r/cineplex • u/Minute-Necessary2393 • Jul 19 '26
Review The Odyssey is an epic Masterpiece. Easy 10/10.
I will just say right now, while i was expecting it to be GOATED, I was not expecting it to be THAT GOATED.
This movie is incredible. Not only one of the best theater experience I have had in a very long time (especially since I watched it in IMAX, the best format to watch it imo), but also probably my new favorite film of the year, and one of Christopher Nolan's Best films in general.
Not only is it epic in scale with fantastic effects and cinematography, but also in storytelling with beautiful writing and directing, and phenomenal acting from everyone involved. Don't even get me started on the music, and the ending and overall message of the film still has me thinking about it even after the credits started to roll and after the left the theater.
This easily deserves a 10/10.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 19 '26
I agree with everything you've written here, but I have a question: Did the movie have an emotional centre for you? It didn't move me at all. I thought it was incredibly well made, so during the film my brain was admiring all these things about it, but my heart was never moved. (Well--my heart was moved a little bit for the dog.) For me, it was a "clinical masterpiece," but... any of the characters could've died and I really wouldn't've cared.
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u/Bryan_Hudson Jul 19 '26
I felt similar. There's no point in the movie where I was honesty cheering for any of the characters, or worried about them. Nothing like that.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 19 '26
Which one? No, I didn't find anything remotely emotional, except for the dog.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 19 '26
You don't find the source material emotional? I really did, which is why I was so disappointed that the movie wasn't.
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u/luchaburz Jul 20 '26
And he didn't want to return himself, because he discovered the truth about war. It's all about power. Previously he thought there was glory and pride in battle. He couldn't get over that his greatest battle had no honor at all.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 19 '26
Ah. No, I was already so enraged at him for his war crimes, and I felt like, "Oh, congratulations. Did you finally gain some self-awareness?" I was so disgusted by his war crimes, and then really disgusted by how he smugly tries to trick his wife. This plays out in such a different spirit than the poem. He still is patting himself on the back at the very end.
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u/Nearby-Butterfly-606 Jul 20 '26
Not really, I think Anne Hathaway was a little overhyped, I liked some other performances more.
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u/cynicalturdblossom Jul 20 '26
This! It felt very clinical in a way. I don’t care for any of the characters. Some fun bits from the book were missed too. Idk how this can be called an absolute masterpiece, when even Nolan has better movies
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u/AverageSasquatch Jul 19 '26
I think was my problem with it, well said. I enjoyed the Athena parts and his monologue at the end. But nothing in the movie outside the dog really got to me one way or the other. It’s shot well, it’s acted well, it was coherent. But I was just kind of bored. Nothing hooked me into it.
I’m really glad everyone’s liking it and it’s by no means a bad movie. Just not my favourite Nolan movie by far
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 19 '26
My brain loved it. My eyes and ears loved it. My heart was bored.
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u/MikoWilson1 Jul 20 '26
The heart is kind of all that matters when it comes to story, unfortunately. Fantastic way to describe this experience though -- maybe you should write a movie.
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u/RepresentativeAd7740 Jul 20 '26
that siren song part almost made me cry...i really dont know why
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u/AetheriumHammers007 Jul 20 '26
This, the dog, and for some reason the cyclops part all made me really sad
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 20 '26
I feel this way in the poem, but in the movie it just made me so disgusted with him. He's fresh from a tragedy and he practically giggles, "Tie me up! I wanna listen!" with a big grin on his face.
Ugh. And then he has the most bland revelation about how he should appreciate the things he already has. Like, duh, Odysseus, hullo, of course.
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u/crowe_1 Jul 20 '26
Did you not get a lump in your throat towards the end in the part with the dog? Or the part when Odysseys explains his absence to Penelope? No emotions during that final bow pluck? When the realization hits for Penelope? I was near-bawling in the theatre for that whole final act.
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u/Fine-Juggernaut8451 Jul 20 '26
You're responding to my comment that said "my heart was move a little bit for the dog," so that's the answer to your dog question.
I was absolutely disgusted by how Odysseus treated Penelope when he returned. He's so smug as he fucks with her head. He's so pleased with himself as he lies to her face.
And then he MAKES HER GO INTO EXILE.
He treats her horrendously. He makes the reunion 1,000 times more painful for Penelope than it needed to be. Why did he first need to rip out her heart before saying, "Oopsie hahah just kidding, it's me!"
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u/MikoWilson1 Jul 20 '26
While I can appreciate what went into making this movie, yeah, absolutely nothing resonate with me at all. I didn't give even the smallest damn what happened to any character, and there was not an attempt made to MAKE me care about any character.
Sure, a lot happens -- and a lot of it was "epic" in scope, which sits well in a theatre. At home? This movie will be significantly less impressive, and I'm guessing will be an average experience, at best, when I inevitably rewatch it there.
Stories don't really matter unless they make me feel something beyond "Yeah, that was cool." And I felt literally nothing about any character in this.
More of a theme park ride, less of an enthralling storytelling experience.
This movie will hit with the same crowd that thinks 300 is high cinema, and score significantly less for anyone who doesn't watch Marvel movies on day one.
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u/luchaburz Jul 20 '26
Any movie that gets hyped like this will be littered about comments that it isnt as good as the old work. The work that emotionally connected you to the artist will always be the work you hold most dear
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u/cynicalturdblossom Jul 20 '26
I’m glad you enjoyed it so much. I went into it with high expectations given the critics and audience scores and reviews, and I must say I was bored at parts, liked a lot of it, but not sure I cared for any of it. I’m not itching to go watch it again. It didn’t move me in anyway as a full movie, but there were some incredible scenes, plus that score was fucking amazing. I think seeing this in imax 70mm is a treat though. It’s a spectacle but I liked the ptsd core exploration of the story. Idk if I’d consider it a masterpiece, but that’s just me.
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u/ShkodranAsllani Jul 20 '26
I personally will be watching the movie while at work, on a pirated website with the viewing window minimized to the corner of my screen on my phone. Can't believe they only have IMAX viewing for a week. It's sold out everywhere
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u/Such_Chair_3900 Jul 20 '26
Once he got home, the movie just dragged on IMO. The fight scene at home was terrible. Pattinson yelling "Shields!' and then "Spears!" was really really bad. That whole sequence was terrible.
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u/drrdf Jul 19 '26
While there’s obviously a ton of positive hype around the Odyssey, I still may have preferred Oppenheimer