Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 5.0
The Odyssey
The Odyssey was a great movie. It's about Odysseus the hero of the Trojan war and his journey home after upsetting the god Poseidon while he was bragging about winning the war, on his own. It follows the homerepic poem The Oddysey. I enjoyed learning about the subject in a modern way instead of some movies I have seen in black and white about the topic. One of my favorite characters is Athene because she is so mysterious and you never know when she will appear. The actors were really good especially Alan Stenson who plays Telemachus (Odysseus's son). I also liked the special affects! They would have been much better except all of the scenes were really bloody and gory! My favorite part of the movie was near the end when as a test Penelope (Odysseus' wife) gave her husband's bow and told whichever of her suitors strung the bow and shot an arrow through the holes in line of axes she would marry him. Then Odysseus disguised as an old man passes the test and turns back into his normal self. All in all this was a great movie and I reccomend it to anyone looking for a more interesting way to educate themselves about Homer's epic poem the Odyssey