The Odyssey film

Visgir1

Apprently it's best seen in a I-Max cinema where the full experience is seen. But there is only 3 in the country. So it's been adapted to fit into normal cinema's.
But I hear it's amazing.
I haven't got around to seeing it, but I'm planning on seeing it.
Love to see it in an I-Max format but my nearest one is in London and they are booked out until September.

Cineworld has 26 IMAX screens and Odeon have 15

That’s without the independents which. Ring the IMAX screens up to 50 in the UK

My nearest IMAX is about an hour away by public transport. Is it worth making the. Journey or should I go to my local cinema?

I think Homer would have approved of Odysseus' (Ulysses') characterisation in Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida as the slyest of the Greeks - especially as played by Michael Hordern at the RSC in the early 60's.

Was anyone else lucky enough to see it, with Dorothy Tutin as Cressida?

Visgir1

Apprently it's best seen in a I-Max cinema where the full experience is seen. But there is only 3 in the country. So it's been adapted to fit into normal cinema's.
But I hear it's amazing.
I haven't got around to seeing it, but I'm planning on seeing it.
Love to see it in an I-Max format but my nearest one is in London and they are booked out until September.

Are you in a different country Visgirl ?
Certainly more than 3 iMax cinemas in the UK!
The UK has numerous IMAx cinemas , including the country's largest screen at the BFI IMAX in London. There are dozens of locations operated by major chains and independent museums across England, Scotland, and Wales.

Some notable venues include:
BFI IMAX (London): Britain’s largest cinema screen and one of the few globally capable of showing films in the 70mm IMAX format.
Science Museum (London): Features an IMAX: The Ronson Theatre with state-of-the-art immersive projection.
Cineworld & ODEON Cinemas: Major chains operate a combined total of over 40 IMAX-equipped venues in cities like Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and Cardiff.
You can find the nearest location and book tickets directly through the IMAX Theatre finder.

I went to see this film this afternoon at our iMax cinema - a new experience for me - and I have to say that the special effects were amazing, some of the best I’ve seen anywhere. Samantha Morton’s scenes as Circe were remarkable (more of her backstory would have been good), as was the Cyclops.

Even at three hours (flew by), the whole thing felt squashed into too small a space. It was relentless. Whitewave was spot on when she said that the whole thing needed to be more linear. I had a huge problem with the dialogue, and I found it hard to get past that - it was almost a spoiler for me.

I could do a whole lot more nitpicking on details that jarred but it would be niggardly in the face of a terrific piece of film making. Whether you’ve read Homer or not, go and see it for the sheer spectacle.

Well - as blockbusters go I think it was middling. I would rather the story line had been more linear as Homer intended

I don’t agree - it wasn’t written in a linear fashion but used oddly modern cinematic flashback techniques - often a back story within a back story.
The Present Books 1–8
The story opens in Ithaca with Telemachus and Penelope, then shifts to Odysseus trapped on Calypso’s island before he washes ashore in Phaeacia
Books 9–12- flashback
Odysseus reveals his identity and narrates his past adventures The Cicones and the Lotus-Eaters, the Cyclops PolyphemusAeolus, the Laestrygonians, and Circe, the Underworld (Necyia) to see Tiresias, the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and the Cattle of Helios
Books 13–24 - a return to the present
The Phaeacians transport Odysseus back to Ithaca, where the rest of the timeline moves forward in a linear fashion to his revenge on the suitors and reunion with Penelope.

Three of us went and thought that the sound was awful, so we missed some of the dialogue. No we aren’t deaf either. It was very distorted so we were a bit confused at the beginning.
It was a self indulgent, spectacular epic in my view. But it did make us think that maybe Nolan was pointing the finger of the destruction of civilisation at Trump and his cronies.
I did jump a lot and it didn’t seem like three hours to be fair.

Ps the American accents were totally out of place tbh.

Susieq62

Ps the American accents were totally out of place tbh.

Ancient Greek might have been hard to understand for the majority though.

I think I worked out years ago that American accents didn't seem quite right in anything biblical, or ancient civilization related. That was brought home to me as a child when watching The Greatest Story Ever Told and John Wayne had a nano second appearance, still too long, when he stood at the foot of the cross and drawled Texan style "he truly was the son of God" oh get back on your horse somehow it didn't sound quite right

Ps the American accents were totally out of place tbh.

The accents did tend to rob the whole thing of whatever gravitas it might have had.

Apprently there is a difference in Imax... The film should be seen in authentic IMAX cinema only 3 the UK which features a massive near-square 1.43:1 aspect ratio screen and high-end dual-laser or 15-perf 70mm film projection. The primary locations capable of this full experience are the BFI IMAX in London, the Science Museum IMAX in London, and Vue Printworks in Manchester.
Thought I heard this right.

It was authentic enough for me and for my family and countless other people who have queued to see it the “lesser” IMax format up and down the country since it was released. Why rob yourself of the experience because you can’t see it in London - or Manchester?

I don't mind American accents in classical or Biblical epics. British English sounds better to us but is no more logical than American in those contexts. (The English language didn't even exist then!)

3hrs not enough
It is divided into 24 books and follows Odysseus,

dotpocka

3hrs not enough
It is divided into 24 books and follows Odysseus,

Yes, over about 20 years in fact!

I think it's called précis.

I’m in North Devon never even heard of an IMAX we’re just lucky to have a cinema at all…🥹
I’m going to see it Monday afternoon really looking forward to it…

Yes what happened to a ‘comfort break’? With these long films, thin ‘ Gone with the Wind’ Adverts would come on & you could nip off for a choc ice 😩we all aren’t like camels

I watched the series Troy on Netflix so me and my daughter went to see The Odyssey at our local IMAX. It was brilliant both sound and vision. Many scenes made you feel like you were moving with the film. Strange sensation. I told me DH that I would be happy to see it again and he can see for himself.

JenniRen

dotpocka

3hrs not enough
It is divided into 24 books and follows Odysseus,

Yes, over about 20 years in fact!

I think it's called précis.

I wouldn’t call it a précis, but the film is an adaptation of the poem recounting the ten years it took Odysseus to get home to his wife and son in Ithaca.

Just getting ready to go to watch this. Will let you all know what I think of it when I return.

Bertiebasset

I watched it last night, mainly because my husband wanted to see it, i actually enjoyed it more than him. Its good but not as good as the reviews ( my opinion) a lot of plot holes, the acting is good & we went to the Vue in Paington, it was extremely loud in some scenes.

I went there once. Can't remember what the film was but I complained about the volume, it was actually painful. The member of staff was rude. Never again.

TerriBull

I think I worked out years ago that American accents didn't seem quite right in anything biblical, or ancient civilization related. That was brought home to me as a child when watching The Greatest Story Ever Told and John Wayne had a nano second appearance, still too long, when he stood at the foot of the cross and drawled Texan style "he truly was the son of God" oh get back on your horse somehow it didn't sound quite right

But they wouldn't have spoken English let alone with an English accent. I remember all the criticism of John Wayne and some expert said a Roman soldier was likely from the provinces and a Texas drawl was probably more appropriate than a theatrical English accent.

I don't altogether disagree, I think it's the fact that we associate the US and more latterly Australia, I'm thinking Russell Crowe, Gladiator, with the new world. There is of course no reason to think a Roman from those times would have spoken with a theatrical English accent either. Maybe Mel Gibson's desire to dredge up ancient Aramaic for his film about Christ would be more authentic. I can't say, I didn't see it.

Just back home from watching this film (not on Imax).
I did find the dialogue quite difficult to follow (would have loved sub-titles). Do think you have to have a reasonable knowledge of this story to really be able follow it.
Was crowded to get it all in three hours (no break), might have been better to have followed the Lord of the Rings format and had two or even three films.
I was quite taken aback recently when I mentioned to someone reasonably well education and intelligent whose reply to me when I said I was going to see this was 'What is Odyssey? - never heard of that'.
I did enjoy this film - glad that I saw it, excellent special effects and well acted.