The Odyssey

[BuffaloKyle]

Presale tickets went on sale today for The Odyssey, out July 17, causing AMC's app to crash and leading to hours long wait times in ticket queues. People, it's a movie! Not a concert. You'll be able to see it.

‘The Odyssey’ ticket rush overwhelms AMC website and app

The trailer:

 

[Manhattan]

That's the trailer of someone who knows they made a bad movie. 

Matt Damon as Odysseus? No matter how fit he gets, he's still too soft to play it. Odysseus is a beast of a man, Damon is a terrible choice  

Lupita Nyong'o as Helen?  She could have done it at 20 when she was at the height of her beauty, but you simply can't have a middle-aged Helen of Troy. 

[+ Jamie21]

Yes he seems miscast. I see someone like Sean Bean who played the character in Troy (with Brad Pitt as Achilles 😍). That film had Orlando Bloom miscast too I think. 

It’s 10 years after the Trojan war so Odysseus would be ageing. Similarly Helen might be past her best but yes the casting seems off. I’ll still watch it though. 
 

[Becket]

On 6/4/2026 at 4:27 PM, BuffaloKyle said:

Presale tickets went on sale today for The Odyssey, out July 17, causing AMC's app to crash and leading to hours long wait times in ticket queues. People, it's a movie! Not a concert. You'll be able to see it.

‘The Odyssey’ ticket rush overwhelms AMC website and app

The trailer:

 

I think it's a remake, isn't it?      

LOL

[BuffaloKyle]

1 hour ago, Becket said:

I think it's a remake, isn't it?      

LOL

There was an NBC two part miniseries in 1997:

The Odyssey (1997 miniseries) - Wikipedia

[nomad]

If you think Matt Damon is miscast, Tom Holland is even smaller framed. 

Looking forward to seeing it.  It's one of my favorite books from the carefree days of my youth.