The Odyssey

A modern retelling of the Greek classic. I think Nolan’s genius continues to paint a legacy of greatness. While not perfectly accurate to the historical text, it does a great job of captivating the audience in a way that’s accessible to everyone. I don’t like how the movie finds a way to give Odysseus a redemption arc and paint him as a better person than he really is and the lack of true strong independent female characters like in true Nolan fashion. But I am not one to defy one of the best directors of this generation. And as a history major history can be boring, yet as Odysseus says at the end of the film, “Because songs will be all they have to remember those of us who could write.”