Unqualified Movie Reviews

Timestamps:0:00 Intro1:29 The sword-and-sandals era3:22 Cast and performances8:07 Troy spoiler review10:29 Troy vs The Odyssey19:29 Realism, gods and mythology24:40 Visuals, budget and filmmaking32:11 Final ratings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick and Benji review Christopher Nolan's epic high budget adaptation of The Odyssey after seeing it on opening night.Timestamps0:00 Introduction0:48 How much did we know about The Odyssey?3:56 Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster approach7:29 Nolan’s sound design and the IMAX experience11:30 Matt Damon and the all-star cast16:37 Spoiler-free verdict18:21 SPOILERS BEGIN20:05 The opening, Ithaca and Odysseus’s bow21:55 Robert Pattinson as Antinous23:14 Zeus’s law and the breakdown of order27:11 Calypso and the nonlinear structure29:56 The Cyclops and Odysseus’s fatal arrogance35:00 Menelaus, Helen and the fall of Troy36:41 Sinon and the Trojan Horse sequence40:02 The controversy around Helen of Troy44:20 The Laestrygonians and Circe49:48 Hades and Elliot Page as Sinon51:54 The prophecy and the fate of Odysseus’s crew55:58 The Sirens58:24 Scylla, the whirlpool and an impossible choice1:00:12 Odysseus finally surrenders to the gods1:02:18 The return to Ithaca1:04:27 Argos recognises Odysseus1:05:58 Antinous’s plan and the recruitment token1:09:56 Odysseus and Penelope’s pivotal conversation1:10:36 Athena and the true meaning of Troy1:14:22 The bow challenge and palace battle1:18:10 The film’s major themes explained1:22:24 Who else could have played Odysseus?1:25:00 Ranking The Odyssey against Nolan’s films1:26:17 Final ratings1:27:54 Should you see it in IMAX? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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