What I found most brilliant about this scene is that Nolan intentionally never let us hear the siren's song.
Because if the audience had heard it, they would've walked out of the theater and straight into the sea.
‘THE ODYSSEY’ is set to debut with $257.8M at the global box office:
• Christopher Nolan’s biggest opening ever worldwide
• Third biggest opening of 2026
The scene between Odysseus and Athena towards the end left me completely numb. And that final shot of Athena... the tears just came.
Zendaya conveys Athena's pain so beautifully through her eyes that not a single word is needed.
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