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The Odyssey (2026)

Summary

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

Director Christopher Nolan

Writer Christopher Nolan

Cast

  • Matt Damon as Odysseus
  • Tom Holland as Telemachus
  • Anne Hathaway
  • Zendaya
  • Lupita Nyong'o
  • Robert Pattinson
  • Charlize Theron
  • Benny Safdie
  • Jon Bernthal
  • John Leguizamo
  • Elliot Page
  • Himesh Patel
  • Samantha Morton

Rotten Tomatoes: 96%

Metacritic: 88

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u/Ok-Week5658 10h ago

the twang of the bow synced up with the music was so freaking good, got me pumped up

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u/thesmash 10h ago edited 10h ago

The score for this was incredible. Ludwig is a strong contender to win the Oscar for score.

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u/big_mustache_dad "A second Starscream has hit the World Trade Center." 9h ago

The sirens scene where they put the wax in their ears and it dulls everything was brilliant

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u/Digit4lSynaps3 8h ago

I remember thinking in the theater "thats exactly how it feels when i put my noise-cancelling earbuds in"

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u/hesnothere 8h ago

Saw it in IMAX an hour ago. When Patel puts in the right ear, and that side of the speaker mix muted, I almost wanted to fucking cheer before he even got to the other ear. Fantastic attention to detail.

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u/howtospellorange 7h ago

I had to control myself to not actually pump my fists in the air during that lmao

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u/sirius4778 2h ago

Yeah that made me giddy lol

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u/pjtheman 3h ago

I loved the moment where one guy pulls out his wax and frantically swims to the sirens. You could see the grim acceptance in the other sailor's face as he realized there was nothing he could do to stop it.

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u/rhunter99 9h ago

There’s a scene where it sounds like ticking and it reminded me of interstellar

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u/RobotChrist 6h ago

Ticking is the sound of Dunkirk tho

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u/GameOfLife24 6h ago

Reminded me of Dunkirk too, now that you mention it, I believe he enforces a ticking musical piece in all of his movies to denote urgency and stress

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u/UpsideTurtles 9h ago

Bro could win an Oscar for every score he does

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u/SkoomaSkoomSkoo 8h ago

He damn near does

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u/asian_hans 9h ago

The buildup of the Troy siege from going out of the horse to opening the gates was fucking phenomenal

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u/redz191 9h ago

Saw the preview of this scene in it’s entirety in my Avatar screening way back in December and was fucking hyped

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u/STLOliver 9h ago

Just imagining the Academy voters hoping to spread the wealth watching this like “Damn, we’re really gonna have to give this guy ANOTHER Oscar? Alright, so be it!”

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u/thesmash 9h ago

He’s just operating on a different level, undeniable talent

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u/TJeffersonsBlackKid 6h ago

That will put him one behind John Williams.

But I’ll be damned if he doesn’t deserve it.

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u/karateema 1h ago

Cosidering Dune 3 will probably be ineligible, i think he might seriously win 2 Oscars in a row

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u/WriterV 1h ago

Ludwig is the primary reason I wanna watch this movie, much as I'd love to see an epic movie set to a score that fully utilizes ancient greek instruments one day...