Odyssey of the Explorer

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.

While there's no canon for the mythological hero, several authors and poets in the centuries since offer differing stories of what happened.

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.

Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Tom Holland all deliver alongside jaw-dropping spectacle in the July release.

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