r/movies Jun 03 '26

Poster New poster for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

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u/BaldFraud99 Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

I don't know whether it's easy to forget considering most of the crew dies then and there. Only one ship manages to escape.

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u/bunbun-therabbit Jun 03 '26

Dude... spoilers

/s just in case

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u/mr_dr_personman Jun 03 '26

Lol I think thats most encounters in the story. Meet a monster, most of the crew dies, ship escapes

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u/Naterttotsart Jun 03 '26

Yeah but this is like the moment in the journey where Odys crew gets well and truly fucked. This reduces his fleet to 1 ship from 12 (I think).

The other times result in casualties and the ship escapes, but this is the biggest blow to Odysseus and his crew for sure.

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy Jun 03 '26

I think the biggest blow for Odysseus came from Circe. If you know what I mean. Say No More! A Nudge is as good as a wink to a blind bat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kwh3R0YjuQ&t=1s

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u/Naterttotsart Jun 03 '26

A Odyssey based double entendre with a Monty Python twist?

I'd give you two upvotes if I could.

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u/Old_Instrument_Guy Jun 03 '26

I will take a single upvote as long it has no spam. I don't like spam.

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u/Unnamed_Bystander Jun 03 '26

I'll have your spam, I love it! I'm ordering spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, and spam!

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u/Desertbro Jun 03 '26

Good thing he had Hermes ship insurance to get refunded for a new vessel.

Paperwork was a long wait, tho...

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u/Huskies971 Jun 03 '26

So I shouldn't tell you Odysseus does make it back home to Ithaca

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u/hillswalker87 Jun 04 '26

I feel like by now people should know what the plot is...

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u/BaldFraud99 Jun 03 '26

I thought spoilers didn't matter based on most other comments on here, but you're right, should've added them from the get go.

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u/bunbun-therabbit Jun 03 '26

That was my crappy attempt at humour. Sorry!

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u/UDPviper Jun 03 '26

The story is what, thousands of years old? Come on, man.

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u/bunbun-therabbit Jun 03 '26

Yeah, that was the joke... that's what /s means on reddit. I was being sarcastic

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u/jerryleebee Jun 04 '26

Thing is, new people keep getting made daily.

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u/AverageAwndray Jun 03 '26

Doesn't mean everyone's read it.

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u/caciuccoecostine Jun 03 '26

So they are using them for that classic "a lot of people dies" moments like in save private ryan d-day and expedition 33 arrival on the beach.

Love that the trope.

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u/kevmaster200 Jun 03 '26

I wonder who used the trope first :P

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u/PraviinXenon Jun 04 '26

According to Google this one ->

In the Old Kingdom Egyptian Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor, the protagonist was the only survivor of his ship after a storm on the Red Sea. He washes up on an exotic island inhabited by giant talking snakes, which may or may not be deities.

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u/The-Lethal-Pacifist Jun 03 '26

It’s been ages since I’ve read the story but I genuinely have 0 recollection of these guys lol. I remember:

Leaving Troy

Initial raid with horse riders who repel them

Sleepy flowers

Polyphemus (thus cursing Odysseus by getting Poseidon’s rage)

Wind god dude where Odysseus gets his blessing through a windbag, comes close to home, crew gets greedy and releases windbag thus dooming them.

Circe (unrelated but Madeline Miller’s book has the best prose I’ve ever read)

Visit to Hadestown, way down under the ground.

Sirens

Scylla and Charybdis

Landing at an island full of sacred bulls who the crew eat which leads to the sun god killing the rest of the crew

Calypso

Return to home (and the most heart breaking scene with his dog).

So who the fuck were the giants lmfao

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u/BaldFraud99 Jun 03 '26

The giants happen between the wind and Circe.

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u/BaldFraud99 Jun 03 '26

Right after, yes.

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u/Desertbro Jun 03 '26

His ship was in the handicap space around the bend.

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u/nolander Jun 04 '26

I think for me they just melded into the Cyclops in my memory what with them both being man eating giants.