Movie Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

🎥 In Part One of a two-part episode, the Ricks are joined by guest Kurt Ho for the first of two movie reviews of this summer’s biggest blockbusters. First up: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.”

IN THIS EPISODE

🖖 One Rick’s odyssey leaving Las Vegas—and fleeing Trekkers

🕷️ Two blockbusters starring Tom Holland, a few common themes

👁️ Matt Damon’s 10 years dodging a cyclops, witches, and bad decisions

👀 Kurt spoils himself with back-to-back adventures in IMAX

🔫 If “Inception” is Nolan’s heist movie & “Tenet” his Bond, what is “Odyssey”?

🥷 Jason Bourne is ready to rumble, but why is Tom Holland so hollow?

🤔 Is this the Christopher Nolan movie that’s not quite a Christopher Nolan movie?

🥋 Why Robert P. & Tom H. were just grasshoppers to Damon’s Kung-Fu master

🐶 Petting the dog: A tear-jerking story about a boy, his dad—and his dad’s dog

🎭 Anne Hathaway’s masterclass on acting and layered performances

📕 Homer’s myth about gods and monsters, not “historical” accuracy

💰 “The Odyssey” breaks box office records for Nolan, Damon—but not Holland

👸🏾 Zendaya does Athena—or does she? A debate about her role

💀 A Punisher out of time: Jon Bernthal’s Greek accent is Bronx to us

🎬 The cyclops sizzles: Nolan’s practical effects in a CGI-crazy world

🖼️ Nolan channels Redon’s “The Cyclops” at a key moment

🪞 What does it mean that this is the first movie filmed entirely in IMAX?

⚡️ Zeus’s Law: Does the film reflect a Homeric or Christian worldview?

🐴 Burning Troy: the myth and Nolan’s message to modern audiences

🔤 The Ricks and Kurt give their final grades for Nolan’s “The Odyssey”

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