Review: Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is Epic Storytelling on the Grandest Scale

"After years of war, no one could stand between my men and home... Not even the gods." For Christopher Nolan's next trick, he will adapt one of the greatest stories ever told. Can he pull it off? Of course he can. But the real question is not about if he pulls it off, it's about how he pulls it off. Of course he brings to life this story of Odysseus' grueling 10 year journey back home across the Mediterranean Sea in the most spectacular way featuring the biggest movie cameras ever built. Nolan's dream of making a movie entirely filmed with IMAX cameras with IMAX-sized film finally comes to fruition 18 years after it began with The Dark Knight in 2008. The Odyssey drfifts into movie theaters around the world, playing not only in IMAX but in every cinematic format currently available - including 35mm & 70mm prints and every other screen size / digital format around. True to his ultimate vision, this is the grandest storytelling on the grandest scale to make the grandest point about humanity's darkness taking over. It is everything cinema should be and can be and it is an exhilarating experience. But is it Nolan's best movie so far? I don't think so – but it's up there. It's flawed and fractured and doesn't quite have the emotional impact his movie's before have had but it's still riveting. // Continue Reading ›