Yes, the viral moment of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey has come and gone. That's the problem. Its place remembereth it no more. It failed because it was "robbed of its essential pagan-ness."
I think we should all lighten up a little. The movie was just a bit of entertainment and as such, will pass away when the next 'great movie' comes along. Nolan and his work will eventually become a footnote somewhere. There is a wonderful line in the Fagels translation when Odysseus is seen but not recognized. "look at the hams on that old gaffer" Only a poet could make that translation. Nolan is no poet. Homer will remain.
I think we should all lighten up a little. The movie was just a bit of entertainment and as such, will pass away when the next 'great movie' comes along. Nolan and his work will eventually become a footnote somewhere. There is a wonderful line in the Fagels translation when Odysseus is seen but not recognized. "look at the hams on that old gaffer" Only a poet could make that translation. Nolan is no poet. Homer will remain.
Such a good observation! Yes, lightening up starting now. ;-)