Review 787: The Odyssey
Of all the auteur directors still working today, it's hard to find one that defies filmmaking conventions and takes my breath away more than Christopher Nolan. There's something about his films that while outwardly cold and detached, have a very humanist emotional centre that make them event cinema and The Odyssey The story of Odysseus is one that pretty much almost everyone knows and one that I'm very familiar with. It is, essentially, the OG heroes journey. It follows battle-worn Odysseus (Matt Damon), King of Ithaca and his decade-long journey home after the Trojan War to reunite with his loyal, iron-willed Queen Penelope (Anna Hathaway) and their devoted son Telemachus (Tom Holland). What unfurls is a thrilling, at times overwhelming, exhausting and distressing epic adventure tale of gods and monsters as Odysseus and his warriors face tests of courage, valour and endurance if they are to return home. This is an epic fantasy film of overwhelming ambition, an Odyssey if...
