Why aren’t there more films about Greek mythology?

It’s weird to me there really aren’t more of films about such a cool topic, there’s never even been a full feature film about the Odyssey or any other Greek myths (besides Hercules). I feel like there’s yet to be a masterpiece that tackles Greek mythology in a non cheesy way, if it can be done. What we do have pretty much misses the mark, usually not taking the source material all that seriously.

300 is probably the closest and it’s not even Greek, it’s Roman. Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans, Troy to an extent have all been sort of misses.

Then you have absolute cheeseball 90s series like Xena, Hercules, and the Odyssey miniseries which are sort of entertaining in their own right but not really all that well made.

I feel like there’s so much opportunity there! Would love to see something really well done, good acting, high budget but not a CGI mess. Maybe even an adaption of a Greek tragedy play like Oedipus Rex.

Submitted February 06, 2021 at 04:13PM by medicalthrowaway1415 https://ift.tt/3tyEGos