Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 1.0
good myth made into a bad movie
i was pretty excited when i saw they made a movie out of the myth. and like most myths made into movies, they ruined it. Odysseus does not leave for war the same day his son is born, his son is crawling when they come for him and he feigns madness by sowing his fields with salt. Telemachus is placed before him CRAWLING, and that is how it is revealed that he is not mad. babies don't crawl their first day. also Penelope is a lot younger than him, yet in the movie the actress portraying her has crow's feet and noticeable wrinkles. she was a child bride as was the custom in those days. Odysseus does not appear to rule a kingdom in the movie, rather he seems to be reigning over an overlarge farm. the gods and goddesses are possessed of terrible beauty, only Callisto(Vanessa Williams) fits the bill. Athena is a tall blond grey eyed beautiful warrior goddess clad in armor, not a homely short brunette with green eyes dressed like a housewife. Odysseus's men are a joke. Hermes has his beauty but appears to be floating about in a diaper. the "ship" is yacht sized. Circe the goddess is just as homely as Athena. and when Odysseus finally returns his wife was supposed to test him with a comment that she had moved the bed(built on the tree), to see if he is not an impostor, not swoon and faint into his arms.and where were the Sirens...?