Nolan keeping Poseidon purely implied in The Odyssey fits his grounded style, but man… imagine what an actual physical manifestation of the Sea God would have looked like in 70mm IMAX
Unpopular opinion: the two on the right are way more historically accurate to what someone existing in the ancient Mediterranean world might have looked like than the two on the left
The same people calling Odysseus a villain forget that his crew ignored warnings, unleashed disasters, and made choices that doomed them. He wasn’t perfect, but he was the reason anyone made it back to Ithaca. So would you rather have a dead hero or a living one who got his people home?
Details Nolan missed in Odysseus
Odysseus was a friend to every and he is a storyteller, this is an important part of his character that the 2026 movie somehow misses
Odysseus can charm an entire court of phaeacians with the tales of his adventures a few hours after a naked (on his part) encounter with the current princess. He can be amicable to the Cyclops who has just eaten his friend, get him to trust him and share his wine with him