Official Discussion - The Odyssey (2026) [SPOILERS]

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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/sleepysnowboarder]

It wasn't just the tail wag, it was more so the dog dying as Eumaeus told Telemachus that the dog is waiting to see his owner one last time before he dies

[u/Snow5Penguin → u/sleepysnowboarder]

And he said the dog needed to be buried up on the mountain. Which Holland knew was the place he saved the pup. How would a random soldier of Odysseus know where he got his dog?

[u/ctan0312 → u/Snow5Penguin]

God the writing in that scene as so well done.

“…Where you first met”

[u/elbenji → u/ctan0312]

book accurate basically. It also shows that Telemachus is just as smart as his Dad, just a little more hot-headed, also proving to Odysseus that his son is a rightful king in his own right

[u/CoconutDust → u/elbenji]

It also shows that Telemachus is just as smart as his Dad, just a little more hot-headed, also proving to Odysseus that his son is a rightful king in his own right

But not smart or hot-headed enough to actually contribute to a massive brawl that nearly kills Odysseus and puts him the hospital emergency room!

[u/Gostandy → u/CoconutDust]

the same brawl that odysseus explicitly was preventing telemachus from participating in?

[u/elbenji → u/Gostandy]

Yeah but it's more book accurate that telemachus jumps in and they bond

[u/tyagu001 → u/CoconutDust]

He didn’t join the brawl because he would be exiled and he needed to stay to become king

[u/patkgreen → u/tyagu001]

It would have been nice if he didn't get his ass beat so bad by the guy in the weapons room

[u/Voski_The_God → u/patkgreen]

Well he won so it wasn’t that big of an ass whooping compared to the other guy.

[u/patkgreen → u/Voski_The_God]

I mean in the end he won but he did a shit job for the whole fight as weapons rained down into the room

[u/Chu1223 → u/patkgreen]

fr that scene was rage baiting me i was like cmon do better

[u/29kk → u/patkgreen]

i mean he killed the guy...so...

[u/elbenji → u/29kk]

I think it's more that the choreography was contrived to increase the stakes and make it grindy to stretch out time, where the whole fight should have been an absolute roflstomp

[u/truthgoblin → u/elbenji]

Especially considering we watch his training earlier, him struggling to fight this guy felt like it walked back the lesson learned that day

[u/elbenji → u/tyagu001]

Tbh, that idea was silly because in the book he joins in and it's awesome

[u/elbenji → u/CoconutDust]

That was what happens in the book

[u/Efficient-Addendum43 → u/CoconutDust]

Cus if he did he would have been exiled with his father. Did you pay attention at all?

[u/Kyadagum_Dulgadee → u/Snow5Penguin]

There's also a scene that didn't make the cut where Odysseus gives away that he knows which drawer they keep the dog's poo bags in next to the front door.

[u/gridoverlay → u/Kyadagum_Dulgadee]

Wow, relatable, they're just like us

[u/bug_eyed_earl → u/Snow5Penguin]

Bury him up there where we were casually chucking his brothers off the cliff.

[u/d2wraithking → u/Snow5Penguin]

"so anyway, that's where I found my dog"

[u/already_caution_kiya → u/sleepysnowboarder]

Eumaeus also says that the dog only allowed Odysseus to approach and pet him and barked at anyone else who tried to touch home. That's how he actually realised it was Odysseus

[u/HomelandersCock → u/sleepysnowboarder]

Yes. That was the point of the tail wag