Some first reviews are out. Hollywood Reporter has a smattering of headlines.

The professional class, our betters, are gushing.

They are gushing about set pieces and Nolan’s bravery in embracing horror, as well as many other non-book parts of the movie.

If you haven’t been following, the influencers have taught me a new word “ratio’d” during the ramp up to this movie. Apparently the younguns are trying their own hand at reading entrails and the pairing they have noticed lately is when a trailer has less likes than either dislikes or comments. (No news is still good news, it seems. Meaning, comments are never in support of trailers.)

So The Odyssey trailer has been ratio’d. And it has terrible casting.

What does it have in the pro’s category?

IMAX film. Live Action/limited CGI—maybe none. (Not quite sure). Nolan’s reputation. The title matches an epic poem, the epic poem of Western Civilization, that no one has read recently.

That’s about it.

Will I go? No. I have been reading and the honest truth is that it is starting to take its toll on my movie watching. Books are just so much better than their movie adaptations, especially when they are woke. So no. I’m sure I’ll watch it at work. But no money will support these things.