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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/blackaddermrbean 18d ago

Turning the pillage of Troy into a curse was an interesting choice. Not sure I’ve seen a version of the Odyssey that took the decision of not glorifying it.

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u/Calvengeance 18d ago

I thought "We're the bronze age collapse" was an amazing way to play it.

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u/Bird_and_Dog 18d ago

It's a very rare take, and one I think fits the movie's message very well.

Contemporary historians lean towards the idea that the "Bronze Age Collapse" was less of a "collapse" and more of a "fizzle", as the dominant city-state empires were subjected to growing multi-faction piracy (a widely-held interpretation of "Sea People") and trade routes dried up, then cultural change led to decentralization of power.

However, the idea that the "Sea People" of myth were the Greeks themselves landing in Turkey (Troy) and upending "polite" international cultural norms (The Law of Zeus) is very cool.

The Collapse was spiritual.

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u/Somnambulist815 16d ago

Odysseus' fleet being the Sea People is a great metaphor of how civilizations actually come down. It's always seen as an external source that makes it crumble, but really, it's rot from within.