The Odyssey

it was fine. obviously on the good end of that if i still say that after 3 hours haha, i did enjoy it all throughout, at least! worse action movies have most definitely been made. but it's just.. eh, not super special to me, idk, just didn't get the right feeling i especially liked the scene with the dead men, and honestly the whole final part from the moment odysseus washes up on ithaca i feel like there could've been a more engaging way to portray the travels before that. the journey is supposed to be tiring, and they made it gritty, but it felt lacking in emotion to me somehow? to be honest i'm not that sure, just how i felt about it Will say I'm probably not the best judge because i never fully read the odessey, though i do know some from some basic ancient greek classes and just general knowledge/culture (but also listening to epic the musical far too much has probably unintentionally influenced my expectations in some way, even though that and this movie are obviously very different media 😅) was kind of confused by helen's twin being played by the same actress (though i do not have any complaints on the casting of lupita nyong'o. also they really did mention zeus' law quite a lot. i get that it was a big part of the story but felt a bit too heavy handed to me

Jul 26, 2026