Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 4.0
Great Movie!
When my Social Studies teacher said we would watch the Odyssey, I thought it was going to be boring. Boy, was I wrong! Odysseus (Armand Assante), king of Ithica, had to go to war against Troy. The same day, his wife, Penelope (Greta Scacchi), had also given birth to his first son. The Trojan War lasted about 10 years, until Odysseus came up with the idea for the Trojan Horse. This clever idea won the battle for the Greeks. Odysseus, though, thought he won without the help of the Gods. Poseidon (Miles Anderson), the god of the sea, was angered greatly by this. He told Odysseus that he would never get home. Odysseus and his crew would spend the next twenty years trying to get home. On the way, Odysseus met many people and creatures such as Calypso (Vanessa Williams), the Cyclops (Reid Asato), Circe (Bernadette Peters), and Aeolus (Michael J. Pollard), God of the Winds. The ships and clothes were extremely authentic and the special effects were great. The movie was A LOT like the story, which rarely happens with movies. Homer, the blind Greek poet that made this story, would have been proud. I liked this movie and thought it was very good. I also learned a lot about the Greeks, such as their behavior, clothes, names, and the way everything looked back then. I would recommend this movie to anyone.