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DILLON ON FILM
The Insufferable Killjoy Tedium of Christopher Nolan Backlash
A pushback against ignorant and often racist social media discourse around The Odyssey
As a prelude, let me first say I am gagging to see Christopher Nolan’s IMAX-sized take on The Odyssey. As far as I’m concerned, the 17th of July can’t come quickly enough. I hope the film will be amazing, and obviously, my full review will be published on this site when the time comes.
With that said, I feel the need to get something out of my system regarding the nonsense plaguing social media, damning The Odyssey before anyone has seen it (I’ll spare you the misery of linking to any of this, but you can seek it out yourself if you want to be depressed at the state of humanity). In the interests of balance, I’ll fully accept that because Christopher Nolan is presently the world’s most successful film director, he attracts a fervent following. Some of these followers can be deeply irritating, especially when they consider his work to be above criticism. I do not. In fact, one of my most contentious Nolan opinions concerns The Dark Knight (2008), and how I feel it has significant flaws. (More on that here, if you want to read about it.) I state this example purely to lay out my credentials as someone I hope you’ll consider…
