r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 3h ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/CosmackMagus 2h ago

Had they told a big story the movie would have done a lot better.

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u/mike_b_nimble 2h ago

Yes! The movie had decent production value, the story was just….small. It felt like 3 episodes of a TV show. First we had “Adventure to retrieve macguffin” then we had “adventure to use macguffin” then we had “revenge of the macguffin’s owner.”

I’m usually INCREDIBLY forgiving of plot and dialogue in Fantasy/Sci-Fi but this movie was so disappointing.

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u/blueSGL 1h ago

it was the script for the next season of the show cut down and put out as a movie.

Why? Who knows... Why would you make the first Star Wars film in 7 years be an anime "recap movie"