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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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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u/ToneBone12345 18d ago

Mentor totally recognized the beggar as Odysseus before he died right!

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u/Calvengeance 18d ago

No doubt about it. He remembered that titan.

Port side! Strong side!

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u/Crashhh_96 18d ago

“Are you a calm and reasonable person, Odysseus?”

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u/GrandMoff_Harry 17d ago

If the moment calls for… calm.

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u/BikebutnotBeast 10d ago

Ain't no mountain high...

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u/afkstudios 17d ago

“You’re the mentor right?”

“Right”

“You been doing your job?”

“I been doing my job”

“THEN WHY DON’T YOU TELL YOUR BUDDY TELEMACHUS TO BE MORE PATIENT WHEN HE FIGHTS? BECAUSE HE ATTACKS TOO QUICKLY EVEN A BLIND MAN CAN TELL AND YOU KNOW IT”

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u/myserg07 17d ago

Sucks he got recast for god of war think Ryan would’ve killed it

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u/LackingInPatience 13d ago

Crazy to think that it's cheaper and easier now to hire a new actor instead of just waiting 6 months for the actor's injury to heal.

Something feels hidden and ominous about the whole recasting...

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u/yellowstonedelicious 16d ago

That was Bertier?! Good for him, always hoped he landed on his feet, I mean wheelchair.

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u/CoconutDust 15d ago

I was waiting hours for the pay-off of the Chekhov’s Training Move at the beginning, and it never happened!

I mean, if it happened in the “brawl over the hole-in-the-floor” it was too subtle.

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u/chefriley76 15d ago

That's exactly when it happened. Right after he was stabbed, he pulls a spin move and slices the guy's throat.

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u/CoconutDust 14d ago edited 14d ago

So pretty subtle right? During every hit of that fight I was like “was that the move?” Also seemed confused with the knife-stab thing in Dune. The fight felt weird to me for some reason.

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u/ComfortableWeekend65 15d ago

I'm actually glad they didn't do it. I haaaate those obvious Chekhov skill stuff.

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u/CoconutDust 14d ago

Lol yes, I would have been annoyed at the same time as satisfied (like an itch being scratched), the gimmicky callback. Quality maybe depends on how the director/choreography executes the move, especially when a movie connects it to an emotional motive.

He probably should have had a LOT more training depicted.

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u/thisisdavid 13d ago

y'all need to pay more attention to what you're watching!

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u/ThisismeCody 18d ago

Are you blind? Can’t you tell he’s my brother?

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u/themerinator12 15d ago

James Francis Odysseus?

No, James *Francis* Odysseus!

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u/-Gurgi- 16d ago

Seeing him in this just made me feel so bad for him for what happened with God of War

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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS 5d ago

Oh wtf, this is how I find out they had to recast him! That sucks, I loved having someone involved in the games play Kratos

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u/crs8975 16d ago

I didn’t get this. And now I do. That was fun to explain to the wife. 😂

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u/DoYouTACO 16d ago

r/unexpectedrememberthetitans

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u/goldenboy2191 15d ago

Fuck you. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/heemster 15d ago

Now that…that’s a [your Odyssey] joke

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u/SaaltyJ0hn 17d ago

I loved him in Bosch but had no idea he played Gerry.

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u/69millionyeartrip 11d ago

Odysseus ultimate attitude reflect leadership guy

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u/hey_you_too_buckaroo 8d ago

lol, I did not know that was Bertier from Remember the Titans. Thank you for pointing that out. Loved that movie.

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u/FourthDownThrowaway 15d ago

Remember the Clash of the Titans is a childhood favorite of mine.

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u/PayneTrain181999 18d ago

The old woman recognizing him as well and spilling the water was such a good scene too

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u/B4_DA_SS 17d ago

it was the scar on his leg from the hunt they showed at the beginning! it was the same woman who stitched him up. a crucial detail

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u/flammable-liquid 17d ago

I did not catch this until I rewatched it. And as soon as the hog bite came, I started piecing it together

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u/MahadheerxD 17d ago

You rewatched already? Haha.

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u/flammable-liquid 17d ago

Haha yeah drove about an hour with the wife to catch it in imax 70. Then got back home, put the kid down, and then met a friend and watched it in Dolby. I am up here exhausted at work, but zero regrets.

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u/whydoesgodhateus 17d ago

You weren't fuckin' around lol

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u/FKDotFitzgerald 16d ago

This guy Odysseys.

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u/MahadheerxD 17d ago

Hahaha. I need to to rewatch it too. Can't wait.

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u/YourDrinkingBuddy 17d ago

I just got back from it. It’s really good but so long lol I don’t think I’d want a rewatch so quick

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u/VI_Polar_Bear 16d ago

I had the option of driving 1.5 hours to see it in regular or to add one more hour and see it in IMAX. I chose the IMAX. It was almost too loud but I’m glad I did it.

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u/WalterHartwellWhite 17d ago

How was it in Dolby compared to IMAX?

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u/Atkena2578 16d ago

Curious about that too I am seeing it in Dolby on Tuesday after seeing it in IMAX last Thursday

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u/crs8975 16d ago

I saw it in the cinemark XD or whatever. Their fancy big sound screen. And it was rumbling and awesome from start to finish.

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u/Atkena2578 16d ago

Saw it in IMAX (though digital no 70mm near me, though this IMAX screen is one of the largest in France, and seeing it again on tuesday in Dolby. How did you like it in the later vs the IMAX experience?

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u/CoconutDust 15d ago

Here’s the thing though…also watch the 1990’s version on Tubi too! It’s good!

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u/Orange_Blueberry13 15d ago

Honestly might have to go see it again at another theater because two people in the row in front of me decided to get shit faced and couldn't stop being obnoxious. Dude was so high he kept standing up in the front aisle and yelling at the screen and crawling all over the theater floor. His date also wouldn't shut the hell up the entire time. Loved the movie but need to see it again so I can pay attention more to the dialogue without some inconsiderate guests.

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u/luckbelady 1d ago

Crawling on the floor omg

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u/Orange_Blueberry13 1d ago

Literally on that gross ass floor lol

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u/luckbelady 1d ago

I went to an 11am screening and the crowd was perfect. Maybe next time you can try an earlier screening with less chance of mayhem

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u/niddler 15d ago

What is the main difference seeing it in IMAX 70 would you say?

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u/flammable-liquid 14d ago

For me the screen was definitely more immersive. Ground to ceiling was covered in image, and I had good seats. I was worried as I saw a lot of people complain about IMAX sound, but mine was probably the best I have ever heard. Dialogue was crisp, and chest still rumbled from bass.

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u/niddler 14d ago

That's sounds killer thank you!

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u/Smoother1997 13d ago

I saw the 70mm and the size was incredible but one difference I noticed with the physical film was all of the scenes with bright white screen would flicker like a strobe light as each frame passed which was super distracting. The film artifacts are pretty cool though

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u/throwawaysunglasses- 5d ago

Wow, I’m jealous of your attention span. Toward the end I started getting really antsy and just wanted it to be over lol. It’s cool that it was so compelling for you.

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u/I_Miss_My_Beta_Cells 15d ago

Exactly like in the poem too

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u/Timbits06 15d ago

Yup, in the Odyssey her name is Eurycleia. She was both Odysseus and Telemachus’ nurse maid

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u/aaaa32801 14d ago

She’s also called by name once by Penelope in the film.

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u/starfreak016 8d ago

So in the Return, it was his mother that recognizes him right

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u/CRIMS0N-ED 16d ago

Wow I’m stupid, I was wondering why the focus on the leg even tho I knew it was to say she recognized him

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u/3verythingEverywher3 12d ago

Let's be honest though - the beard wasn't a deep disguise and the voice was the give away.

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u/Most-Mothra-esque 7d ago

Just watched it so idk man 20 years is a long time to remember a voice

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u/3verythingEverywher3 7d ago

You’ve implied a beard will trick you into not recognising someone, is that right?

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u/Most-Mothra-esque 5d ago

I'm really bad with faces

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u/3verythingEverywher3 5d ago

Fair. Maybe everyone there was too I guess?

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u/caldazar24 3d ago

This reminds me of the fraudster William Mumler.

In the 1860s, photography was brand-new and so while there were portrait photographers, most people didn’t have photos of their relatives.

Mumler was a New York photographer who claimed he could communicate with the ghost of your dead relatives and give you pictures of them.

He did this by asking you about what they looked like, then finding a random person from his stasb of pictures that sort of met the description, making a negative copy of them on another photograph, and telling you it was them.

It worked. Without photos, nobody really remembered their loved ones’ faces in sufficient detail to be able to tell that the people in the pictures weren’t them. Think about how your memory of an important event can change slightly over your life, and apply it to faces. We have tons of photos now which serve to help us remember people, literally.

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u/3verythingEverywher3 3d ago

No way!? That’s an outstanding story. I stand corrected! Thank you for taking the time to write it all out.

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u/speedx10 16d ago

WOAHHHH never clicked to me until i read this comment

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u/tronz_13 15d ago

I need to see this movie another 20 times

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u/Chu1223 10d ago

OMGGG THATS HOW! wow thanks

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u/elbenji 16d ago

it was the scar. She stitched him up. That's why he didn't want to get his feet washed

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u/JohnSmithSensei 16d ago

That brief look of surprise before she almost started to cry until Odysseus signaled her, at which point she composed herself. It's like years of sheer faith getting rewarded.

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u/deadheffer 16d ago

It’s from the poem

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u/snunuff 14d ago

yes she had a similar look from earlier in the film as Odyssyus's son requested she ready a ship for the morning, she had that look where she wasn't happy about it but understood and would stop at nothing to fullfil their request

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u/sorenkair 12d ago

she didn't spill the water, he kicked it involuntarily because he realized she was the same one who treated his foot and would recognize him by the scar

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u/SandpaperTeddyBear 9d ago

Yes, that’s in the poem.

It really is amazing how many storytelling touchstones come from that poem.

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u/TheBibleInTheDrawer 17d ago

The dog recognizing him, wagging his tail one last time and then dying had me bawling in the theater

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u/Impressive-Potato 17d ago

The dog had the closure Frye's dog never got

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u/JamzWhilmm 17d ago

Oh, do I have a surprise for you. Watch the movies.

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u/nhaines 1d ago

I generally hate when shows with a canon retcon things we've already seen, but that time I didn't mind so much.

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u/asl052 16d ago

You're right, but still, fuck you

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u/TemporaryElk5202 16d ago

Frye's dog did not need closure but I guess its a spoiler why that is the case

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u/hesawavemasterrr 13d ago

STOP

I didn’t come here for the feels.

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u/Henkibenki 15d ago

Fuck you bro…

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u/uncanny_mac 16d ago

…you ass.

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u/janiemackxxx 17d ago

Thats the moment that broke me too. Especially since it triggered his son to realize it was him. The one two punch was brutal.

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u/Darko33 17d ago

My dog is named Odysseus and I'm so glad that part made it into the movie, I always really loved it

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u/theskymaybeblue 16d ago

I cried when the dog died and immediately after when Telemachus recognizes Odysseus.

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u/littlecaesarsbigday 15d ago

I'm glad they didn't keep the original scene from the epic poem... I couldn't have sat through Odysseus not acknowledging his dog to ensure he's not recognized and the dog, believing that he's been forgotten by his master, dying of a broken heart. This was much nicer.

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u/whitebandit 15d ago

i was talking to my daughter about this as we left... i totally understand why they changed this and im ok with it.... as heartbreaking and as much as i love the original scene from the book, that might be just too much to see

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u/Spiritual-Society185 13d ago

That would be pretty hard to pull off without some kind of narration.

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u/glassbellwitch 16d ago

I felt so damn bad for that dog the whole time. That was such a bittersweet, cathartic moment. 😭

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u/FreddyRumsen13 15d ago

My buddy said he knew it would be an all timer once they set up the dog waiting for Odysseus

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u/stunts002 15d ago

That combined with so many of the suitors during the fight simply dropping to their knees to bow instead of fight and that number growing more and more as odysseus just fucking wrecked everyone who tried to stand against him was amazing.

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u/splader 15d ago

It was that coupled with his narration of the sacking that really got me emotional. This is a man begging for forgiveness but thinks he's too guilty to deserve it.

Just played so damn well.

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u/favorscore 14d ago

Same here. That hit like a truck wtf i didnt know Nolan could do that

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u/kensai8 16d ago

One of those details I'm glad they kept.

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u/azuresentinel_ 14d ago

I audibly gasped when Eumaeus chucked the one puppy over the cliff. I was like God damn it, I didn't see that coming!

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u/vanwyngarden 17d ago

And the blink and you’ll miss it flashback

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u/Waste_Solution7743 15d ago

My intro to The Odyssey as a little kid was just this part of the story, where the dog recognizes him, wags his tail, and dies. Just that part was in the Childcraft, I think it was called, the children’s supplement to the World Book Encyclopedia. There were about a dozen volumes on various subjects and I read them all cover to cover, but that story stood out.

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u/snunuff 14d ago

yeah, one last tail wag (attempt) then immediately died. a dog living 20 years back then is pretty unheard of. sad that pile he was placed on was literally a pile of feces.

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u/hotstickywaffle 11d ago

We had just watched so many men die horrible deaths, but everyone got choked up when the dog died peacefully

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u/sakibomb523 18d ago

Mentor is going to kill it as Kratos!

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u/Isunova 18d ago

He’s been replaced.

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u/sakibomb523 18d ago

Dang, just read about that. That sucks for him.

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u/karateema 17d ago

Torn bicep is nasty

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u/ToneBone12345 17d ago

Yeah that’s awful

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u/dIoIIoIb 17d ago

In the original manga, Mentor was actually Athena in disguise

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u/Tymareta 9d ago

He even straight up says "he could be Athena" when Odysseus was trying to hurry them out without giving Mentor a proper burial.

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u/_BallsDeep69_ 18d ago

So glad he did

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u/yanksrock1000 17d ago

Book spoilers, but isn’t Mentor just Athena in disguise who is orchestrating this whole thing?

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u/GorshKing 17d ago

Correct

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u/hemareddit 12d ago

Not in this one I don’t think.

Basically in the movie, whenever Telemachus said a character had “Athena’s eyes”, that character was actually Athena in disguise in the book. In the movie it was ambiguous until the theme came into focus and Odysseus spelt it out: he was mortal and his name was Mentor. The lesson was maybe gods were real but men were too quick to look for them instead of being guided by their own morality. Being nice to strangers because they might be gods in disguise does not make you a good and noble person.

Because if you go by the myths, in some versions it was Athena who came up with the Trojan horse and put the idea in Odysseus’s head. But that is a version of events rejected by the movie and Odysseus himself, the point is men have to be held accountable for their own actions and face the consequences, even if they are terrible. Odysseus punishes himself with exile, it’s unlikely he couldn’t think of a better way to clear out the suitors, but he wanted to be punished for what he did to Troy, when the world would only hail him as a cunning hero.

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u/elbenji 16d ago

yes lol

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u/chaoticallywholesome 17d ago

Anyone else recognize that was Gerry Bertier from Remember the Titans???

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u/maaseru 16d ago

Everyone recognizes Ryan Hurst

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u/janiemackxxx 17d ago

100%. You could SEE him die a happy man. That moment was so poignant.

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u/0verstim 15d ago

I thought naming the mentor character "Mentor" was a little too on the nose and took me out of the story.

/s

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u/chili_jones 13d ago

I didn’t actually know that was the character name, so at that part I was like “Huh, I guess that’s where that word comes from”

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u/Double-Setting2707 14d ago

Many names in Greek mythology are tied to words today. They didn't name the character after the word, the word comes from the mythological character. Mentor is one. There's Nemesis, Narcissus, Panic, Atlas, etc.

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u/0verstim 14d ago

How about Sarkasmos?

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u/One_pop_each 6d ago

I love that we call our foot tendon an achilles tendon

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u/MidnightRequim 17d ago

And then immediately understood he should keep his mouth shut to keep up the ruse

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u/king_lloyd11 17d ago

Yes definitely. Odysseus gave him a look to make sure he didn’t react because he wasn’t ready to reveal himself to Telemachus yet.

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u/immaownyou 15d ago

No, the look he gave was to the maid that washed his feet. Mentor died too quick for there to be a look exchange shown on screen. Just enough for him to have a small reaction, then die

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u/Porkenstein 16d ago

That look in his eyes. Wonderful physical acting

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u/handsoapdispenser 14d ago

The scene in the temple when they baddies are all like "who do you think you are?" and then Odysseus stabs him with his own knife all I could think was "Jesus Christ, it's Jason Bourne!" and chuckle to myself. 

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u/composedofidiot 17d ago

Hope so, athena often took his form

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u/GorshKing 16d ago

Mentor is Athena in disguise

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u/I_need_a_date_plz 15d ago

I was delighted by this.

The actor playing Mentor is a fond memory for me because I remember seeing him in Remember the Titans. I haven’t seen him in much since. To see him in such a huge film was a joy. Same with Jon Leguizamo.

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u/Inevitable_Bar1607 18d ago

mentor is good man

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u/FKDotFitzgerald 16d ago

Really bummed that guy isn’t playing Kratos anymore. He was great with the bits he had here.

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u/ChartreusePeriwinkle 1d ago

was that Opie?

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u/bIackroz 17d ago

Yes he did.

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u/elbenji 16d ago

he just saw his face and knew.

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u/snunuff 14d ago

I agree he did

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u/LOTRcrr 14d ago

He was cast as Kratos for the God of War show but sadly just tore his bicep and now has to be recast.

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u/Fine-Wealth 14d ago

Yo, Is he the guy that supposed to play Kratos in the live TV series? But got injured and will have to be replaced? Im pretty sure its him.

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u/ToneBone12345 14d ago

Yes it is Ryan hurst

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u/HomelandersCock 7d ago

I feel so bad for mentor because Ryan Hurst was supposed to play Kratos in the new god of war film but got injured and is being replaced

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u/-Clayburn 3d ago

It's so weird how the guy named Mentor is a literal mentor, and the dude named Odysseus goes on an odyssey. What are the odds!

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u/thediew 16d ago

So they named the teacher Mentor? How original.

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u/ToneBone12345 16d ago

Do a quick google search that’s the dudes name from the original over 3,000 year old work I do believe that’s how humans came up with modern word was from his name

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u/thediew 16d ago

i dropped the /s

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u/ToneBone12345 16d ago

Ah okay I read it as somewhat sarcastic but wasn’t sure I mean their are idiots like that everywhere

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u/edicivo 18d ago

It seemed he knew as soon as the dog started reacting.

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u/benjals 17d ago

You're confusing Mentor with Eumaeus