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Summary: The Odyssey in the eyes of a student
Review: I enjoyed watching the movie. Movies like the Odyssey helps me get a feel for what we are talking about in class. Sometimes it's hard to get into a subject when you don't have anything to go by. The Odyssey may be kind of bloody, gross, and something you don't watch before lunch, but the specil effects are great. Everything seemed so real. One part I don't like about the Odyssey is the Underworld. Being a christian, the underworld gave me the chills. The Odyssey was a good resource for the classroom.
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Summary: Climbing The Rocks To The Top
Review: When was the last time you saw a good movie? The last time I saw a good movie was when I viewed the Odyssey. Following the original epic by Homer, Andrei Kanchalovsky's translation was excellent and hypnotizing. The movie started out on the rocks, trying to depic the entire Trojan War in about thirty minuites. There was much backround to tell. It climbed those rocks as the movie continued and got better and better. The movie had great actors, grotesque monsters, powerful gods, and realistic scenery.Along with the wonderful role playing by the actors, the special effects were awesome. The Cyclops looked Disgustling real and had me wondering if they really exist. Running right along Cyclops for most creative costume, was Poseidon, god of the sea. The concept of him appearing on every wave is briiliant and showed how powerful he was thought to be. The scenes in Odysseus' house were also well done. It showed what homes were like, dining manners or lack of, and strange courting coustoms of that time. The movie sparks interest to read the book if someone has not. For those who read it, it would probably clear up any questions because it does depict customs we are not familiar with. It gets a five star rating in my book!
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Summary: A great movie!
Review: I thought that the movie The Odyssey was great. It starts off kind of confusing, but follows the poem by Homer closely. My two favorite mythological characers were Scylla and Carybdis who wrecked Odysseus's ship. I thought the best scene was when Odysseus shot the arrow through twelve battle-axes and the other men saw he was really Odysseus. Also, when Poseidon took his anger out on Odysseus on his way home. This was really an awesome and interest catching movie. I thought Isabella Rosellini did a great job as Athena and the director did an awesome job capturing poseidon's wrath over Odysseus in the turbulent waters. The director and actors did an excellent job depicting the mythological beasts, gods, and goddesses. All in all I give this movie 5 stars.
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Summary: WOW
Review: This was a great movie. The beginning was a little rocky, but then it smoothed out a little bit. The movie had great special effects and a great cast. Some of my favorite characters were Odysseus (Armand Assante), Telemachus (Alan Stenson), and Calypso (Vanessa Williams). This movie was very gory, but in a way I think that made it better. In this epic poem by Homer, my favorite part was when Odysseus shot an arrow through the axe handles. Overall, my opinion of this movie is that its a masterpiece.
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Summary: I Loved This Movie!
Review: This movie, The Odyssey was a wonderful way of telling about Odysseus and his journey. I would highly recommend this movie. The cast was great. Vanessa Williams played Calypso perfectly. She made me feel sorry for her when she had to let Odysseus go. This funny little Aeolus, the god of the wind was my favorite character. Though he was a bit part, he was one of the few gods who actually helped Odysseus. The special effects were the best I've seen in a movie for school. The monsters were so life like. The way they showed the underworld was unbelievable. It was so bright and real looking. The gods and goddesses looked exactly like you would usually picture them. That's why I liked this movie so much. The reasons I didn't like it were few and small. I would have put more of the Trojan war in it. The little the director, Andrei Konchalovsky, put of the war really didn't tell the story that well. The only other thing against it was the fact that I didn't like Odysseus's mother. Irene Papas played her well but the character was mean. However that's the only reason I didn't like this movie. So all in all I'd give it two thumbs up.
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Summary: The Odyssey
Review: The Odyssey was a very inspiring film. The special effects were awesome, expecially the cyclops. All of the actors/actresses did a wonderful job. My personal favorite was Greta Scacchi (Penelope). Armand Assante (Odysseus) sort of drifted through the movie, although he wasn't aful. My favorite god/godess was Michael J. Pollard (Aeolus). He played a very comical role. My favorite scene was when Odysseus was on the islan of the suductive Calyso (Vanessa L. Williams). It was well played how all of her maids had never seen a man before. Overall I would reccomend this movie to anyone who wants it for educational proposes or just to watch a good film.
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Summary: Hmmmmmmm
Review: I've seen better movies on The All News Channel. Odysseus was played very well, but his part was boring. As well as the rest of the movie. Scylla looks like 1930's cartoons.I drew better stuff in 1st grade.Every single scene looks so fake it isn't even funny. I can probably get more entertainment watching an earthworm. I would not recommend this to anyone young or old. This movie isn't worth a penny in my book!
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Summary: Great effects...NO HEART NO PASSION
Review: The special effects of this film were wonderful--no debate there--but Armand Assante seems like he's sleep-walking through this movie. It LOOSELY follows the poem at parts and suffers from a severe lack of passion! Compare this film with the 1950's "Ulysses", which despite poor effects, had MUCH more passionate and inspired portrayals of the characters by Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn among others. Even the classic scene involving Argos the dog was ommitted from this modern creation. Ugh! On the flip side, Athena's portrayal by Isabella Rossellini and the actor playing the god Mercury are very fun to watch in "The Odyssesy". Still...not enough to do the story justice.
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Summary: Great translation from print to screen! Worth buying a copy
Review: It was an accident that I chanced upon watching The Odyssey on the Hallmark Network. No viewing time not well-spent with the lavish production design, brilliant acting, and not-off-tangent-from-literature screenplay. I hope they release a DVD version right away.
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Summary: Excellent, Exhilirating, and Fun
Review: And great and entertaining film! A WONDERFUL GUEST CAST and some flavor to it, and is not racially discriminant(Vanessa Williams is in it), something we a lot these days. Armand Assante and his band of supporting actors give great life to the film and I notice the supporting actors are actually trying to make it better, rather than most actors who just do the role because it'll make them money. GREAT MOVIE, WORTH THE $13.00 Now, you wonder, why did he give it four stars out of five if it is so good? The reason is this movie is very depressing at some parts and gets very gruff and there is and little crude comedy. Especially at the end. That plucks off a star, just because it was pretty bright and cheeful during the voyage. OVERALL A GREAT MOVIE AND YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER BUYING IT, BUT THERE ARE HAPPIER FILMS.
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