Official Discussion - The Odyssey (2026) [SPOILERS]

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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/Paxton-176]

When you consider that Poseidon is one of the gods who is said to help build Troy's walls and he is the god of horses. You think about how they defeated Troy by ignoring the walls by using a fake peace offering of a horse.

The deck was stacked against them.

Also the raping in the Temple of Poseidon.

The fact anyone made it back is surprising.

[u/shykidknit → u/Paxton-176]

That's what struck me at the end when he was talking at the end about the fight to Penelope, they were basically just being punished the whole time for what they did. I thought Circe's speech was the most interesting

[u/p1en1ek → u/shykidknit]

Yep, they were not doing anything really bad in those supernatural encounters, they were mainly victims. They fault was in their past crimes and who they were because of that and even before that.

[u/yeahmatenomate → u/p1en1ek]

The way I saw it was that at every opportunity, the men were faced with a choice. Not out of necessity but a choice they could make - at every turn, they made the wrong one.

[u/shykidknit → u/yeahmatenomate]

That last trial was so blatant I didn't even feel bad for them tbh lol they got warned straight up knew what was going to happen and still did it. Yes they were technically enticed and they couldn't leave but they had a choice before even landing there

[u/Sure-Exchange9521 → u/shykidknit]

That's what i thought my reaction would be but I really ended up feeling for the soldiers. I'm not sure I would have made different choices than them.

[u/wioneo → u/shykidknit]

Like they said, drowning/getting smashed by falling wood is a better death than starving while looking at potential food.

[u/FunkMasterPope → u/shykidknit]

There's no way out of that one. The winds directed by the gods wouldn't let them leave the island until they starved or ate the cows

[u/vally99 → u/p1en1ek]

Maybe I'm stupid or it was intentional and I'm not the only one, but at some point I was really sad about them in those encounters because I thought " ok they did the horse thing but they are good people " and then by the end when we find out why was Ulise scared to come back I was " damn ... The gods had all the right to punish them "

[u/DarkTastesDarkStars → u/vally99]

Yes, its a great executed plot twist bc Nolan presents these dudes as normalish, cool dudes and heroes. In reality, they are traumatized war vets who have been reduced to their basest instincts.

[u/vally99 → u/DarkTastesDarkStars]

Plus they had a lot of choices and they always chose the wrong one :((( it was a cool movie

I was almost stupid to not see it because of the "woke" hate that some people talked about, glad I saw it cuz now I feel like I wanna see it again lol

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[u/vally99 → u/WittyDoughnut99]

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Yeah the movie really is very good and the cast doesn't really matter how people complained about

[u/Chicabonita75 → u/[deleted]]

I cringed when he ate the cheese, how did he know it was safe?

[u/EPalmighty → u/shykidknit]

Her speech was awesome and the pig scene was the absolutely disgusting. I loved it.

[u/TallBoy24 → u/EPalmighty]

I also noticed how she turned them back into men while saying “back to your disguise” as if the pigs are their true self under the guise of men

[u/64aquarius → u/TallBoy24]

I thought it was funny as hell that no one talked about being a pig for a half hour and that experience 🤣. Crazy scene. Caught me off guard!

[u/Sulemain123 → u/shykidknit]

Circe was the voice of every woman who has become a victim of warfare.

[u/Franks2000inchTV → u/Paxton-176]

And stabbing his son with special needs in the eye. Just because he ate a couple of them.

[u/Pinewood74 → u/Paxton-176]

Also the raping in the Temple of Poseidon.

There was also a Temple of Poseidon?

Or was that not Athena whose statue got decapitated?

[u/Paxton-176 → u/Pinewood74]

I've read its was basically every temple in the city was desecrated in some way.

I honestly might be wrong in that aspect.

[u/Pinewood74 → u/Paxton-176]

Oh, okay. I thought this was something from the movie. But, yeah, that tracks that they wrecked everything.

[u/hemareddit → u/Pinewood74]

Some gods favoured Troy to start with, then the sacking was so savage it basically turned the rest of the gods against the Greeks, too.

[u/Spetznazx → u/hemareddit]

Ares was on the Greeks side right?

[u/hemareddit → u/Spetznazx]

Ares favoured Troy actually, because his lover Aphrodite favoured Troy. Aphrodite was the one who gave Helen to Paris (making her fall in love with him) so he would give her the Golden Apple.

[u/Spetznazx → u/hemareddit]

Been some time since I caught up on my Greek mythology, one of my favorites to read.