'The Odyssey' Review: A Majestic, Haunting Epic Like No Other
Nolan’s adaptation follows Odysseus and Telemachus through monsters, storms and underworld shades while using 70mm to heighten the film’s scale.
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'The Odyssey' Review: A Majestic, Haunting Epic Like No Other
“Epic” doesn’t do Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey justice. In the strictest definition of the word, that’s what The Odyssey is, both in scale and genre: a sweeping and spectacular adaptation of Homer’s ancient mythic tale of Odysseus on his long journey home to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War. But it’s also so much more. For every moment of awe-inspiring spectacle, there’s the quiet terror of the aftermath. For every heroic feat committed…
THE ODYSSEY – Review
Movies often describe themselves as epics but Christopher Nolan’s THE ODYSSEY truly is an epic, both because it is based on a storied ancient tale that defines the idea of epic and because it is a cinema masterpiece with the sweep and grandeur the title implies, a piece of film-making that succeeds on all levels, … Continue reading THE ODYSSEY – Review
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