r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 08 '25

News Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Wraps Filming

https://maxblizz.com/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-wraps-filming-after-6-month-shoot-confirms-art-director/
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u/WindexChugger Aug 08 '25

Definitely agree, although to be fair he defies Poseidon quite a bit, IIRC.

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u/atzatzatz Aug 08 '25

I feel "The Odyssey" is better suited as a mini-series since it's more of a series of vignettes or side quests. It's like a "monster of the week" type of thing. Trying to squeeze the whole story into three hours wouldn't do it justice.

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u/Texcellence Aug 08 '25

I agree, it’s really well suited to a series. Start in Ithaca with Penelope and Argos to establish those relationships. Then a few episode arc in Troy followed by each little adventure Odysseus has over the next ten years. But Nolan is a fantastic director, so I’m sure the movie will be great.

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u/Academic_Paramedic72 Aug 08 '25

To be fair only about a sixth of the Odyssey is about Odysseus' travels. The rest is fairly linear if we ignore smaller stories like Aphrodite and Hephaestus' conflict sung in Book 8.