Official Discussion - The Odyssey (2026) [SPOILERS]

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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

VOD / Release Theatrical release

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[u/GamingTatertot]

Odysseus's monologue of confessing his guilt for his deception and violating Zeus's law was quite emotional and seeing the reason why Athena kept appearing to him in that form was the heartbreaking cherry on top that made me shed a tear

[u/SellingStolenStereos → u/GamingTatertot]

I violated Zeus’s law, now watch me do it again

[u/ambivalenteh → u/SellingStolenStereos]

Because he was already damned by breaking it the first time. He was using the tainting of his soul to shield his son and nation at least in this small say from the broader chaos his norm breaking had unleashed.

[u/SellingStolenStereos → u/ambivalenteh]

Of course

[u/make_love_to_potato → u/ambivalenteh]

Didn't Leguiziamo's character also mention that the suitors were all taking advantage of Zeus's law and hijacking/corrupting it's meaning to take advantage of the family.

[u/We_ReallyOutHere → u/ambivalenteh]

Heroism via villainy. The prototypical antihero baby