Will The Odyssey Bomb Or Make Money?

This is a movie that, as many have noted, is full of massive red flags. Like, you can see the rip tides. There are shark fins and giant, ugly jellyfish in view

Race swapped Helen and her sister were totally unnecessary, as they are barely mentions in The Odyssey (TO). No one cared about Vanessa Williams playing Calypso in the TV miniseries, because she could act and was hot. What role does Ellen Page play? They’ve left it hanging about being Achilles, who is also a minor character, really more of a mention, in TO. But, maybe Elpanor, another minor character, probably elevated because of Page.

The haircuts are wrong. The language is wrong. The armor is wrong. The boats look like Viking longboats. Almost no one looks Greek. And, Zendaya? Really? You can’t tell me that most people, no matter what their politics, aren’t tired of her being in everything. She cannot act. She has no body language. No emotion in her voice. She is not giving much in the way of lines because she sounds like high school Mean Girl. She has one facial expression, Resting Bitch Face. She in no way says “Greek Goddess”. Every still makes her look like the goddess of insomnia. And Athena plays a massive role in TO. Isabella Rossellini looked like an old, classical Greek statue of Athena

Then there’s all the trailers. They all look dark and dreary. How exciting is it watching a guy walk across a slightly flooded beach? The Trojan Horse barely appears in Homer’s poem. Nor does the war itself. It looks like yet another poorly lit movie, with attempts at overdone fighting scenes. Not sure about you, but, the final trailer, and all the others, makes me less likely to watch.

BTW, Ann Hathaway was a fantastic choice to play Penelope.

Shut up. She obviously knows nothing about the poem, not even the Cliff Notes. Penelope is huge. Athena. Circe. Calypso. All the servants. The sirens. They all play massive in portraying Greek women. And, hell, Lupita shouldn’t have more than a minute, tops, time, based on the characters she’s playing. Dumb stuff like this, Samantha Morton (who plays Circe, a good casting) yapping, it at leads to a huge chunk of Americans saying “nah, not going to bother spending the money.”

So, what happens? My prediction is a $50-$60 million US opening weekend, then a massive drop off for weekend two. That money would be good for most, but, this movie is going to have to ear about $625 million just to break even. I can’t see it happening. Now, I was very much wrong on Barbie, but, was right on Supergirl. I just can’t see TO doing that well domestically or around the world.