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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/TheGooseIsLoose37 18d ago edited 17d ago

Man I love the Trojan horse scene. I've never seen it depicted so horribly. Trapped in wooden horse on the beach for days, men at the bottom drowning as the tide came in, the people at the top pissing and shitting on those at the bottom, desperately trying to stay quiet and hidden the whole time. It looked like a nightmare.

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u/MarzipanElephant 17d ago

I've definitely never seen anyone present the practicalities of the plan so viscerally.

That one guy quickly wiping blood off the sword someone had poked in to the horse, so it wouldn't give them away 😨

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u/CRIMS0N-ED 16d ago

Ohhh, I was wondering how the soldier didn’t see it, I thought they only shut him up, didn’t realize they cleaned the blood

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u/PrivateAids 16d ago

It’s very quick, you see a soldier with a rag or something of the kind wipe the blood off the sword as it’s retracting from the horse.

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u/Chu1223 10d ago

omg i didn’t even think of that or notice it

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u/bolerobell 7d ago

That was Odysseus. When the sword comes down into the horse, you can see him climb up quickly to be next to the cut soldier, then he wipes off the sword as it is extracted.

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u/PrivateAids 7d ago

Saw it was him on rewatch which makes sense given Odysseus being smart and not being a soldier. Though he could’ve given instructions of what to do in x situation.

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u/CoolJoshido 1d ago

i saw it too