Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 5.0
Bad Movie?...Think again!
Armande Assante is...Odysseus! The Trojan war is over. Odysseus and his menare preparing to sail home to Ithaca. The war in Troy has gone on for 10 years, and now it is time for Odysseus, king of Ithaca, to go home.But, thanks to his big mouth, before he leaves he upsets the god Poseidon. Mistake? A big one . Not only are the gods the most powerful creatures on Earth, but Poseidon is the god of the sea...and Odysseus has to sail home. During the next 20 years, he has a great big adventure, mixed with people that want to kill him, people that want to help him along, and some monsters that want to eat him.This movie is not just a fantasy adventure, it's history! The ancient greek poet Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad was the story that came before the Odyssey (check it out!). This poet livedlived in the time period in which he wrote, so he had plenty of culture in the Odyssey. We can learn alot about history this way, because the people in the movie do the same things that the ancient greeks did. The same food, customs, clothes, etc. In the Odyssey they use goats alot, just like in ancient greece. They used the for clothing, food, and sacrifice. Aside from all this, the special effects were good and so were the actors. Overall, I would give this movie 5 stars-it was great!