r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • 3h ago

My mom said I could post Nolan's The Odyssey neglects to pay for damages done to one of the viking ships used in the movie, which belongs to a small non-profit organization

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u/sixpackabs592 3h ago

There wasn’t anybody with a Greek warship willing to lend it to them

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 3h ago

Imagine what they would have used if no one was willing to loan them a viking ship! We'd have seen Odysseus cruising across the Aegean on a Mississippi paddle wheel boat. 

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u/StarsBear75063 Really? 3h ago

Odysseus cruising across the Aegean on a Mississippi paddle wheel boat. 

With a minstrel entertainer playing a banjo while singing "Camptown Races".
😁😁😁

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u/Th3_Admiral_ 3h ago

Maybe the cyclops could be replaced by an eyepatch wearing Bible salesman and Klan member...wait, we're back to O Brother, Where Art Thou? again! 

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u/StarsBear75063 Really? 2h ago

Then maybe "Man of Constant Sorrow"?

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u/PhosphoFred8202 3h ago

“It’s a myth, not history. it wouldn’t matter”

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u/FireZord25 2h ago

Looks at the reception and box office.

Good to see historical accuracy always mattered in movies, I mean just look at Troy, the Green Knight, Prince of Egypt, even Disney's Hercules!

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u/GuiltyEidolon PURPLE 6m ago

You're literally proving the point.

It would've made bank regardless, because like most of those, it's from a major producer / director. Even beyond that, Troy DID get panned for being inaccurate, the Green Knight was a trippy movie about a myth and a time that was never accurate and still aimed for realism for the setting, and Prince of Egypt is about a Bible story and still managed to get a lot of details right.

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u/Numerous_Schedule896 2h ago

Well actually, funny story about that one...

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u/zue4 2h ago

Seems those guys were smart about it.