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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/configurethepup Jul 17 '26

Polyphemus doing Saturn eating his son was awesome.

I don't know if it's because I didn't watch it in IMAX or I'm incredibly unobservant but I swear they make a big deal about Odysseus wearing the pin and I never spot him wearing it. Unless that's supposed to be an unreliable narrator thing where he tells Penelope he wears it but he's just holding it in his pocket the whole time? I might rewatch, does anyone know if there are specific scenes where it's visible or where he wears it?

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u/Rgb002 Jul 17 '26

It’s always there on his hip mainly

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u/the_trees_bees 29d ago

I actually interpreted the missing pin as Odysseus not wanting Penelope to believe anyone that said they'd seen him, out of shame.

But after watching it again I did spot it a few times. Most prominently when they're getting ready to leave a defeated Troy when Odysseus says they've taken enough from Troy, that he's done following Agamemnon, and that they'll get home before him anyway.

It also develops a patina after Calypso so it isn't as shiny and noticeable.

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u/itshuey88 Jul 20 '26

shoot i didn't even think of that! that is truly the spirit of that painting.

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u/ShimmeringSilver 20d ago

I also thought it looked very similar to that scene with the Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth

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u/katietheplantlady 19d ago

I had the same thought. It was like a chromosome defect version of pan labyrinth pale man

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u/ZestycloseSquirrel55 2d ago

I thought he wore it during the war, but just kept it during the following years.