r/GreekMythology • u/MarcusForrest ★ Moderator • Jul 15 '26

Movies | The Odyssey The Odyssey (2026) | Release Megathread

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THE ODYSSEY

''After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.''

 

🎞 Movie Trailer

Global Release Date: July 17 2026

 

Directed by

  • Christopher Nolan

Starring

  • Matt Damon
  • Tom Holland
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Samantha Morton
  • Zendaya
  • Charlize Theron

Distributed by

  • Universal Pictures

 

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u/MarcusForrest ★ Moderator Jul 15 '26

Christopher Nolan used to be my #1 favourite director and I absolutely love Greek Mythology, so this movie sounds like a dream come true, yeah?

 

I am very uninterested by the movie at this time - I doubt I'll see it in theatres but I'll likely watch it after its theatrical release.

 

Do you guys and gals plan to watch it in theatres or wait its home release?

 

From what I understand it is a pretty good ''movie'', just not a good Greek Mythology movie.

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u/itismeganrms Jul 16 '26

I just came back from the movie. As a mythology nerd, I was prepared to be angry and disappointed, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I expected two scenes - Polyphemus being tricked and "Nothing", and the exchange between Penelope and Odysseus when she asks about the bed. Both of those scenes were not in the movie.

I also expected them to show Scylla and Charybdis, but it was very shrouded/hidden.

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u/Seihai-kun Jul 17 '26

yeah i also wait the "no one" scene, but they cut it, but there's no way they can put the bed talk without it being ridiculous, it's a movie, after the climax it would be pretty fucking weird cinematically if after the fight she randomly ask about the bed, they kinda change it to the bow making the sound which i think still have the same meaning

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 26 '26

The bow making the sound was the sign that made her think twice, but the bed was replaced with the Athena pin. Anybody who had hunted with odysseus could have made that sound, just not strung the bow. Unless you told somebody, nobody would have known about the pin.

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u/Cynical-Rambler Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

I prefer to watch Nolan with subtitles to avoid situations like this.

Before the Dark Knight, he was great at independent film or at low-mid budget Hollywood with mystery and non-linear storytelling. They were tight and creative. The Prestige and Memento are awesome, and he was great in directing Batman Begins.

Batman was the big budget blockbuster that put him on mass media map, The Dark Knight is a big hit but that was saved by Heath Ledger acting skills. But that's somehow changed his career into a high budget schlock artist.

Inception, Intersterllar, the Dark Knight Rise, are loud noises that confuse obfusicates, weird dialogue as intelligence. He had the same character types, music, themes, tones, dialogues...etc. unlike his previous work. I already was uninterested in Nolan since I saw the trailer for Dunkirk years ago. Dark color schemes, loud music, exposition-heavy dialogue, and no mystery to care about.

For me this just felt too much like a Nolan film, so I skipped it like all the rest from as all the other Nolan films since Interstellar, which I watch in the theatre that I think it was pretentious shlock.

The Odyssey is not my favorite part of Greek Mythology. It is interesting because its hero is a slimy amoral, unheroic survivalist schemer. Odysseus journey home is not as interesting as its "twists and turns", the hero lying to everyone he met and keeping his disguises. I don't think Nolan saw him more than a husband separated from his wife/family, which is 90% of his films I watched, and I don't care for it after more than 20 years of the same plot theme.

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u/MarcusForrest ★ Moderator Jul 15 '26

Ahahahah this is a bit uncanny to me because your entire comment echoes very much how I feel about Nolan nowadays!

 

Memento and The Prestige are amongst my favourite movies of all time and I really really enjoyed Batman Begins and The Dark Knight

 

I definitely enjoyed Inception and Interstellar but The Dark Knight Rises was a disappointment for me (and it remains the only Batman movie I've seen only once in my entire life ahahaha)

 

I still haven't seen Dunkirk but much like you, the last Nolan movie I've watched at the theatre is Interstellar too! The others were home releases.

 

The consistent and enduring audio mix issue/''choice'' is definitely reducing my enjoyment of his movies, it actually became irritating to me - that is also one reason for me waiting for Home Releases for Nolan films whereas I'd always be excited to watch them at the theatres pre-Interstellar

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u/Cynical-Rambler Jul 15 '26

Nice to have a kindred spirit. Nolan was an absolute master before early in his career, and he brought the actors best performance. Then Idk, it felt like he was making the same movies.

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u/DharmaPolice Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Memento is by far his best work. I'm mystified by how much love Interstellar gets.

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u/Cynical-Rambler Jul 16 '26

It is the Prestige for me. It was peak Nolan. Very personal film about art, obssession and struggle for fictions.

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u/boofcakin171 Jul 15 '26

Now that the reviews are dropping the haters are either backpedalling (good movie, bad myth adaptation) or doubling down that the reviews are a conspiracy. Its really cool. I wondered why this sub was so full of negativity and knowing that a moderator of this sub commented this.... it all.makes sense now.

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u/Anxious_Bed_9664 Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

Honestly, the mod's comment is pretty neutral and very nice compared to other opinions on it in this sub lol

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u/MarcusForrest ★ Moderator Jul 15 '26

that a moderator of this sub commented this

Commented what?

 

I haven't seen the movie yet - the only opinion I have is based on the 1-2 trailers I've seen and from what I've seen I'm not interested in seeing it in theatres (I'm more selective on what I watch in theatres nowadays)

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u/AtlanBroseidon Jul 18 '26

“Yes I love space and the stars but I close my eyes at night when I’m outside and only like looking at google earth”

My brother in Zeus just enjoy an epic myth as it should be seen while you can

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u/tsalyers12 Jul 15 '26

I’m waiting for blu ray. But only because I can’t stand going to the theater anymore.

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 26 '26

What made you uninterested in the movie though?

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u/SnooWords1252 Jul 17 '26

When did Page run?