Review: The Odyssey (2026)
By William Pattison
This time I got the lastest film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey…
After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back
to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso
along the way.
This is an outstanding adaptation of Homer’s epic story.
Christopher Nolan shows himself once again as an artist. The production quality
is right up there wit Openhymer. Nolan uses natural illumination, meaning
candle and fire light so the indoor scenes have heavy shadows and present a
near art noir feel to the scenes. Also, the the scenes in the cave of the
Cyclops it makes the action harder to see but also causes the viewer to use
their imaginations more. Also with the sound FX it makes the scenes that much
more cringe. Nolan knows how to used sound to it’s full ada antage. This even
extends to Obysius’s scene where he reclaims his throne. The sound in those
scenes are just as brutal as the visuals. You hear bones crack and flesh rip.
The visual FX are the best of any adaption of this story.
Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Tom Holand are stunning as
Odyssius and his family.
The only thing that annoyed me is that because of the WOKE
rules still on the books, in order to be able to have his film in The Oscars
Nolan had to turn all the the people in Troy black especially Helen of Troy.
This bullshit sticks out in this film like a sore thumb, but I forgive Nolan
for this annoying compromise in order to give this work a chance for accolades.
I just wish these awards would stop being based on bullshit politics and be
about the quality of the work itself.
Still, even with this smear on it Christopher Nolan’s The
Odyssey is AWESOMETACULAR!!!
