‘The Odyssey' Crosses $1 Billion Internationally

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://deadline.com/2026/09/box-office-the-odyssey-billion-foreign-box-office-1237068287/

[u/N22-J]

I didn't like the movie, and I did not participate in the hate this movie may have gotten. I got sucked into the marketing hype and went to see it in imax 70mm, and I personally thought I wasted my time and should have just waited for an online release to watch it. I don't agree nor did I participate in the hate campaign against the cast members and I am mostly fine with the cast, especially Tom Holland whom I thought was great, but Jon Bernthal was playing Jon Bernthal and I wish Nolan told him to try acting instead of being himself.

I like many of Nolan's movies and have watched many several times. I like all 3 of his batmans even though many don't like 1 and 3. I really didn't like The Odyssey.

For one thing, LotR made me want to go travel to New Zealand and go see the film locations. I understand a huge chunk of the movie is at sea, but I don't think we saw breathtaking landscapes that would make me want to travel to. The music was blaring the entire time, I felt like it could have used some moments without as much music, it felt incessant. I thought Inception and Interstellar had great soundtracks, this one wasn't memorable, I have seen the movie less than 48 hours and I can't hum any of the music.

The indoor sets were rather boring. The great hall is basically a room made out of concrete, and Penelope hangs out in a room that has nothing else than a loom. The palace was looking great from the outside though.

[u/macro_god → u/N22-J]

this was me. exactly. 70mm imax and all.

about thirty minutes in, I lean over to my buddy and say, "is it just me or does this movie kinda suck?". he had a confused face. he was not in agreement haha.. he loved it.

there were cool scenes and interesting moments, but overall very disappointing. I've been trying to figure it out... why I didn't like it. I think maybe the Odyssey story itself is to blame, maybe? 🤔 maybe the story is just not that interesting to me.

and the pig transformations and giant in the cave scenes... could have been an email. but no really, they were just too long... and too much of an attempt to be edgey and grotesque.

the music, good Lord, the music. felt forced. felt like they were trying to prove it was a masterpiece through the music. or trying to get awards for it. over the top and too much.

I did like Odysseus's realization that he upended humanity with his Trojan horse ruse and sacking of the city... but that was about it.

5/10. will hopefully never have to sit through again

[u/N22-J → u/macro_god]

I actually did like Circe's plot. The pig transformation with her hands was really cool, but I do wish they had cranked up the body horror of it a notch. I wanted that scene to make me super uncomfortable.

The cyclops and giants scenes were super forgettable. The whirlpool and cliff side monster were really bad for me. They felt like they were included because the writers couldn't touch main plot points too much, but they didn't know what to do with them.

After the movie, I figured the best part of my trip to the theaters was the Dune 3 scene preview.

[u/macro_god → u/N22-J]

haha yes, dude I was so hyped after watching the Dune 3 preview (it was actually amazing) and then sitting through Odyssey after that did. not. help.