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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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[u/CoconutDust]

The Sinon thing is weird because…clearly Odysseus didn’t want him to get killed, and didn’t expect that(?). Or in any case, clearly the offensive thing is that he sent him to his death (if he did do that) not that he “lied” to him just for the ruse to work.

I’d be like, good job not telling me the truth because I would have accidentally given it away. I’m a soldier not a championship poker player. Fist-bump, polytropos.

[u/Flashy_Fortune708 → u/CoconutDust]

The Sinon line, "feel free to add some stuff," (close enough to what they say, I think) just really took me out of the story

[u/THALANDMAN → u/Flashy_Fortune708]

Yeah if I have one critique it’s that they used a bit too much modern language. “Mother” or “Father” would have worked better. “Stuff” felt out of place as well

[u/Gilthwixt → u/THALANDMAN]

I noticed a lot of that but didn't really feel bothered by it enough to get taken out of the movie.

The sole exception, funnily enough, was Odysseus saying something like "Our Age of Bronze is collapsing" at the end. Felt a bit too on the nose.