The Odyssey Review: Nolans Journey Back to Ancient Myth

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Although set in the past, Christopher Nolan’s ancient epic is very much about our world.n

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Epic poems likeThe Odysseyweren’t written down, at least not at first. They weretold and retold, over and overas part of an oral tradition. As such, their impact had as muchto do with the storyteller as the story itself.

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The same can be said for the new film ofThe Odyssey.This ancient tale, familiar to everyone who passes high school English, is rendered new again by writer/directorChristopher Nolan’s craftsmanship and thoughtfulness, which turns this dusty legend into a meditation on what holds civilizations together, and what tears them apart, including our own.

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In typical Nolan style, it’s also a cinematic epic —epic in scale and length and cast, which is one A-lister after another. Because it is a Nolan film, it’s also far from a straightforward recounting of the Homeric saga of Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his years-long voyage home from from the Trojan War.In Nolan’s hands, Odysseus’ wanderings become a series of flashes back and forward in time, as he loses his way in the Mediterranean while, back in Ithaca, his queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway) fends off the advances of dozens of suitors, including the ultra-slimy Antinous (Robert Pattinson). You know he’s a bad dude from the second he tosses Odysseus’ faithful dog Argos onto a dung heap. (Jerk.)

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The man standing inthe suitors’ way is Odysseus’ son Telemachus (Tom Holland), who still believes his father is alive and sets outacross the sea to find him. Nolan bounces between Holland’s travels, Hathaway and Pattinson’s palace intrigue, and Odysseus’ long strange trip, andthrough the varioussongs andeyewitness accounts of his bravery in war and his trials afterwards.

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Keeping track of where you are in the chronology is surprisingly easy; no one working in film today makes temporal uncertainty clearer than Nolan. But truth be told,The Odysseyis not Nolan’s fleetest ormost exciting movie. Stretches in its long second act linger onand on, as Odysseus and his crew suffer at the mercy of the gods and assorted mythological monsters. Some of these sections comeperilously close to outright boredom, something I’ve never said before about any Nolan movie. For a few lethargic minutes, I started to wonder whetherhe had miscalculated andgotten his ship lost somewhere nearCharybdis.

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But then how else is a filmmaker supposed to capturethe exhaustion and despair of an endless journey? How else could Nolan suggest Penelope and Telemachus’ desperation for Odysseus’ return? Plus, the accumulation of all that time and pain adds to the weight of Odysseus’ eventual return to Ithaca, and to the revelation of thesecret behind his years lost at sea.

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Part of the reason Odysseus’ odyssey is easy to follow is an old trick of casting: Just about everyperson of any importance in this story is played by a veryrecognizable face. Even if you don’t remember all ofthe characters’ names, you’llinstantly rememberHimesh Patelas Odysseus’ right-hand man,Charlize Theronas the mysterious and alluring Calypso, and Elliot Pageas a soldier withasmall but crucial roleinOdysseus’ plan to infiltrate Troy.

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Ultimately, though, the weight of this massive film falls on the shoulders on just a few key performers, all ofwhom deliver work as unvarnished as Odysseus’ giant wooden horse. Holland, cast somewhat against type, manages to make the viewer forget he’s most often seen onscreen as an actual superhero as he dives into the role of Odysseus’ naive and slightly useless son. Speaking of actual superheroes undercutting their onscreen tough-guy persona, it’s hard to think of another character in recent film history who snivels more than Robert Pattinson inThe Odyssey. (So much sniveling! And did you read what he did to the dog?)

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Hathaway brings tremendous intensity to her scenes, holding down the proverbial fort in Ithaca from behind the series of ornate screens that line production designerRuth De Jong’s earthy sets. And Damon is an interesting choice for Odysseus. He doesn’t really carry himself with the regal airof an ancient general. Even with his yoked physique, Damon strikes a more unassuming figure inThe Odyssey.His work isn’t flashy, and sometimes it’s almosttoosubdued; it’s difficult to pierce through his stoic exterior. But late in the film Nolan givesDamon a monologue that unleashes the floodgatesholding back all of the emotions he’s bottled up over the last two hours, and it really justifies his casting in a tricky role.

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It’s those final scenes — which in their own quiet way carry a twist as impactful as the one inMemento —that not only power Nolan’sThe Odyssey, they also illuminate why a filmmaker famous for movies about contemporary life and technology wanted to tell a story set3,000 years ago. Odysseus’s actions in the Trojan War carry more meaning than they might first appear, as do his actions in the years afterwards battling cyclopses and witches. Nolan’sOdysseyis not about the end of Odysseus’ story, but the possible end of ours.

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RATING: 8/10

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From Following to The Odyssey, we ranked every film from the Oscar-winning director of Memento, The Dark Knight, and Oppenheimer.

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Nolan broke into the studio system with this characteristically serious police thriller (based on a Norwegian film of the same name) about an LAPD cop (Al Pacino) sent to Alaska to investigate a murder, and possibly to get away from an Internal Affairs investigation into his personal conduct. After the Alaskan case goes horribly wrong, the cop develops insomnia (the perpetual daylight doesn’t help) and becomes inextricably connected to the murderer, who tries to manipulate Pacino’s detective into framing an innocent man. Robin Williams is unforgettable in limited screen time as a soft-spoken mystery author; Pacino’s shambling Southern drawl schtick from this period of his career does not hold up nearly as well. Insomnia is perhaps Nolan’s most straightforward movie; even though the notion of exploring the psyche of a bad cop who believes he is a good cop is right in Nolan’s wheelhouse, he still seems a little uncomfortable without his structural tricks. The best was definitely yet to come.

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