The Odyssey

Man… I don’t know, The Odyssey just didn’t grab me at all. I expected something strong, something epic, something that would keep me glued to the screen — and I ended up watching it for nothing. The whole movie feels like it keeps promising something but never delivers. In the end, honestly, I felt like I wasted my time and could’ve done anything else more useful.

Although the movie is ambitious and in many details very good (e.g. the costumes, the CGI), the casting completely destroys the film. A black as Helena is a no go, in the very first scene a black rapper as bard? Only ridiculous. And in the next scene Elliot Page as a soldier, but such a female person is simply not plausible as soldier, it is a pure disgrace. Wokeness at it´s peak. How sad for this otherwise well made film.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point