Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 5.0
This was super fantastastic!
When the Trojan War breaks, the King of Ithaca, Odysseus must help defend Greece. The same day, Penelope gave birth to their son, Telemachus. While sailing to the War, Odysseus meets his patron goddess, Athena. She warns him of his crew, telling him of all their flaws. But Odysseus doesn't heed her warning. When Odysseus and his crew reach Troy, they fight. The men fought for ten years. The Greeks finally win when they build a giant wooden horse. The Trojans take the horse into the town and party. When all the Trojans are asleep, the Greeks slip out of their wooden steed and ruin Troy. The day, Odysseus yells to the Gods, saying that a mere mortal distroed Troy by himself. This is when the Odysseys really starts. The journey back to Ithaca starts out fine. But Posiden doesn't want Odysseus to go home. The first event of the trip is Odysseus and his crew's meeting with the one-eyed Cyclops. Odysseus, being the smart and sly king of Ithaca tell the Monster that his name is nobody. he then blinds the monster. he and his crew then said to an uninhabited island where they meet with the god of wind, Aeolus. He gives the crew a gift of wind. The crew then sails and meets Circe who turns the crew into animals based on their personality. They then travel to the underworld. When leaving the underworld, they meet Scylla, who kills half of the crew. The Odysseus found Clypso's Island and stayed there for five years. Odysseus then returns home. Not only is the was the Odyssey a good movie, it was historically accurate. The movie shows occupations of the Greek people, the food they ate and the clothing that they wore. Everything was accurate, down to the smallest detail of sacrifices to their god. Men wore tunics and women wore dresses. Did you know that the Greeks at e goat cheese, drank water, and used olive oil to cook with? Some of the occupations of the Greeks were farmers, leader, and council members.