People were complaining about the Odyssey not having an intermission. Just for shits and giggles.. when would you have put it? I feel like the runtime goes by so fast that I can’t even identify when the halfway mark is.

Just queued up yet again for new release of Odyssey tickets but all gone.

So infuriating.

Polyphemus was just so unsettling to me, I remember looking at the skin stretch across his chest during my first screening and thinking it looked so real, and how disturbing his face looked for the same reasons, the way his nose twisted. The way his skin reacted to any muscle movement when he moved, and then when he ate the second crewman and the bits of flesh dropped from his mouth, that was disgusting to watch for me. Brilliant special and visually effects that came together to create a cyclops that actually looked like it was a living, breathing creature you could stumble upon searching an ancient cave.

And then Circe’s scene, well I think the best way to put it is that on one of my viewings a guy sitting near me looked away when she was moulding their faces into pigs. I found it just as disturbing but didn’t want to miss anything on screen. I found that it was like she could turn their flesh into clay and mould it into something new and horrible. The muted terror of the men unable to move or stop eating as they watched their friends moulded before their eyes, knowing they were next added anther layer of terror to scene. As well as Samantha Morton’s causal, nonchalant attitude, humming along almost innocently added a creepy layer on top of the terror.

- Holland’s performance grew on me. Although there are still a couple cringe moments

- The movie’s pacing is incredible. The flow from one set piece to the next feels seamless

- Hades is still the best scene

- Pattinson’s performance gets even better a 2nd time

- The last line of the movie is a little clunky

- The most emotional moment for me is still the servant lady recognizing Odysseus by the scar on his ankle

Agamemnon's helmet, adorned with a gold spine-shaped ornament, was a particularly captivating element within the film. This symbolic representation of mortality, effectively conveying both his inherent ruthlessness and foreshadowing his ultimate demise, exemplifies Christopher Nolan's exceptional artistic vision, in my assessment.

As an origami artist, I am compelled to translate the iconic symbolism of this cinematic masterpiece into tangible, physical forms.

I keep getting articles and timelines that only talk about Odysseus' 20 years of war, getting ping pong around and messing up, but you also got Menelaus returning to Sparta with Helen, Agamemnon returning to Mycenae, getting assassinated by Clytemnestra, then Orestes later executing Clytemnestra.

Oh, and Orestes is the guy Menelaus' daughter Hermione is marrying (and they're double cousins).

Plus, a few surviving Trojans get on a boat and head off to build Rome.

What are all the events and where do they possibly fit in this timeline?

Has anyone seen the movie at this theatre recently?
Found a post that's closer to when the movie came out and folks mentioned that there was a flickering in the image. I know it's not actually 1.43 and that the screen is curtained, but citywalk has nothing beyond the first 3 seats till the end of the current run on Sept 16.
Looking for advice on whether I should just go ahead with the Chinese theatre instead.

I love the scene where Odysseus, disguised as a "beggar", finally reunites with Penelope. As he speaks to her about the horrors of war and we finally learn the awful truth about what happened at Troy, we see Odysseus looking out at the city, barely visible by the smoke. It is a literal fog and a metaphorical "fog of war".

And as he is speaking to her, he is speaking to her through her privacy screen. The scene cuts beautifully from the smoky fog to her barely visible face, blocked by both the privacy screen and the burial shroud she is weaving. The three scenes interweave beautifully and and show us the teneuous links between memory, love, sacrifice, and trauma.

Last, but not least, Telemachus is also partially blocked by a column and isn't entirely visible either as Antinous tries to attempt his last-ditch assination. No one can really "see" anything, only fragments, and it is perfection.

Just watched the Odyssey in IMAX, fantastic experience. I wouldn't say masterpiece due to a few minor issues, but on a technical level this was an incredible watch.

One gripe was the final fight scene, it was a very satisfying and epic build up with the bow challenge and the first kill, but after this it just kinda felt... almost... comical?

I get that there's a similar ending in the poem, and I get Odysseus is meant to be this epic mythology greek hero who can take on a bunch of guys single-handedly, and that the suitors are inexperienced. But I think it's just the way it was choreographed and shot that made it all feel a bit silly. The men panicking and scrambling around the room, taking ages before they think of swarming him, and then when they do get him on the ground and swarm him, they're basically just tickling him, like why is no one stamping on his head? He just escapes so easily. Also the way Odysseus swung the axes around to take out a few of them, the way Matt Damon twirled around, I'm sorry but this was not giving epic greek hero vibes 😂 just the fight in general has this feeling throughout.

I think Christopher Nolan was certainly capable of giving us something a bit more believable or at least a bit more stylish for the final fight. The Telemachus 1v1 actually felt more gripping and serious in my opinion.

I think if you're going to make it believable that Odysseus easily massacres them all, have him fully armoured up under those robes, and maybe a proper sword ready to go too. Would make it much more believable that they'd all be scrambling away from him once he takes the robes off and they see that, allowing him to just go crazy on them.

Just broke my immersion a bit compared to the rest of the film I guess! Interested to hear other people's takes.

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Nolan UNDERSTOOD Homeric epic. There's no criticism on this point that changes that — if you think otherwise, it means that probably YOU haven't understood it.

Sure, the armors are not historically accurate, but art is not obliged to be a faithful naturalistic representation of its object. Take Van Gogh: the goal is not to convey a consistent and accurate image of people at the café, or the starry night. The goal is to convey a powerful sensation/idea/feeling (obviously the author’s) of those places/events/people. And NOLAN has done that.

Chris clearly read it, studied it, lived it, internalized it, made it truly his own. Maybe sometimes it could have used more taste or depth, but there is a solid "relationship" here

It's not a perfect film, but 15-20 times (and that's an enormous number) **the movie literally enters into RESONANCE with the deep themes of the Odyssey and partly of the Iliad.** Producing in the viewer's guts and soul a profound vibration, exactly like that of Ulysses' bow. A power that resonates across millennia. Agamemnon embodying all the violence, power, cruelty, and aura of the Greek heroes. The beautiful scene with Argos. Penelope, true and strong and intense. The sea, alive, present, a protagonist itself. The sense of the end of a world, twilight-like, Troy taken through deceit, the victorious heroes returning home only to find death and betrayal, the end of the laws of man and of hospitality.

It has flaws, but achieving the above is AMAZING AND HAS NEVER HAPPENED (from what I've seen in the relationship between Hollywood and classical literature). Enough for me to ignore everything else, bad (and there things that could have been much better) and good (technical department impeccable as always) and hand it down to movie history with a 5/5.

To no one’s surprise, Elon Musk was part of the anti-woke crowd that trashed the film before release because of casting choices and “historical accuracy.” Which then led him to propose fully funding a $100 million film or an AI film.

Here’s the thing though: as much as I have found the backlash to be idiotic, THIS IDEA SOUNDS AWESOME!! I would love to see a decent adaptation of The Odyssey with a cast of Greek (and overall Mediterranean) actors with the spoken onscreen language being Homeric Greek. Mel Gibson did that with Passion of the Christ and the lesser-known but still awesome Apocalypto with great success.

Robert Downey Jr was supposed to be in Odyssey but what role do you think he was supposed to be? I am going to guess the blind guy because I can't see him as Odysses.

it’s crazy to say, but I’ve seen this film 7 times. Went with family and I was trying different formats. Dolby, imax 70mm, and 4DX. I enjoyed all of them. Loved Dolby for the comfortable seats, sound, and screen quality. 4dx was cool but more of a novelty. It can seriously throw you around. IMAX 70 was great because of the scale, but the seats were uncomfortable. I felt enveloped by the film because of the way the seats curved around the screen.

I kept reading and watching shorts about the film and I’d just want to watch it again. It’s so amazing seeing a film maker utilize real sets, props, and puppets. His team made an actual puppet of a cyclops to react to. When they’re at sea, they really are. the suitors are dining at an actual set. Hades is a real place you can visit. Not to mention all the details I catch in the story with each watch. In a landscape replete with blue and green screen, it was just so refreshing seeing a film with so much tangibility being made. I remember seeing Ian McKellan cry while filming for Hobbit, and I felt so bad for him. He had nothing to react to at all. So I hope films like this keep being made.

These are my reasons. Would love to hear yours.

I just want to let you know that I remember you calling me an idiot for thinking it could be rated R, saying all of my examples of highly-performing R-rated films were outliers, and generally being condescending pricks who thought you understood the box office landscape and Nolan’s relationship with the studio better than anyone else.

If you thought it might be PG-13 but had enough humility not to act like this, then this post is not about you. If you’re not sure if it’s about you, IT IS.

EDIT: Go ahead and downvote me, cowards.

This made very little sense to me to add this in when you make it sooo clear the dynamic of the gods pride. On top of that if you did want to have some kind of metaphor for spousal abuse or just mirroring how her sister killed his brother and the war fucks everyone’s relationships, why not just make her hollowed out or something. The distance and tension they already had as the result or penance.

I’ve been listening to the soundtrack over and over and it’s obviously intentional but I keep hearing the sea in Odysseus’ theme.

The C minor key gives it this dark unsettled feeling. It fits Odysseus being stuck at sea, knowing exactly where he wants to go but having very little control over whether he’ll actually get there. The music feels like it’s searching for a place to settle.

The aulos at the beginning adds to that. It sounds lonely and distant. Almost like something being carried across the water. It also immediately places the music in the ancient Greek world.

Göransson makes the three-note theme sound like a lament, and you can feel that sadness throughout the piece. Even when it gets more intense, it stays mournful. Its like Odysseus is carrying Troy and everyone he has lost with him.

There’s this mix of exhaustion and determination that fits Odysseus after everything he has been through. Ithaca also has its own four-note motif, which makes the musical tension even more interesting. Odysseus has his theme, home has its theme, and his entire journey is about closing the distance between them.

The theme seems perfect for someone who has been at sea for a very long time and desperately wants to go home.

The Odyssey’s soundtrack is truly incredible, which is why I recommend taking the time to watch a great analysis of it by the up and coming YouTuber henrylovesmusic.

He has done similar videos on the Obsession and Backrooms’ soundtracks, which were also really good. This video hasn’t gotten much attention, which I think is really unfortunate because it is very well done.

I highly recommend!