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| We went to the afternoon showing of this recently released movie. It was just ok, IMHO. Lots of battle scenes. Molly Ivins might have said “buckets of blood” — though usually she sad it about politics. |
Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicéan barks of yore,
That gently, o'er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
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No action flick is complete these days without buckets of blood, alas. Except for Marvel superhero movies. They are still relatively blood-and-gore free because kids go to them. And me. I hate buckets of blood. But I'll still watch The Odyssey.
Still glad I left after 40 minutes!
I will have to wait until it streams somewhere. We don't go to the movies. Sounds interesting.
Interesting that there was a film made of that story. I am familiar with the Odyssey, partly because I had a classical education and partly because my childhood was spent in a neighbourhood where all the streets had names from Greek mythology.
Although I'm sure buckets of blood were shed in ancient wars, I'm not sure I would want to watch that.
Happy T-Day, (belated, again)
Lisca
In fact there have been many films of the Odyssey beginning over 100 years ago. Artificial Intelligence says “ The Odyssey has inspired dozens of direct and loose film, television, and miniseries adaptations spanning over a century, beginning with the silent era up to major modern features.” I think “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” in 2000 was especially memorable.
… mae
Ha! We saw the movie this week, too. It struck me that the landscape scenes felt genuinely empty of people and people-made objects, and I liked that authenticity.
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