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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:29 The sword-and-sandals era

3:22 Cast and performances

8:07 Troy spoiler review

10:29 Troy vs The Odyssey

19:29 Realism, gods and mythology

24:40 Visuals, budget and filmmaking

32:11 Final ratings

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Patrick and Benji review Christopher Nolan's epic high budget adaptation of The Odyssey after seeing it on opening night.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

0:48 How much did we know about The Odyssey?

3:56 Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster approach

7:29 Nolan’s sound design and the IMAX experience

11:30 Matt Damon and the all-star cast

16:37 Spoiler-free verdict

18:21 SPOILERS BEGIN

20:05 The opening, Ithaca and Odysseus’s bow

21:55 Robert Pattinson as Antinous

23:14 Zeus’s law and the breakdown of order

27:11 Calypso and the nonlinear structure

29:56 The Cyclops and Odysseus’s fatal arrogance

35:00 Menelaus, Helen and the fall of Troy

36:41 Sinon and the Trojan Horse sequence

40:02 The controversy around Helen of Troy

44:20 The Laestrygonians and Circe

49:48 Hades and Elliot Page as Sinon

51:54 The prophecy and the fate of Odysseus’s crew

55:58 The Sirens

58:24 Scylla, the whirlpool and an impossible choice

1:00:12 Odysseus finally surrenders to the gods

1:02:18 The return to Ithaca

1:04:27 Argos recognises Odysseus

1:05:58 Antinous’s plan and the recruitment token

1:09:56 Odysseus and Penelope’s pivotal conversation

1:10:36 Athena and the true meaning of Troy

1:14:22 The bow challenge and palace battle

1:18:10 The film’s major themes explained

1:22:24 Who else could have played Odysseus?

1:25:00 Ranking The Odyssey against Nolan’s films

1:26:17 Final ratings

1:27:54 Should you see it in IMAX?

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