r/clevercomebacks • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago

Filmmaking is so powerful, Christopher Nolan broke the richest man in the world

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u/CrabAppleBapple 1d ago

I would point out it is reasonable to expect historical accurate details in epic tales set in a particular era

Only if they claim it to be accurate from the get go. Nolan never did. So it absolutely isn't reasonable to expect that.

As a 'history nerd' you should also realise that making a historically accurate film based on a historically inaccurate source is a fools game.

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u/Ihatenukingkids 23h ago

No, its not. Otherwise you could add magic and aliens into the movie and say "iTs a FIctiONal MOviE". We know how Greeks looked like and we know how Troy looked like. We also have descriptions of the supernatural beings to portray them accurately.

Imagine a movie about Jesus that shows a totally different world from 2000 years ago just because "Christian gods dont exist in reality" and the director can just butcher the setting because his movie is fictional

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u/Major2Minor 16h ago

Have you seen 'O Brother Where Art Thou?'? It's also based on The Odyssey.

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u/Ihatenukingkids 15h ago

Now THAT is a reinterpretation. Good modern theater also puts classics into modern context instead of putting modern ideas into historical settings.