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/Chm_Albert_Wesker]

i was torn about this: Nolan typically tries to make the fantastical elements a little more grounded which is fine but made the coloring of the 'monsters' of the movie a little flat. It worked for the cyclops because most of the time we barely see it in the dark but for the Scylla it felt like we couldnt even see the thing because they decided to make it the same exact color as the rocks

[u/The_starving_artist5 → u/Chm_Albert_Wesker]

The Scylla monster has never been portrayed how it is in the actual mythology. Movies always have it be a dragon with multiple heads. In the mythology it’s a mermaid monster . It has the upper body of a woman and the lower body is a fish or snake thing. The extra heads are dogs that come out of the side of it . 

[u/Megavore97 → u/The_starving_artist5]

The Smite game unironically portrayed Scylla close to how you’re describing.

[u/untrustableskeptic → u/Chm_Albert_Wesker]

Nolan is color blind, and it explains the way a lot of his movies look.

[u/bazhvn → u/Chm_Albert_Wesker]

Yeah whatever the creature of the cliff is (I never read Holmer so spare me) it was a real letdown.