The Odyssey

Rating every movie I watch this year for the first time movie 70: okay saw a lot of mixed opinions on it and I can say that they are justified  opinions. As someone who read the book, this movie is  NOT accurate to the books mostly and seems like Nolan didn't fully read the book and just sorta wanted to make a Greek movie. I will say that the cinematography and score are absolutely beautiful and the landscape of the movie is gorgeous and it was shot very well. Some of the dialogue of this movie isn't written very well and dosent really fit. The cast however is a big star studded cast that got lots of controversies and hype and some of it is justified. Matt Damon aka Linus Caldwell plays Odysseus of Ithaca and when I first saw this casting Matt Damon was not who I wanted playing Odysseus but after seeing it , I see the vision and he did great and he is definitely gonna get an Oscar nomination for this. Anne Hathaway as queen Penelope was great and she gave a amazing performance too and she will definitely get an Oscar nomination as well. Now tom holland as Telemachus was the one casting I absolutely hated and after seeing it he wasn't that bad as Telemachus but it wasn't the part for him and this isn't his best role, he didn't really bring the youth and shyness that Telemachus has and he just dosent look the part,younger holland maybe but now. Robert Pattinson as Antinous was absolutely perfect casting and he killed and stole the screen for every scene he was in and I hope he gets nominated for this.  Elliot pages casting also got a lot of backlash and honestly I don't get why, they were barley in the film and had a small but important role and they did well in the scene just their look didn't fit unfortunately. Zendeya as Athena also was controversial and honestly she was also barley in the film and was fine in her moments , she just wasn't the Athena people wanted and it makes sense. John leguzimos as Eumaeus was good but he is heavy prosthetic and make up and so it's hard to see past that but he plays good even  though Eumaeus isn't a huge role in the book but for some reason is big here. Jon Bernthal as menaleus was great, he stole the scene and was fantastic. Lupita Nyong'o was another controversial casting as Helen of Troy but again she is barley in the film and is fine as Helen. The supporting cast of Odysseus's men is really good and they should of got more screen time. Charlize Theron was good as calypso , and Samantha  Morton made a great Circe as well. I did enjoy Himesh Patel as Eurylochus and he should be in more things. In this movie they did not miss with the gore and violence and I found myself to get disturbed and unsettled during the Cyclopes and pig scene which was nice. The puppeteer during the Cyclopes scene is really cool but the scene itself is not accurate and is missing keep moments. The pig scene was very wonky but done well and made me disturbed enough. They also somehow missed the huge moment of Penelope's final test to Odysseus which is crazy. The violent scenes were honestly Great and actually were accurate to the book especially during the final battle of Odysseus verses the suitors. It dose absolutely run way  to long though but this movie will win its awards and will be nominated for a lot. Overall not a bad movie but it is not accurate so it's gonna be a hit or  miss with fans . Matt Damon and Jon Bernthal were the best part of the film. THE MUSICAL ADAPTATION OF THE ODYSSEY IS A BETTER AND MORE ACCURATE ADAPTATION THEN THIS. Go watch that for a more accurate version. Take notes Nolan. I am def disappointed by Nolan here especially for my second Nolan movie.!