"Lifeless": These Before-And-After Pictures Of "The Odyssey" Are Sparking A Debate

Since the day the first trailer for The Odyssey dropped, there has been much discussion about Christopher Nolan's muted color palette. Does it feel real? Or just drab and blah?

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Well, now the movie is out, so that question is up to the eye of the beholder. But there's a clip from the Peacock behind-the-scenes special The Odyssey: The Making of an Epic that's gotten everyone talking again.

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In it, Assistant Director Nilo Otero discusses how shooting the movie's boat scenes on the real sea led to a moment when dolphins unexpectedly came up to the boat, which made it into the final movie.

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Subsequently, you can see what the location was like in real life:

Contrasted with what we see in the movie:

Here's another side-by-side of the exterior of the boat:

You can also contrast the exterior shots of Ithica:

Some subsequently criticized the shift in colors:

While others defended it:

The debate raged on:

What do you make of this whole thing? LMK in the comments.

You can read BuzzFeed's review of the movie here.