Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 4.0
Reasonable interpretation of a classic
When you start with such good material, it's hard to please everyone. Like "The Lord of the Rings" many reviewers are disappointed that the movie didn't match their own visions of a great book. (Notice how no one ever complains that "Goldfinger" or other Bond movies are significantly different from the Ian Fleming novels?) Personally, I thought the re-telling to be convincing, I liked the way they kept the story moving (it IS trying to cover 20 years) and found the special effects "good enough." My kids have worn out the VHS tape and I'm buying a DVD because we enjoy the movie.Lastly, just a pet peeve for other reviewers who complained that Telemachus' double spear throw defied physics...HELLLO!!! last I checked, three headed monsters defied biology!..and that whole Hermes flying thing, totally bogus eh? People..this would be a FANTASY with GODS and GODDESSES, not the new BBC special "Walking with Odysseus!" Sheesh!