Odysseus Movie Analysis

The movie Odysseus is different from the written version by Homer in many ways. Odysseus isn’t a pawn of the gods and all his actions are of his own. The movie starts off with Odysseus on his way home after ten years of being gone. The movie leads its viewers on a trip with Odysseus who will go through my trials of life. The movie will explore fame and its ups and downs, it will provide its’ own interpretation of the original Odyssey, and I will discuss which parts of the film has been helpful in better understanding the Odyssey.
Odysseus’s desire is not only to become a hero for his people, but to be immortal and one way mortals become immortal is if his name is never forgotten in history and to do that he would need fame. According to the film, in order to gain fame, Odysseus seeks unknown and dangerous situations to be famous through outrageous and dangerous encounters that would make him famous for the stories he has to tell. Odysseus might …show more content…
First, his interactions with the dead and why he went there in the first place helped me understand why he needed to go to the island and helped provide visual of the interactions between Odysseus, his mother, Agamemnon, and Achilles. Secondly, his 7 year stay with Kalypso helped me understand that he actually stayed on his own accord, which makes his heroic persona a bit more flawed than it seemed to be. I thought the added context from the voiceover of the film helped me grasp the meaning and moral message of the story. It wasn’t only a tale about a man who encountered great hardships and how he survived them, but it shows this man seeking fame and glory for almost two decades to finally realize his true glory is to be happy with the fortunes and family he had already. It’s message is to be happy with what you have because seeking something you can’t get, like immortality, only brings you misfortune and