For their 241st and 242nd episodes, two warrior film critics, two bow-stringing dads, and two myth-teaching school teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, present two episodes dividing a lengthy discussion on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. For this meaty and manly deconstruction, the pod welcomed back frequent and favored guest, Cati Glidewell of The Blonde in Front.
Read MoreChristopher Nolan doesn't make simple films. He makes films about the cost of decisions. The weight of a choice made under pressure, the consequence that arrives long after the moment of commitment. The Odyssey sitting at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes after opening July 17, is no exception. It's a two-hour-forty-minute argument that the long game, not the quick win, is the only game worth playing.
Read MoreWhether it is the unending expanse of sky, the unseen abyss of the ocean churning below it, or the bottomless moral pits of its key characters, there are layers upon layers of depth farther than any sight or measurement in Christopher Nolan’s grand and grievous take on The Odyssey. Leave it to one of this generation’s best filmmakers to accept the challenge with spectacular precision and the fearless temerity to make it his own.
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