I was horrified by this movie (and that's a bad thing). If you've ever read the epic poem, The Odyssey, you will be offended at how this movie tries to visualize it, including the few many sex scenes (which were kinda disturbing). I sure was. Not only was this movie inaccurate, but the acting was horrible too. Have you ever seen one of those old plays where the actors always seem to overreact (jumping into each other's arms if they're scared and laying down, wailing, and flailing if they're sad)? Well, if you don't mind that sort of thing, you have a chance at liking this movie. I, on the other hand, was repulsed by how unrealistic the characters seemed, when in the original epic, they're supposed to represent humanity! The Odyssey - movie form only (it's that different that I have to say it!) - is about the hero Odysseus (Armand Assante) of Ithaca as he returns home from the Trojan War victorious. During the stalemate between the warring Greeks and Trojans that was the Trojan War, Odysseus came up with a brilliant idea, a hollow wooden horse that a bunch of people could hide in. What's the point of that you say? Well, the Greeks then pretended that they had retreated and left behind only the Trojan Horse (with Odysseus and a group of others inside). The excited Trojans brought the horse inside the walls as a token and...well, you know what happened next. Anyways, before the mission was accomplished, the priest Laocoon (Heathcote Williams) tried to foil the plot by revealing the secret. However, the God of the Sea, Poseidon (Miles Anderson), sent a sea serpent to help Odysseus, and you can probably guess what it did to poor Laocoon (it ate him, for all you people with poor imaginations). After the bloody battle, Odysseus made a grave mistake: he forgot to make a fitting sacrifice to Poseidon, who then declared that Odysseus would never be allowed to return home. Now, it has been years since Odysseus has set foot on his native soil; will he ever see his wife Penelope (Greta Scacchi) and son Telemachus (Alan Stenson)? If he returns home, will Penelope have remarried? Find out: read the poem! Yes, I said read the poem; DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE unless you have nothing better to do or don't believe the truthful words that come out of my mouth (or fingers...whatever). This last piece of wisdom should finalize your decision: the movie is TOO LONG to be worth even seeing. It's one thing if the movie is long and interesting, but if it's long and horrible, why bother watching?! Blech!
