It is quite common for heroes to have bad phases in their careers. Currently, the Akkineni heroes are going through such a period. King Nagarjuna arrived with ‘Ghost’ during the Dasara season of 2022. This action flick which was directed by Praveen Sattaru turned out to be a disaster. It did not get good collections and the talk wasn’t encouraging too. Prior to that, Nagarjuna’s ‘Manmadhudu 2’ and ‘Wild Dog’ were also big failures.
Last year, Naga Chaitanya arrived with a slice-of-life drama named ‘Thank You’. Dil Raju produced it while Vikram Kumar directed this movie. It ended up being a big failure. Dil Raju lost a lot of money and Vikram Kumar is yet to start his new project. Young hero Akhil Akkineni too faced a huge disaster in the form of ‘Agent’.
Directed by Surender Reddy, this high-budget spy thriller was released on 28th April and the talk was very bad that it learned less than 10 crores while the movie was made on a budget of 80 crores. Akhil already had flops like ‘Akhil’, ‘Hello’, and ‘Mr. Majnu’ before. But people hoped for Naga Chaitanya to bounce back with ‘Custody’ as the story was quite interesting and the promos generated a lot of positive buzz.
But the movie which came out on Friday turned out to be a huge disappointment. Many are predicting that it will be a big failure in both Naga Chaitanya and Venkat Prabhu’s careers. Chaitanya’s plans to get launched in Bollywood with ‘Laal Singh Chadda’ failed as well. With the wrong script selection and execution, the movies ended up as huge debacles. The Akkineni heroes have to be very careful with their next projects. Otherwise, their market will go down even further. Hope that it never happens.
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Nolan’s The Odyssey Opens With Stunning 98% Score
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has staged a remarkable turnaround even before its worldwide release. Just weeks ago, the film was surrounded by controversy, with a section of social media users criticizing Nolan’s casting choices. The backlash was so intense that the trailer reportedly became one of the most disliked movie trailers on YouTube.
However, the narrative has changed dramatically following the first wave of critic reviews.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the epic has debuted with a stunning 98% critics’ score, making it the highest-rated Christopher Nolan film on the review aggregator to date. The score is also among the strongest ever recorded for a large-scale Hollywood production.
For big-budget films, a critics’ rating between 85% and 90% is generally considered an outstanding achievement. The Odyssey surpassing that mark with 98% positive reviews highlights the overwhelming appreciation it has received from leading film critics.
The early reviews suggest that Nolan has once again delivered a visually spectacular and emotionally engaging cinematic experience. Critics have praised the film’s storytelling, technical brilliance, and ambitious scale, generating tremendous excitement ahead of its theatrical release.
If the overwhelmingly positive critical response is matched by audience reception, The Odyssey could be on track to become one of the biggest box-office successes of the year, with industry observers believing it has a strong chance of crossing the $1 billion mark worldwide.
