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.  

[MikeBiDude]

The Odyssey got a $51 million opening, reviews on RottenTomatoes Critics-95% Audience- 97%. Off to a very big start, I believe I read Christopher Nolan’s biggest opening ever.

[MaybeMaybeNot]

Did anyone see it? I have three friends who saw it.  One raved. Two said,  "It's long." I normally like long things, but not necessarily movies. 

[nomad]

It's worth it.  I saw on IMAX and will try to see it in 70mm for the full effect.  Pacing is good and the time passes quickly.  

[+ azdr0710]

There's just one 70mm IMAX theater in my state and it's sold out for weeks.  Not really a Greek mythology(?) kinda guy, but I love big screen spectacles, so might make the two-hour drive in a few weeks. 

[BuffaloKyle]

17 hours ago, MikeBiDude said:

The Odyssey got a $51 million opening, reviews on RottenTomatoes Critics-95% Audience- 97%. Off to a very big start, I believe I read Christopher Nolan’s biggest opening ever.

For the weekend it made $124.5 million just in case someone thinks it made $51 million for the whole weekend, that was just opening day.

[nomad]

1 hour ago, azdr0710 said:

There's just one 70mm IMAX theater in my state and it's sold out for weeks.  Not really a Greek mythology(?) kinda guy, but I love big screen spectacles, so might make the two-hour drive in a few weeks. 

It is worth the drive.  The visual spectacle of the scenes on regular IMAX is great but I already know it will be even more impressive and sweeping on 70mm.  Like you, the two theatres with 70mm near me are both sold out for weeks unless you want a few first row seats.  Hard pass on that.  Neck would be so screwed up and pretty close to deaf by the end of the movie.  

[MikeBiDude]

1 hour ago, BuffaloKyle said:

For the weekend it made $124.5 million just in case someone thinks it made $51 million for the whole weekend, that was just opening day.

Yes I should have been clear…that was just opening day.