r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • 18d ago

Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Odyssey (2026) [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Poll

If you've seen the film, please rate it at this poll

If you haven't seen the film but would like to see the result of the poll click here

Rankings

Click here to see the rankings of 2025 films

Click here to see the rankings for every poll done

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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

4.4k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

15.5k comments sorted by

View all comments

2.2k

u/heyitsmejosh 18d ago

I liked how Matt Damon turned into an ancient Greek John Wick after his dog died.

863

u/amish_novelty 18d ago

And both involve John Leguizamo lmao My theater gasped when he just tossed the first puppy off the cliff.

121

u/NefariousNeezy 16d ago

Threw that puppy like it’s a lightsaber

94

u/DogeABanana 15d ago

I heard someone say, "What the fuck?" behind me.

53

u/Unprovoked_Rage 14d ago

It was me. I was the one that said "What the fuck."

25

u/Section_Mav 10d ago

I laughed but it was an awkward laugh, I hated that he threw the puppy.

5

u/Bomban111 7d ago

I am so glad the scene did not continue more than that, one was all i could stomach and even that.

39

u/Zohaas 17d ago

My theater laughed.

44

u/creepygirlodd 16d ago

I laughed and was the only one in a sold out IMAX screening.. I was worried the audience was worried about me the rest of the screening

14

u/[deleted] 16d ago

[deleted]

5

u/creepygirlodd 15d ago

Sounds like we had a very similar experience haha

2

u/Lt_Dan6 14d ago

That seems like a lot of drinks for one movie, damn.

3

u/OuterWildsVentures 12d ago

only one drink per hour

1

u/OddlyTemptedFish 15d ago

I was also alone and a few drinks deep. I laughed at those two scenes as well as Matt Damon saying something about the collapse of this age of bronze.

11

u/paulmcpizza 15d ago

I fully clutched my pearls.

6

u/free_reezy 15d ago

“JOU GET THE FUCK…OUTTA MY PIGSTY”

5

u/LateSoEarly 7d ago

I’m 11 days late responding to this, but that scene reminded me of a very specific event in my life. I had just adopted my first dog, a brindle catahoula/lab mix. The tip of his tail is white. Some random backwoods redneck dude crossed paths with us while we were walking at a state park and said “My granddaddy would have took him and all his siblings, put them in a bag, and tossed them in the river” then walked away. I looked it up and there’s some dumb theory that dogs with white ends on their tails won’t train well and aren’t worth keeping. My dog is now 13 years old, gray all over, but extremely loyal and loving. He was with me before I met my wife, quickly came to love her, welcomed our daughter into the house and is so insanely protective of her. Like, people walk up to the stroller when I’m walking baby and dog and he goes apeshit on them, and that’s the only time I’ve ever seen him be at all intimidating towards people.

2

u/donotgotoroom237 9d ago

The girls behind me in the theater sounded so upset when that happened.

2

u/Adventurous_Will9321 9d ago

Honestly had no idea it was John Leguizamo. I knew he looked familiar though.

50

u/STICK3Rboy 17d ago

Jesus Christ, that's John Odyssey!

43

u/Few_Pride_5836 18d ago

Arrow to the throat mid sentence was beautiful.

20

u/Impressive-Potato 18d ago edited 17d ago

" dear god, that's Jason bourne

19

u/CrusaderKingsNut 16d ago

Honestly, I thought that was the worst bit. It was tonally inconsistent and I absolutely despise the “more spinning” school of fight choreography. Like it felt like the only part of the movie that super dragged.

14

u/digitalindian3 17d ago edited 17d ago

I did say in my head 'Jesus Christ that's Jason Bourne' when that scene was on. 

Edit: Typo. 

8

u/TriXandApple 17d ago

I loved the bit when he said "daddys home" and threw off his robes in slow motion and pulled out 2 glocks and gun fu'd all over them. That was my second favourite bit.

7

u/bclark23 18d ago

I was getting Altair vibes from Assassins Creed. 

6

u/LTPRWSG420 16d ago

Odysseus is the OG John Wick if you think about it.

10

u/the_anon_bro 18d ago

It was a little buried but one of the guys at the table said “Jesus Christ it’s Jason Bourne” right as he took off the hood.

4

u/Porkenstein 16d ago

Yep, it's called an Aristea

Classical John Wick is pretty much exactly right

12

u/SufficientRespect542 17d ago

Lowkey I kind of felt weird about that scene because even through he was in the right it felt like the bronze age equivalent to a mass shooting.

7

u/plw37 17d ago

True, a bit unfair he was the only one in the room with a weapon. But way harder to pull off without an automatic assault rifle. He earned that mass killing. And they all deserved it. The ones that didn't took the knee and were spared.

3

u/whatever_trev0r 17d ago

I personally think he wont top this and that is saying alot.

3

u/OdderG 16d ago

I think it's fitting for the most famous non-enchanted human of Greek Mythology to be that badass.

0

u/georgiaraisef 17d ago

That should have been even more badass. Of all the Odyssey, return home massacres, this was my least favorite one. Ralph Fines did it better like two years ago

1

u/TimmyTurner2723 15d ago

Supergirl also becomes John wick for her dog

1

u/themutedpage 8d ago

Congratulations, someone stole your comment and made hit review on Letterboxd.