Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 4.0
WOW! WHAT A GREAT MOVIE!
The movie The Odyssey is based on the epic book The Odyssey that was written by Homer who was a blind author. This movie tells of a man named Odysseus (Armand Assante) who was married to Penelope (Greta Sacchi) who left to go fight in the Trojan War the day his son Telemachus (Alan Stenson) was born. After they defeated Troy in the war he told the gods that he defeated Troy without their help. This angered the god Poseidon and he put a spell on Odysseus that he will never return to Ithaca. When Odysseus and his men embarked on their voyage back home to Ithaca. The first place they stopped was the Cyclops' island to gather some food. They found the Cyclops' cave and ate his food. When the Cyclopes came back he asked them what they are doing in his cave. They gave him some wine as a gift. The Cyclops asked what Odysseus name was but Odysseus said that his name was nobody. When the Cyclops was asleep they made a sharp wooden stick and they poked the Cyclops in his eye. The Cyclops screamed to his brothers that Ònobody has stabbed me in my eyeÓ so his brothers did not come and help him because they think he poked himself in his eye. Odysseus and his men escaped but some were not so fortunate to escape. Next they stopped at the island were the god of the wind was named Aeolus (Michael J. Pollard). Aeolus gave Odysseus a bag of wind and told him not to open it. When he was back on the ship his men were curious about what was in the bag. When he went to sleep they opened the bag and it blew the ship to Circes island. Circe turned Odysseuss men into animals. Odysseus went to sleep with her so she can turn his men that were animals back into men. When they left her island they went to the blind prophet in the underworld and he told him the way home. They had to go through a cave to get back to Ithaca. Before they got to Ithaca they went into a whirlpool that killed everybody except Odysseus. Odysseus got back to Ithaca after he stayed at Calypso (Vanessa Williams) island for five years. The only people that recognized him was his son and a shepherd. Athena then turned Odysseus into a old man so no one knew who he was except his son. When he got to his castle they had a contest. Whoever strung Odysseuss bow and made the arrow through twelve axes would marry Penelope. Odysseus did and killed everyone who invaded his palace. He joined Penelope and had a happy life.The style of clothing they had in Ithaca was called a tunic. Only the wealthy people would have dyed tunics. The average person wore a white tunic. The main crop in Ithaca was olives which took a lot of olives to make a little bit of olive juice. Back then when someone goes to another persons island they bring gifts. The people of Ithaca and other islands believed in gods. They gave sacrifices to the gods so they will help them in the future. Greece was a rugged land that was in Europe. The different types of occupations in Ithaca were herders who handled sheep, ship builders, and fishers. This was a very good movie and I hope you will enjoy it too.