Some fresh thoughts on Christopher Nolan's film of THE ODYSSEY by Homer (2026)
(Maybe not a proper review, but I wanted to share some thoughts while they are piping hot fresh in my head - and no, I did not kill and eat any of the Sun God's livestock while typing this) Coming at this as someone who has largely absorbed Homer's saga through cultural osmosis (one of those books I shamefully had on my shelf for years and tried to Crack but didn't, though I am listening to an Iliad audio book read by Audra MacDonald), I found Nolan's Odyssey as deeply thoughtful, adventurous, occasionally with some wacked-out and pleasantly disturbing imagery (Morton's sequence as Circe is as spectacular and just heart-rending as you may have heard), a little clunky in some sections of dialog and in others as perceptive and wise as anything from this writer, and with performances from Damon, Pattinson, Hathaway, Page and (yes) John Leguizamo that knock your socks off. You leave talking about not just how impressive the set pieces and the visual effects and giant cr...
