Excruciating, almost physically painful

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 2008)

I had been waiting for years to watch this film. In nearly every other title I'd researched or discussed "Odyssey" inevitably was referenced in the discussion. Finally, I got it in my head, that I'd pick a Friday night and devote it to this film. I did, and I can only liken the experience sucking on razor blades with a bleach chaser. At times, it was excruciating, almost physically painful to watch. I cried at the end (I'm not kidding) because I had decided that I just couldn't *like* movies. This was supposed to be a classic. I thought "What is *WRONG* with me? What am I missing?" I was extremely disappointed to find that the movie, like others, had set the viewer up for a conflict, that never occurs, which I find extremely disappointing. The cinematography was INCREDIBLE for it's time. But great cinematography does not make up for what this is lacking, which is a point, some detail a reason for its existence. Honestly there is nothing to "get" here.
I didn't mind the Blue Danube waltz, I even ignored the fact that only about 400 words were actually spoken in the films entirety. But it was, as some say, not good, and definitely not great. Actually, it was horrible.
3/10