Patrick and Benji review Christopher Nolan's epic high budget adaptation of The Odyssey after seeing it on opening night.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:48 How much did we know about The Odyssey?
3:56 Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster approach
7:29 Nolan’s sound design and the IMAX experience
11:30 Matt Damon and the all-star cast
16:37 Spoiler-free verdict
18:21 SPOILERS BEGIN
20:05 The opening, Ithaca and Odysseus’s bow
21:55 Robert Pattinson as Antinous
23:14 Zeus’s law and the breakdown of order
27:11 Calypso and the nonlinear structure
29:56 The Cyclops and Odysseus’s fatal arrogance
35:00 Menelaus, Helen and the fall of Troy
36:41 Sinon and the Trojan Horse sequence
40:02 The controversy around Helen of Troy
44:20 The Laestrygonians and Circe
49:48 Hades and Elliot Page as Sinon
51:54 The prophecy and the fate of Odysseus’s crew
55:58 The Sirens
58:24 Scylla, the whirlpool and an impossible choice
1:00:12 Odysseus finally surrenders to the gods
1:02:18 The return to Ithaca
1:04:27 Argos recognises Odysseus
1:05:58 Antinous’s plan and the recruitment token
1:09:56 Odysseus and Penelope’s pivotal conversation
1:10:36 Athena and the true meaning of Troy
1:14:22 The bow challenge and palace battle
1:18:10 The film’s major themes explained
1:22:24 Who else could have played Odysseus?
1:25:00 Ranking The Odyssey against Nolan’s films
1:26:17 Final ratings
1:27:54 Should you see it in IMAX?
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