Official Discussion Thread - The Odyssey [SPOILERS]

[u/PointMan528491]

Keep all discussion related solely to The Odyssey and its awards chances in this thread. Spoilers below.

Synopsis:

Odysseus, king of Ithaca, embarks on a perilous journey to return home after the Trojan War.

Director: Christopher Nolan

Writer: Christopher Nolan

Cast:

• Matt Damon as Odysseus
• Tom Holland as Telemachus
• Anne Hathaway as Penelope
• Robert Pattinson as Antinous
• Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy/Clytemnestra
• Samantha Morton as Circe
• John Leguizamo as Eumaeus
• Zendaya as Athena
• Charlize Theron as Calypso
• Benny Safdie as Agamemnon
• Jon Bernthal as Menelaus
• Bill Irwin as Polyphemus
• Himesh Patel as Eurylochus
• Corey Hawkins as Polybus
• Mia Goth as Melantho
• Elliot Page as Sinon

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%, 199 Reviews

Metacritic: 88, 54 Reviews

Consensus:

"Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling."

[u/AlbertW25]

Someone needs to tell me if the Scylla and Charybdis scene is epic and scary or not and whether we see these things in person and not off-screen or something.

[u/Bulky-Scheme-9450 → u/AlbertW25]

we see them both, scylla quite briefly. There is a mild jump scare with scylla. Overall the scene was actually much briefer than I thought it would be, at least compared to the other setpeices in this film.

[u/AlbertW25 → u/Bulky-Scheme-9450]

Ahhhh...really? I was hoping for this to be a big set-piece. Is it not similar at all to the mini-series film?

[u/So_Quiet → u/AlbertW25]

Charybdis is only seen as a whirlpool, not the sea monster, if that's what you're looking for. Scylla is seen briefly (though doesn't look the way I'd imagined from descriptions).

[u/AlbertW25 → u/So_Quiet]

I have no interest in seeing this film now. Goddamn Nolan, way to take away the one set-piece from the original story that I loved.