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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey movie adapts Homer through a new eye that brings a sense of horror and existential angst to the story – and some humor too. It may not be a perfect movie, but it’s a pretty great moviegoing experience all the same.

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When it comes to the movie version of The Odyssey, writer/director Christopher Nolan goes in very different direction than Homer's source material – and the final scene(s) of the movie finally pull back and outright state what the film is really about.

Despite being one of the best-known parts of The Odyssey, they occupy only a small part of Christopher Nolan's film. So did Nolan shortchange them?