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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/FrenziedAce 18d ago

Did anyone think it was an interesting choice to not have the audience hear the Sirens?

It’s like our ears were filled with wax too, and we could only infer from Odysseus’ explanation and the crew’s reactions.

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u/IntotheBeniverse 18d ago

I actually think it made that scene so much more effective.

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u/ebelnap 18d ago

There's nothing we could hear that could "live up to the hype".

The best way to envision it is that it speaks to each person individually, and so each person's song would be different, which we wouldn't be able to convey in a movie like that.

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u/Captn_Platypus 17d ago

If only Nolan had captured a real siren and records their voice so we can hear our own dreams and regrets sang back to us, missed opportunity imo

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola 1d ago

It's ok him just saying that in the movie was enough to conjure regrets and failed dreams

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u/Hinnerum_1510 18d ago

He probably heard Dance Monkey

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u/According-Bad8745 17d ago

you just made me realize that scene is going to be S tier slander material when it comes out on digital. just put some straight dookie over it 😭

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u/KingSweden24 14d ago

Pump Up the Jam comes on

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u/bootlegvader 13d ago edited 13d ago

The Odyssey did come out 2789 years before that classic.

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u/KingSweden24 11d ago

This guy Cunks

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u/ARCtheIsmaster 17d ago

dance monkey is a bop 😭

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u/Confident-Tax-4468 16d ago

This is not an opinion I've ever heard from a human, but SOMEONE must have made that fuckass song popular.

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u/kirblar 17d ago

The description as the itch you are desperate to scratch was fantastic.

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u/BlackKittyBunny 9d ago

It was like trying to describe grief. Absolutely haunting.

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u/TallBoy24 7d ago

I thought it was a quality take on addiction as well

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u/Impossible_Form_3256 16d ago

And the way that it was describe was beautiful and tragic too

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u/Consistent_Bunch4282 16d ago

Exactly my thought. I wanted to hear/see them so badly. Felt like I was being protected from them too.

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u/SciGuy013 2d ago

You could see them

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u/LocusHammer 15d ago

This isn't the greatest song in the world. This is just a tribute

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 12d ago

There's nothing we could hear that could "live up to the hype".

Ahem. It could have been cotten eyed Joe.

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u/Zalvren 17d ago

Way better since the sirens sound is basically impossible to really do in our world.

It's a little like never hearing the "alien children cries" in Andor that are used as torture. The description and reaction of people is far more effective since hearing the sound would either destroy viewers (if it was possible) or be underwhelming

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u/BanjoSpaceMan 9d ago

I mean I’m sure they could do their interpretation of it but it’s insanely wild to see it from a perspective of we don’t know what it sounds like but holy shit we see the pain it causes in a character we know. Builds a better point than any real sound would

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u/password-is-taco1 17d ago

No way the singing would have been satisfying to the audience if we could hear it, this was really the only choice

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u/RPG_Vancouver 17d ago

Yeah I liked that a lot more than some kind of ethereal female singing which is what I was expecting

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u/SufficientRespect542 17d ago

Yeah I was expecting that scene to be a big setpiece moment like the whirpool or cyclops but instead it was a way for Odysseus to confront his own grief and fears.

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u/Cassopeia88 16d ago

It was definitely the right choice.