Product: The Odyssey [VHS] (1997)
Rating: 5.0
I Loved This Movie!
This movie, The Odyssey was a wonderful way of telling about Odysseus and his journey. I would highly recommend this movie. The cast was great. Vanessa Williams played Calypso perfectly. She made me feel sorry for her when she had to let Odysseus go. This funny little Aeolus, the god of the wind was my favorite character. Though he was a bit part, he was one of the few gods who actually helped Odysseus. The special effects were the best I've seen in a movie for school. The monsters were so life like. The way they showed the underworld was unbelievable. It was so bright and real looking. The gods and goddesses looked exactly like you would usually picture them. That's why I liked this movie so much. The reasons I didn't like it were few and small. I would have put more of the Trojan war in it. The little the director, Andrei Konchalovsky, put of the war really didn't tell the story that well. The only other thing against it was the fact that I didn't like Odysseus's mother. Irene Papas played her well but the character was mean. However that's the only reason I didn't like this movie. So all in all I'd give it two thumbs up.