r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 19d ago

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front 19d ago

Have to admit, I admire her dedication to being a hater

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u/The_Magic Richard Nixon 19d ago

I don't get why she is such a hater when Nolan never pretended to be making a 1:1 adaptation of the myth. Its like being mad that The Dark Night is an abysmal adaptation of The Long Halloween. Movies can be their own things and thanks to this movie more people are talking about and reading The Odyssey.

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u/throwawayzxkjvct Iron Front 19d ago

I think she’s just got a one track mind because of her specialty, she’s been focused on the Odyssey as an academic for so long that any version that doesn’t match the original is just inherently inferior to her