Nolan portraying the Greek Gods as hallucinations rather than having them make tangible physical appearances is incredibly insulting, both to ancient Greek culture and to Homer himself, who was a deeply religious man.
The 1997 adaptation of The Odyssey is far superior.
Elon: it says here we're spending $80b for "save the baby pandas"
treasury: yeah
Elon: hmm, well have we ever seen the pandas?
treasury: no
Elon: text them right now, ask for a photo of the pandas
treasury: uhhh, we're not allowed to do that
Elon: do they at least submit an invoice and have a "charitable Panda causes" code?
treasury: no
Elon: we don't even have invoice codes?! how do we know they have a contract with us
treasury: it's kinda the honor system with these NGOs
Elon: well how about an address, do they have an address
treasury: I already know you're not going to like this, it's in Somalia
Elon: 😑
In Gateshead a young girl is blindfolded and dragged into an address by a grooming gang, she tries to escape but they drag her back.
Northumbria Police turn up 2 hours later, they don't put the men in cuffs and just allow one of them to come back up to her outside the address.
Northumbria Police were even offered this video as evidence but never came back to collect it. They commonly neglect evidence and then claim there isn't enough evidence to make any arrests.
Nolan's Odyssey lacks any sexuality whatsoever. Very sterile interaction between Matt Damon and Samantha Morton's Circe. Still nothing tops The Odyssey 97 and my favorite depiction of Circe.
Bernadette Peters is wildly fun to watch as she raises the stakes with Odysseus, loving the fact that her spell didn't work on him. She's got other tricks up her sleeve (or maybe up her peplos).
I appreciate the fact that Armand Assante's Odysseus has like -2 hesitation when he has to sleep with her. "Don't have to ask me twice. Of course, I am doing this for my men."
The Odyssey (1997) | Andrei Konchalovsky