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Average Rating: Rating: - Wonderful This movie name was Odyssey. I thought this was a great movie, and I would recommend this movie for anybody that is interested. One reason why I thought it was interesting was because all of it's historical facts. My favorite character was Cyclops. I liked him the most because they made him look so lifelike. Cyclops was a mythological creature. The Cyclops and Nymphs where the sons of Poseidon god of the sea. This movie was about a man named Odysseus that left his home to to fight a war (Trojan War) the day his son was born. He won the war and started to embark on his journey home. It took him many years but he finally made it home. I liked this movie a lot like I said I would recommend this movie for anyone that is interested in Greeks, or someone who just wants to see a wonderful movie. Some interesting things that I learned from this movie that I didn't know before was that I didn't know that the Greeks ate with their hands I thought they used silverware or something like that. Another intersecting thing about this movie was their clothes. The actors costumes looked really realistic. All of the clothes that I have seen before that the Greeks wore looked almost exactly like the ones in the movie. Most of the transportation that they used in the movie was boats. And that is a fact because most of the transportation back then was boats. The place that they filmed the movie was in the original place that it came from (Ethica). It was so awesome because you where seeing the place where it was supposed to happen. Jonathan Beigle Rating: - Okay.... I saw this movie in my social studies class. I thought it was going to be boring, I mean, we were in school, but it was great! It was an excellent movie, great for learning and amusement. The scenes from the war were very gory, but seemed VERY realistic, I thought it was cool. If you didnÕt know, the Odyssey is based on the epic poem by Homer. It begins with a reference to the Iliad at the Trojan War, a ten year mythical war between Troy and Ithica, to give you background into the story. It's mainly about OdysseusÕ long journey home back to Ithaca to see his wife and son. Little does he know, that insulting the great god,Poseidon, will make his journey even longer and harder. The Odyssey also references many Greek gods. Gods played an important and unique role in everyday Greek life. OdysseusÕ personal god was Athena. She helps him and his son with OdysseusÕ journey home. The clothes in the movie were awesomely realistic. Original clothing of the Greeks were made out of linen. Ordinary people usually wore white clothes, but the wealthy would wear elaborate colorful robes. The movie also showed OdysseusÕ crops and herds of sheep. They both played a vital role in their life. Sheep gave milk, food, and clothing. Olives, the main crop of Ithaca, made olive oil. You can see Penelope(OdysseusÕ wife,played by Greta Scacchi) pressing them to make oil in the movie. These were the main sources of food for the people of Ithica, and they were very important in their lives. I thought that the director did a good job making everything in the movie look realistic. Mythology comes alive when you hear the roar of PosiedonÕs voice, the wail of the Cyclops(Reid Asaita) as he is blinded by ÒNobodyÓ, and the flicker of the bright-gloomy flames of the under world. I thought the movie was excellent! Enjoy it,youÕll love it! Rating: - Wow I think The Odyssey by Homer is a pretty good movie. The cast members look like they lived in that time period. Some of the people that played in the movie are (Armand Assante) Odysseus, (Greta Sacchi) Penelope, (Isabella Rosselini) Athene, and many more. Also the clothes they wore were authentic. Like the tunic, all the dresses, and the armor. The casting by the actors made you think that you were watching the real thing. My favorite character in the movie is Michael Pollard who played Aeolus the god of wind. During the movie they started new adventures as soon as the finished one. The movie is pretty good but is slow in some parts. After a slow part it picked back up into an action scene. It is also more historical than entertainment. They had to press the wine, sacrifice goats, heard goats, fish, make weapons, and several other things. So in conclusion I give The Odyssey four stars

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