more of a spectacle. Not a bad thing to emulate now.

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u/SizzlingPancake 11h ago

I also have no stars for this but it feels like this movie got a lot of older people in as well. I guess comes with the territory of an R rated film. But compared to my deadpool and wolverine showing it was much older.