Odyssey
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VHS Movie Reviews of Odyssey
Movie Review: classroom use
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't show all parts, but it is a nice compliment to my 7th graders reading of the Odyeesy. They really enjoy it. Some parts are not suitable for 7th graders, so I use the disk menu to skip around. I found it a nice supplement to my teaching.Movie Review: Odyssey is a gem of a movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The Odyssey is a movie that makes you think of what it was like in our past. It also teaches you the mythology of the times. It also shows how ones love for someone last for a lifetime and beyond. One ting that I admired was the way it protrayed by the actors...they made it believable.
I would highly recommend this movie for those into mthy and gods. It gives some historical views about them.
Movie Review: Homer's Odyssey on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
The story of Homer's Odyssey is quite faithfully told in this grand production from Hallmark, considering the length of the epic poem and the necessary story parts taken from the Iliad, Homer's companion poem about the Trojan war. The acting is good quality, and special effects are very good. My only complaint is that the disc itself, advertised as new and sealed, showed scratches and fingerprints when opened. It did not play very well at first, but that was rememedied by a 5-minute resurfacing. Movie Review: good myth made into a bad movie
Summary: 1 Stars
i was pretty excited when i saw they made a movie out of the myth. and like most myths made into movies, they ruined it. Odysseus does not leave for war the same day his son is born, his son is crawling when they come for him and he feigns madness by sowing his fields with salt. Telemachus is placed before him CRAWLING, and that is how it is revealed that he is not mad. babies don't crawl their first day. also Penelope is a lot younger than him, yet in the movie the actress portraying her has crow's feet and noticeable wrinkles. she was a child bride as was the custom in those days. Odysseus does not appear to rule a kingdom in the movie, rather he seems to be reigning over an overlarge farm. the gods and goddesses are possessed of terrible beauty, only Callisto(Vanessa Williams) fits the bill. Athena is a tall blond grey eyed beautiful warrior goddess clad in armor, not a homely short brunette with green eyes dressed like a housewife. Odysseus's men are a joke. Hermes has his beauty but appears to be floating about in a diaper. the "ship" is yacht sized. Circe the goddess is just as homely as Athena. and when Odysseus finally returns his wife was supposed to test him with a comment that she had moved the bed(built on the tree), to see if he is not an impostor, not swoon and faint into his arms.
and where were the Sirens...?
Movie Review: Good, not great
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie is certainly good enough to purchase, but I don't agree with most of the reviewers here that it was "fabulous." As some pointed out, the script could use some help. I liked the cast. Armand Asanti is wonderful in the lead role, Isabella and Bernadette are always fun to watch, as is the stunningly gorgeous Vanessa Williams. And, of course, Eric "They took my thumbs!" Roberts (poor Eric is so underated).
For a movie made in 1997, they sure skipped on the special effects. The effects were cool enough, but no razzle-dazzle here. Even so, it's a good flick for a rainy Saturday and for $10, ya really can't go wrong.