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An Odyssey Deserving of the Biggest Screen Possible Original

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By David Sims Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Emily Wilson’s celebrated translation of Homer’s The Odyssey sets aside the classic description of the epic poem’s hero, Odysseus, as a “man of twists and turns.” Instead, she goes for something more introspective: “Tell me about a complicated man,” it begins. That tweak perfectly reflects Christopher Nolan’s approach with The Odyssey, which is somehow Hollywood’s first proper adaptation of one of human history’s most enduring stories.
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The Superhero Movie That Crashes and Burns

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By David Sims Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
The success of last year’s Superman film proved there was still some interest in comic-book movies, all these years into their Hollywood-blockbuster dominance. The director James Gunn reintroduced viewers to the aw-shucks costumed champion, this time trying to make a name in a cynical, contemporary landscape, and Gunn’s approach made the classic superhero ideals of truth and justice feel fresh instead of corny.
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A Modern-Day Playtime Nightmare Original

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By David Sims Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Pixar’s cruelest and cleverest trick has been successfully convincing audiences, over several decades, that all kinds of creatures—even inanimate objects—can have rich inner lives. In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that to be forgotten is a fate as bad as death.
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