I have virtually zero knowledge of The Odyssey as a Greek mythology, save for a few recognisable names like the Helen of Troy, the Trojan War etc. I do want to enjoy the movie to its fullest, and if learning about the plot material is essential to it, then so be it. Is there a good resource giving a summarized version of the plot enough to understand the film? If so, I would really appreciate it if you shared it here.
If it does its job (which it does), then you should be good going off of the exposition in the film itself.
If you have the opposite situation to OP, and you’ve read the
bookpapyrus, what do you need to know about Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey?Some parts and characters are just left out, presumably for length or editing.
Calypso’s arc doesn’t fully match the original, and it is combined with some other bits.
And (not a spoiler, but I’ll be a bit vague): Odysseus’ internal turmoil as presented in the film isn’t really in the original. That said, I felt like it gave more depth to the character, in a way that the original simply wasn’t intended to do.
Hmm yeah that’s not surprising, a whole lot of stuff happens in there. And in the age of streaming, why not make it a limited series?
I guess movies just have a certain prestige. And you can actually drag people to an IMAX theater, if it’s watchable in one shot, although even there you could break it into a trilogy, or something.
I definitely appreciated that it was a movie versus a streaming series, or even a movie series. For all that was left out, what remains is very cohesive, engaging, and entertaining.
This director is also really second-to-none in IMAX, and it absolutely shows on screen.
Alright, good to know!
A story’s retelling is as much about the time it is told as it is the original telling.
Nolan is saying a lot about the USA in this story.
I haven’t seen it, but from my understanding they included characters not in the OG