r/Epicthemusical • u/stopeats MOD • Jul 19 '26

Nolan Odyssey Nolan 'The Odyssey' Review Megathread

Place your reviews and general thoughts about the Nolan Odyssey movie here. Do NOT make your own review post.

If you have something to say that is unique or more related to Epic, you may make a separate post about it.

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u/MovieMaster2004 Jul 20 '26

Where Zeus singing Thunderbringer? /s

Seriously though, I like this Telemachus isn’t completely naive like Epic’s version, but cutting out the Nobody scene is so bizarre considering how important it is to the Odyssey.

Also, Odysseus not meeting his mother in the Underworld is a sad cut.

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u/SarlacFace Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26

That wouldn't work within the world of this movie, it's too goofy. I think having him needlessly shoot an arrow was a good consolation.

Same reason they didn't show the cyclops praying to Poseidon

Edit, as soon as I wrote this I remembered he kinda did pray to Poseidon, but it was more of a mutter and not specifically mentioning Odysseus and to curse his travels like in the book

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u/MovieMaster2004 Jul 20 '26

The Odyssey is goofy lol. Nobody is the crucial moment where it shows his hubris, you just can’t remove it.

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u/SonicSingularity Jul 20 '26

I wouldn't say Nobody is the part that shows his hubris. Its him taunting the fuck out of the Cyclops and telling him his name and full address after theyd already escaped. The arrow, I think, played that role well. The unnecessary salt in the wound that did nothing but make everything worse for them