The Odyssey

I really really loved this. 3 absolutely all time sequences. Awesome practical and digital effects. An unexpected cry. It had so much more meat than I was expecting.       The cyclops was so so so fire. It looked amazing. The scene filled me with anxiety. The sound design and score was next level (even tho my theater had the volume on 95). Even tho they left out the whole dialogue between the cyclops and Odysseus I still really loved the scene.      The unexpected body horror of Cerci’s witchery genuinely made my skin crawl. They did such a good job of showing just enough of it to frighten you but not truly disgust you. It also did a good job of showing the Odysseus I remember (and wrote my senior paper about). He was smart about his actions and showed honor above all.       My absolute favorite part of the film was when Odysseus relived his feelings about what happed in Troy. The savagery and horror of what he had helped bring into existence truly haunted him. I was young when I read the book and I don’t think the message of PTSD connected with me anywhere near as much. Nolan did such a good job of conveying that message that I was almost brought to tears (had I been alone I would have cried a lot).       There was so much right with this movie that it corrected the only wrong in my eyes. The dialogue was weak. There is no 2 ways about it. It wasn’t a delivery issue ( most of the time anyway) it was a writing issue. Some things just felt silly of lame. I didn’t love Tom in this. I just don’t like his voice in this serious of a role. It helped make him feel immature and young but I just would have preferred someone who was better suited for the role.    I loved Matt and Anne. I loved the score and I loved the heaviness of the film. Nolan made me love a story I have already read and watched in a new and deeper way. It’s amazing and I highly recommend it.