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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
#Variety #Awards #Columns #JaafarJackson #MattDamon #Oscars #TomCruisehttps://variety.com/feature/2027-oscars-best-actor-predictions-1236834269/
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
#Variety #Awards #Columns #JaafarJackson #MattDamon #Oscars #TomCruisehttps://variety.com/feature/2027-oscars-best-actor-predictions-1236834269/
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/feature/2027-oscars-best-actor-predictions-1236834269/
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Oscar Predictions: Best Actor — The Most Competitive Category Awaits Leading Men Like Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and More
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/feature/2027-oscars-best-actor-predictions-1236834269/
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Devyn Dalton reflects on preparing to play Matt Damon's stunt double in “The Odyssey.”
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Devyn Dalton reflects on preparing to play Matt Damon's stunt double in “The Odyssey.”
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‘The Odyssey’ Sets 20,000 Screen China Release, Including Near-Total Imax Commitment (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #China #ChristopherNolan #MattDamon #TheOdysseyhttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-odyssey-20000-screen-china-release-1236833766/
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‘The Odyssey’ Sets 20,000 Screen China Release, Including Near-Total Imax Commitment (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Asia #Global #News #China #ChristopherNolan #MattDamon #TheOdysseyhttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/the-odyssey-20000-screen-china-release-1236833766/
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Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel Join David Letterman for ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ at Netflix
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Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel Join David Letterman for ‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ at Netflix
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‘The Odyssey’ Makes History as Christopher Nolan’s Top-Grossing Movie Ever, Beating ‘Dark Knight Rises’
#MovieNews #Movies #AnneHathaway #Boxoffice #ChristopherNolan #MattDamon #RobertPattinson #TheDarkKnight #TheDarkKnightRises #TheOdyssey #TomHolland #UniversalPictures -
‘The Odyssey’ Makes History as Christopher Nolan’s Top-Grossing Movie Ever, Beating ‘Dark Knight Rises’
#MovieNews #Movies #AnneHathaway #Boxoffice #ChristopherNolan #MattDamon #RobertPattinson #TheDarkKnight #TheDarkKnightRises #TheOdyssey #TomHolland #UniversalPictures -
Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #TheOdyssey #MattDamon #RobertPattinson 8 Best Acting Performances in The Odyssey http://dlvr.it/TTwwYQ
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #TheOdyssey #MattDamon #RobertPattinson 8 Best Acting Performances in The Odyssey http://dlvr.it/TTwwYQ
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheMartian #SciFi #MattDamon Ridley Scott’s 144-Minute Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Finding a Massive Streaming Audience http://dlvr.it/TTwbLC
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheMartian #SciFi #MattDamon Ridley Scott’s 144-Minute Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Finding a Massive Streaming Audience http://dlvr.it/TTwbLC
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Matt Damon’s stunt double in ‘The Odyssey’ is a 4-foot-6 woman
Stuntwoman Devyn Dalton never stops training. Her workouts typically consist of strength exercises, mixed with martial arts and…
#NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #CA #Canada #character #Dalton #damon #differentactor #Entertainment #Film #greatarm #Invisibility #job #laestrygonians #MattDamon #movement #Odyssey #scene #stunt #Workout
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‘Like if John Sayles directed Forrest Gump’: the incredible life of historian Howard Zinn https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/06/howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian-book #Books #Culture #HistoryBooks #History #UsNews #MattDamon
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‘Like if John Sayles directed Forrest Gump’: the incredible life of historian Howard Zinn
By Martin PengellyThe life of the hugely influential ‘people’s historian’ is explored in a wide-ranging new book that brings in everything from wars to civil rights to Matt Damon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/06/howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian-book
#Books #Culture #Historybooks #History #USnews #MattDamon #TheGuardian #MartinPengelly
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‘Like if John Sayles directed Forrest Gump’: the incredible life of historian Howard Zinn
By Martin PengellyThe life of the hugely influential ‘people’s historian’ is explored in a wide-ranging new book that brings in everything from wars to civil rights to Matt Damon
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/06/howard-zinn-the-peoples-historian-book
#Books #Culture #Historybooks #History #USnews #MattDamon #TheGuardian #MartinPengelly
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One of Hollywood’s biggest stars ‘spotted in Friends’ – but what’s the truth?
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One of Hollywood’s biggest stars ‘spotted in Friends’ – but what’s the truth?
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Watch the New When I'm Home Music Video for The Odyssey
The musical landscape of The Odyssey continues to expand with the release of the official music video for the track When I'm Home. This latest visual companion piece highlights the collaborative efforts of Travis Scott, James Blake, and composer Ludwig Göransson, offering fans another look into the atmosphere of the highly anticipated mythic action epic....
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Les redifs de l'été...
On rouvre le débat ! L'Odyssée de Christopher Nolan est-il un bon film ?
Réécoutez sur le podcast Actusf l'avis du spécialiste Simon Riaux.
Est-ce que vous êtes d'accord avec Simon ? Avez-vous aimé ce film ? Est-ce que c'est un grand Christopher Nolan ?
Le podcast Actusf est disponible sur toutes les plateformes (Deezer, Spotify)...
#podcastcinema #lodyssee #christophernolan #homere #mattdamon #tomholland #annehathaway #cinéma #robertpattinson #zendaya #lupitanyongo
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Les redifs de l'été...
On rouvre le débat ! L'Odyssée de Christopher Nolan est-il un bon film ?
Réécoutez sur le podcast Actusf l'avis du spécialiste Simon Riaux.
Est-ce que vous êtes d'accord avec Simon ? Avez-vous aimé ce film ? Est-ce que c'est un grand Christopher Nolan ?
Le podcast Actusf est disponible sur toutes les plateformes (Deezer, Spotify)...
#podcastcinema #lodyssee #christophernolan #homere #mattdamon #tomholland #annehathaway #cinéma #robertpattinson #zendaya #lupitanyongo
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🐴 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧'𝐬 $264 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬
#TheOdyssey #mattdamon #christophernolan #movies #films #imax #boxoffice #annehathaway #zendaya #tomholland #robertpattinson
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🐴 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧'𝐬 $264 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬
#TheOdyssey #mattdamon #christophernolan #movies #films #imax #boxoffice #annehathaway #zendaya #tomholland #robertpattinson
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Robert De Niro – „Der gute Hirte“ (2006)Robert De Niro erzählt, in einem seiner seltenen Filme als Regisseur, von der Entstehung der CIA. Das ist kein Hochspannungs-Thriller, sondern beschreibt die ernüchternde Herkunftsgeschichte einer emotional verarmten Supermacht. Hier gibt es keine coolen Gadgets, keine One-Liner und keine Agentenposen. Nur Männer in grauen Anzügen, die lernen, nichts zu fühlen – und das dann für Professionalität halten. Mit Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Martina Gedeck, Joe Pesci und William Hurt. (ZDF, Wh.)
Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/robert-de-niro-der-gute-hirte-2006/ -
Robert De Niro – „Der gute Hirte“ (2006)Robert De Niro erzählt, in einem seiner seltenen Filme als Regisseur, von der Entstehung der CIA. Das ist kein Hochspannungs-Thriller, sondern beschreibt die ernüchternde Herkunftsgeschichte einer emotional verarmten Supermacht. Hier gibt es keine coolen Gadgets, keine One-Liner und keine Agentenposen. Nur Männer in grauen Anzügen, die lernen, nichts zu fühlen – und das dann für Professionalität halten. Mit Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Martina Gedeck, Joe Pesci und William Hurt. (ZDF, Wh.)
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“The Odyssey” review
Any time Christopher Nolan releases a new film, it feels like an event. This is no different with his latest release, The Odyssey. To put it in perspective, tickets for IMAX screenings went on sale last summer, a year before release, and they sold out pretty quickly. With the insane amount of hype leading up, it begs the question, does The Odyssey live up to it? It most certainly does. The Odyssey is an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, Odyssey, which tells the story of […] -
Charlize Theron reflects on a moment she'll "never forget" while filming "The Odyssey" alongside Matt Damon and Christopher Nolan.
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Charlize Theron reflects on a moment she'll "never forget" while filming "The Odyssey" alongside Matt Damon and Christopher Nolan.
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Watch the New When I'm Home Music Video for The Odyssey
The musical landscape of The Odyssey continues to expand with the release of the official music video for the track When I'm Home. This latest visual companion piece highlights the collaborative efforts of Travis Scott, James Blake, and composer Ludwig Göransson, offering fans another look into the atmosphere of the highly anticipated mythic action epic....
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The Odyssey: A Review
Have you ever had one of those moments in life that at the time felt like a great victory, but then turned sour later on, leading to regret? I have. It’s no fun to look back on. It can hurt worse to look in the mirror.
Sure you can go into therapy to help you feel better about your choices and the ramifications. But first you have to face them, own them, and accept responsibility.
Or you could try to bury them in the bottle. Or drugs, illicit or otherwise. Or some other way of trying to keep them from resurfacing. Or you could just throw up your hands, blame the gods. Perhaps defy them. But in the end the choices you make define you. How you deal with the definition tells your story.
That’s essentially the story of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. Much the same as it was with Oppenheimer. Do a thing. Do it well. Succeed. Then realize what you’ve done has unleashed problems bigger than the one you set out to overcome.
Is The Odyssey a good film? In my opinion, yes. Bordering on being very good one. It’s not a great one. You can see Nolan’s affection for the story he’s telling and his passion for the techniques he’s using to do so in every frame. That passion for filmmaking his way is also what keeps The Odyssey from being a great film.
In general I blow hot and cold on Nolan’s work. While he can create some thrilling cinema, his attention to his process creates an almost Brechtian alienation, while still embracing the story he’s trying to tell. And make no mistake this Odyssey is Nolan’s story more than it is Homer’s. There’s nothing wrong with that. It is a movie after all, and a story to tell the way he wants too. But in most of his movies, his love for his craft and artistry is too distancing to lure me in.
As to the story, the similarities between The Odyssey and Oppenheimer are easy to see. Man uses his ingenuity to do the impossible, man ends up regretting the result. Nolan told that story better in Oppenheimer.
Both films contain big moments of spectacle alternating with more intimate scenes. I walked away from Oppenheimer less impressed with the apparent painstaking to create explosions than I was with the more intimate scenes which I found infinitely more frightening and revealing. I don’t feel the same way about The Odyssey, although the work to create the Cyclops and Circe’s turning Odysseus’ men into swine pays off very well. The intimate scenes in The Odyssey did not capture me the way I think Nolan thought they would. The spectacle largely worked well. Which brings me to Matt Damon.
I don’t think Damon was the best choice for the lead. Given the framing that Nolan chose to wrap his story in, he certainly wasn’t. Following the poem’s lead in alternating timelines, Damon seemed to be the same throughout most of the film, until his return home.
Damon’s known for his straight ahead with purpose presence on screen, plowing through any obstacle in his path, typically with a strong resolve that’s unyielding. Prior to seeing the film I thought the casting made great sense. Yet it did not in practice. I never felt Damon transition from a “something’s really bothering me about all of this” gest into a leader of confidence and cunning until the final act. He just seemed bothered.
Part of that is certainly in the writing, both Nolan’s and Homer’s, given that the story is more about looking back in the aftermath. That makes sense while he’s trying to come to grips with all he’s wrought after the sack of Troy, but not in the early stages of his adventure, which we’re treated to in flashbacks. There’s no self-accomplished, self-aggrandizing height from which he can fall. His compatriots around him acted as if they were seeing something out of the ordinary, yet we never really saw what bonded their allegiance to him in the first place.
The other aspect of The Odyssey that keeps it from being a great film is the Netflix-like don’t trust your audience to pay attention restating of Zeus’ law, which grounds Odysseus’ guilt. The point that Zeus’s golden rule (be kind to strangers and guests-you never know they may be a god in disguise) is repeated so frequently, it often feels like Nolan the screenwriter didn’t trust it as the central motivating point for his character’s actions and struggles.
On the plus side, Nolan has assembled an incredible cast of actors around Damon that we’re used to seeing carry their own films and that largely pays off. Although some seem underused. The visual and aural experience can be stunning. I particularly like the choice of orchestrations in the soundtrack. The special effects have their special moments.
Is it worth seeing? I’d say yes. I’d also say that what it offers will not be substantially different once it becomes a streaming success than it is in the theaters, especially the limited number of venues that show it in the format the director wishes.
I won’t get into the squabbles that have surrounded this film with more free publicity than you can shake a stick at. With one exception. I keep reading and hearing folks saying Nolan’s version of The Odyssey is as much about today as it is about the age the story takes place in. Of course in today’s world that means some love that and some hate that. That has more to do with Homer than it has to do with Nolan.
The reason many of certain generations are at least tangentially familiar with The Odyssey is Homer wrote a story about humankind that is as enduring as the flaws and faults we as a species share and keep repeating. It’s a mirror that exposes those flaws that we really work hard to avoid looking into. It’s a difficult story that needs telling in and of itself, and has found itself as the foundation of many different variants in other forms. Funny thing is, we never seem to learn from it, regardless of its trappings.
Thanks for reading. You can subscribe to this blog if you care to. You can also find more of my writings on a variety of topics on Medium at this link, including in the publications Ellemeno and Rome. I can also be found on social media under my name as above. This site does not use affilate links.
#art #ChristopherNolan #cinema #Culture #Cyclops #Film #Homer #MattDamon #Movies #Odysseus #Poetry #TheOdyssey -
Watch the New When I'm Home Music Video for The Odyssey
The musical landscape of The Odyssey continues to expand with the release of the official music video for the track When I'm Home. This latest visual companion piece highlights the collaborative efforts of Travis Scott, James Blake, and composer Ludwig Göransson, offering fans another look into the atmosphere of the highly anticipated mythic action epic....
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Former NHL Enforcer’s Surprise Career Turn: Acting https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/636251/ #acting #ChristopherNolan #Hockey #hollywood #MattDamon #NewYorkRangers #NHL #Oppenheimer #SeanAvery #TheOdyssey
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‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/02/matt-damon-stunt-double-the-odyssey-devyn-dalton #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Film #MattDamon #Culture #Scotland
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Just Watched: The Odyssey
Cast: Great (8/10)
Story: Awesome (9/10)
Design: Perfect (10/10)
Challenge: Great (8/10)
Entertainment: Awesome (9/10)
Total: Close to Awesome (8,8)In his dedication to the "Patient Zero" of all hero's journeys, Nolan achieves an impressive harmony of visually stunning world-building, character development, and political-philosophical implications.
#ChristopherNolan #TheOdyssey #Cinema #Film #Review #MattDamon #Kino #AnneHathaway #TomHolland #RobertPattinson
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‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton
By Olivia Bowden in TorontoCanadian stuntwoman is only 4ft 6 and stood in for star to make the giant Laestrygonians appear even bigger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/02/matt-damon-stunt-double-the-odyssey-devyn-dalton
#TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Film #MattDamon #Culture #Scotland #TheGuardian #OliviaBowdeninToronto
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‘The greatest arms I’ve ever seen’: Matt Damon’s muscular female stunt double Devyn Dalton
By Olivia Bowden in TorontoCanadian stuntwoman is only 4ft 6 and stood in for star to make the giant Laestrygonians appear even bigger
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/02/matt-damon-stunt-double-the-odyssey-devyn-dalton
#TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan #Film #MattDamon #Culture #Scotland #TheGuardian #OliviaBowdeninToronto
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Elysium #MattDamon #TheOdyssey Matt Damon Defied the Gods in the Sci-Fi Companion Piece to 'The Odyssey' Officially Coming to Netflix http://dlvr.it/TTq3yd
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Elysium #MattDamon #TheOdyssey Matt Damon Defied the Gods in the Sci-Fi Companion Piece to 'The Odyssey' Officially Coming to Netflix http://dlvr.it/TTq3yd
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John Leguizamo To Re-Team with THE ODYSSEY's Matt Damon on Upcoming Daniels Project
#DanielKwan #DanielScheinert #JohnLeguizamo #MattDamon #MovieCasting #MovieNews #Universal
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John Leguizamo To Re-Team with THE ODYSSEY's Matt Damon on Upcoming Daniels Project
#DanielKwan #DanielScheinert #JohnLeguizamo #MattDamon #MovieCasting #MovieNews #Universal
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #MattDamon #Interstellar #TheOdyssey Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’-Inspired Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Coming to Prime Video http://dlvr.it/TTpWJS
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #MattDamon #Interstellar #TheOdyssey Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’-Inspired Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Coming to Prime Video http://dlvr.it/TTpWJS
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Stillwater #MattDamon #TheOdyssey Matt Damon’s Taylor Sheridan-Style Neo-Western Officially Makes Shock Streaming Comeback http://dlvr.it/TTpQHp
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #Stillwater #MattDamon #TheOdyssey Matt Damon’s Taylor Sheridan-Style Neo-Western Officially Makes Shock Streaming Comeback http://dlvr.it/TTpQHp
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Here's my poster for the new instalment of the Matt Damon Getting Home Cinematic Universe. It had to be done.
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #TheRip #JoeCarnahan #MattDamon Forget 'The Odyssey,' Matt Damon's Crime Thriller Sets New Netflix Record http://dlvr.it/TTnlWk
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Think your commute home from work sucks? Try being #mattdamon
#theodyssey #moviereview below
https://dansaysitsalright.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-old-man-vs-sea.html
#film #movies #christophernolan #annehathaway #tomholland #RobertPattinson #zendaya
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John Leguizamo Eyes ‘Odyssey’ Reunion With Matt Damon On Secret Daniels Project At Universal
#Casting #Daniels #JohnLeguizamo #MattDamon #TheOdysseyhttps://deadline.com/2026/07/john-leguizamo-the-odyssey-matt-damon-daniels-movie-1237012847/
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Did you see the #Odyssey?
The scene where the Laestrygonians decimate the crew (3,000 yo spoiler) uses forced perspective to make "giants" (like how they made "hobbits" in #LotR)
2.1 m/ 7 foot men in the background, a 1.4 m/ 4 foot 6 inch woman in the foreground, a small aperture, et voila: giants
"Woman? You mean #MattDamon"
No
That's #DevynDalton, a Canadian stuntwoman, on the #movie's poster. Damon called her biceps "the greatest arms I have ever seen":
