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Rating of
3.5/4
It’s a shame Hollywood does make these anymore
Indyfreak - wrote on 07/30/2026
Excellent sword-and-sandal epic handled with expertise by Christopher Nolan. The scope of the production is breathtaking. The cinematography, the direction for the action scenes, and the strength of the cast deliver a compelling story and the spectacle that comes with it.
Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, and Robert Pattinson deliver great performances. Lupita N’yongo is not onscreen for long but she leaves an impact. Samantha Morton is equally memorable as an unsettling witch.
The mythological elements are more horrifying than awe-inspiring. A cyclops holds Odysseus and his crew hostage. A fiendish sea monster plucks men from ships without any warning. Armor-clad giants appear from an eerie mist and command trees at will.
But it allows for quieter moments between the …
Rating of
4/4
Sing to Me, Muse
Chris Kavan - wrote on 07/22/2026
Christopher Nolan continues to solidify his place as one of the greatest modern directors with The Odyssey. I have been a fan ever since seeing Memento (which I still consider a personal favorite) and the hits just keep coming: The Prestige, The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Oppenheimer and now, here we are, another grand spectacle that has all the hallmarks of yet another guaranteed award-winning masterpiece.
The Odyssey, of course, is steeped in ancient history - Homer's epic following the Greek hero Odysseus as he does all he can to return home to his wife Penelope and son Telemachus following the long siege of Troy led by Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus. Odysseus is responsible for coming up with the plan to hide a select group inside a horse - presented as a …
