The Odyssey Movie Review Rating:
Star Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o. Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Charlize Theron
Director: Christopher Nolan
What’s Good: The philosophies within and behind all the pageantry
What’s Bad: The length!
Loo Break: With such a length, only at your discretion!
Watch or Not?: Overall, of course!
Language: English
Available On: Theatrical release
Runtime: 172 Minutes
User Rating:
The story is known. It is suitably modified to bring in or heighten certain aspects, like Zeus’ Law, a modification of the Greek concept of Zenia, that we must treat all human beings with respect, for even the humblest might be a god in disguise. Within that, we see a basically simple story of a warrior-sailor and his quest for home.
After the fall of Troy, Odysseus (Matt Damon), king of Ithaca, sets sail for home—but the journey stretches into ten grueling years. The sea god Poseidon, enraged after Odysseus blinds his son, the cyclops Polyphemus (Bill Irwin), curses him to wander the seas, battered by storms and mishaps galore.
And so, along the way, Odysseus and his crew face one trial after another. They escape, outwit, and resist various antagonists of varied hues (we don’t want to have spoilers here for those who must be a part of this experiential drama!). They resist the deadly song of the Sirens, with Odysseus lashed to his ship’s mast to hear their voices safely. They pass between the monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, losing men to each. The sorceress Circe from Aeaea (Samantha Morton) even transforms Odysseus’ sailors into swine before becoming an ally. Odysseus also speaks with the dead, including the blind prophet Tiresias (James Remar) of the Greek ‘underworld’ (not crime-based, but simply a realm to which an individual goes after …read more
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