The new trailer for The Odyssey is out, and as we reported yesterday, Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic poem features a lot of beards, a cute puppy, and plenty of darkness.
However, the trailer has been met with a barrage of criticism over something else: accents. Specifically, the American accents which feel ill-suited to the ancient Greek setting, and modern dialogue which also clashes with the source material.
Aside from Odysseus (Matt Damon) shouting “Let’s go!” as a battle cry at one point (no, just no), one line of dialogue seems to be rubbing everyone up the wrong way...
Antinous (Robert Pattinson), one of Penelope’s suitors, confronts Telemachus (Tom Holland) and says: “You’re pining for a daddy you didn’t even know, like some sniveling bastard.”
The use of the term “daddy” will doubtlessly spark memes, but so far it’s igniting disbelief.
