THE ODYSSEY 2026 Movie Review – Is It Worth Watching?

Wait, so Spider-Man’s mom is Catwoman, and his dad is Matt Damon? Catwoman is a DC Universe character, whereas Matt Damon first appeared in the Kevin Smith Universe (if I remember correctly). Clown shows up from Spawn comics, which are published by Image. Also, we all know Robert Pattinson famously portrayed a superhero — from the David Cronenberg universe of course. I think his name was Limousine Man or something like that. If it’s not extremely clear already, I was ENTIRELY CONFUSED by the 2026 theatrical adaptation of The Odyssey!

Dis Drawma Kingg wants to go on an odyssey of mine own now! All right, here I go! I’m moving right over there! Oh man, things are pretty insane over here! I think I should get out of this place and go over there! Things don’t seem to be too good over here either! Oh snap, Limousine Man and Brundlefly are chasing me! I think I’m in the Cronenberg Universe. I better get outta here before my body starts transforming!

In addition to the strange convergence of superhero universes, The Odyssey was potentially a sequel to I’m on a boat by The Lonely Island. Let’s forget about all that weird stuff for a second though. I honestly did not think I was going to like this movie as I entered the experience. I am not particularly a fan of Christopher Nolan or Matt Damon. Both of them have had some likable movies though, so I couldn’t outrule the possibility of something worthwhile. To my delight, the filmmakers did excellent work here. I felt the movie started out a little slow, and I started to wonder if it was going to just be a lot of boring conversations. About 30 minutes in, everything starts to pick up with more action and interesting events taking shape. 

Is It Worth Watching?: Yes, it was a completely solid film for the modern age!

Final Thoughts: 8/10 Crowns. The Odyssey is a little bit difficult to decide on a specific rating. I could totally see somebody giving this a 9 or a 10. Perhaps the only reason the rating doesn’t go that high for me is that I wasn’t completely enthralled in the whole experience. I definitely liked it and particularly enjoyed the camera work and cinematography. The actors mostly delivered great performances too, no major complaints with anyone. I read The Odyssey many years ago and can’t remember it too well, but from what I can remember, Nolan’s version followed the general events of the book more closely than I anticipated. I mean that in a positive way. I didn’t really understand most of the movie’s intertwining superhero plots (especially how Catwoman had no romantic interest in Limousine Man), yet I was still able to enjoy watching it. Well that’s enough about somebody else’s odyssey. Back to my dramatic adventure — I’m gonna start going over there [points]. Because unless you’ve been over there, you don’t know what kind of stuff there might be!


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