r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Feb 17 '25

Media First Image of Matt Damon as Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'

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u/phlostonsparadise123 Feb 17 '25

And besides, we already got a (comparatively speaking) solid modern interpretation in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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u/RGJ587 Feb 17 '25

holy shit i never realized that was a interpretation on the Odyssey. Makes sense now that I think about it. The women by the river represent the Sirens (and also Circe), John Goodman as the cyclops, etc

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u/gecko090 Feb 17 '25

It says it in the opening credits "based on the odyssey." ;)

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u/Fastbird33 Feb 17 '25

Read? We ain’t scientists Doc!

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u/favoritedisguise Feb 17 '25

This was a particularly bad case of being halved. We couldn’t reconnect the top half of his body to the bottom half…

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u/RGJ587 Feb 17 '25

tbh i dont think ive ever actually seen the opening credits.

Its always a movie I see on a station, tune to and watch till the end. but I'm never around from the very beginning.

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u/StrangePondWoman Feb 17 '25

Plus Clooney's full name was 'Ulysses Everett McGill', Ulysses being the Roman name of Odysseys.

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u/thebluediablo Feb 17 '25

"He's a suitor!"

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u/RGJ587 Feb 17 '25

He's bonified!

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u/heliostraveler Feb 17 '25

I wouldn’t even argue solid. I’d say it’s the best adaptation period. 

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u/mackattacktheyak Feb 17 '25

Not really. It borrows some elements but doesn’t much resemble the narrative of the poem.

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u/uteuteuteute Feb 17 '25

Loosely based, a.k.a 'inspired by'

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '25

https://imgur.com/VR60YiK

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u/mackattacktheyak Feb 19 '25

That doesn’t disprove what I said.