Odyssey Movie Comparison

The Odyssey, a historical epic, was the first written of its kind. Since then, many stories’ plots have focused on the characteristics that made it an epic, such as Finding Nemo. Although the Odyssey was written many years ago, Finding Nemo’s qualities are along the same lines. Both stories contain characters on a journey in search of something of significance. Monsters threaten the quest home, helpers assist the heroes on their journeys, the heroes are glorified in the end, and there is a strong relationship between a parent and their child. Some of these are more commonly found or recognized than others.

The Odyssey is an epic about Ancient Greek culture written by Homer. This is one of the two major Greek poems. Odysseus is on a long journey back to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. The most valued life traits in an Ancient Greek culture is respect. Odysseus helps portray this by worshiping gods through the epic.

The amazing epic poem by Homer entitled “The Odyssey” shares many similarities and many differences as well with the Hallmark movie of the same name. The epic poem is about the hero Odysseus who has spent twenty long years filled with toil and loss, through war and sea desperate to return to his home of Ithaca. Odysseus has angered some of the gods and goddesses of a Greek Mythology with his destruction of the mighty city of Troy. Odysseus is represented in the poem and the movie, but there are several differences between the two in the events he encountered. There are also numerous similarities

The movie, O’ Brother, Where Art Thou, is an old-timey film based on Homer’s The Odyssey. The plot and characters are all loosely drawn from the ancient Greek myth, but is set in Mississippi during the Great Depression. The result is an original film filled with adventure, interesting characters, and side-splitting comedy. The George Clooney stars as the main character, Ulysses Everett McGill, with his two man crew, Pete and Delmar, as they trek across Mississippi in search of “treasure” and encounter many of the same trials and troubles that are told about in the myth of Odysseus.

The Lord of the Rings and Odyssey are two very weird stories in my opinion. The two stories include several similarities. The most noteworthy similarity of the two that were in common was the use of themes. Both included similar themes such as, life, death,power, brotherly love, myth, temptation, and journey.

The Odyssey is filled with emotion and adventure. Homer’s ability to show and give the reader a visual of each and every scene gives the story its unbelievable significance. To all the people who read his work there is something to be captured within every sentence, each one different in its own, unique way. Through tales of courage and defeat, friendship and love this book tells of all the values within the life of a single, solitary man, and his journey to attain what is true and dear to him. And this journey is known to all of us as The Odyssey. The Odyssey is a test of human devotion and trust through the gods, the mortals, and the obstacles through which they venture. No matter where they go or what they do, humans are tested for

A popular Greek tale is the story of a tragic hero in The Odyssey by the Greek poet Homer. The Odyssey is an ancient tale of a war hero named Odysseus and his journey home. During this journey Odysseus and his shipmates run into many conflicts that test Odysseus's intelligence, bravery and perseverance. He becomes the last hope for anyone to return to their home and to their families. Bailey tells the Hazen's story of family and tragedy as a modern-day Odyssey, portraying Kevin as Odysseus. Throughout The Grace That Keeps this World, Kevin, like Odysseus, is in the process of finding his way home. As the tragic hero, Kevin needs to find his place in life

“Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home.” (Homer77) In Lone Survivor, and The Odyssey, men must make the difficult journey home, struggling through many obstacles and hardships. These sources are very different, but they also hold some similarities such as obstacles, desire, and a sense of duty.

Odysseus is the genius tactician whom Everett is modeled after. In the movie O’ Brother Where Art Thou, Everett is extremely similar to Odysseus. Everett is comparably much smarter than those around him, like Odysseus, and believes in his own power. He is also surrounded by people who want to betray him or hurt him, and uses similar methods of not being caught. Also, they both fully believe they are better than and don't need others. Everett and Odysseus also both only want to get back to their wives while they still hold slight concern for their companions. Everett in the movie O’ Brother Where Art Thou is made to be like Odysseus because they are both intelligent, narcissistic and have the same goal.

When returning home to Ithaca, still a bit shaken from war, Odysseus and his best men were held up in a cave and Odysseus was forced to watch his men be slaughtered by a cyclops. To lose people so close to Odysseus and witnessing his reaction to this event really helped set up the story. Because it was one of the starting incidents, this was truly a defining moment for Odysseus and told the audience that even when faced with danger, Odysseus’ number-one concern is and always has been group mentality. This is also very important to note when addressing yet another conflict Odysseus encountered on his travels back to Ithaca; or maybe it is two problems. Calypso and Circe, both goddesses madly in love with Odysseus, kept the poor man marooned on an island for what had seemed like an eternity.

Though Penny Wharvey McGill is portrayed as a “Southern 1930’s” version of Penelope, this heroine has many contrasting characteristics compared to the wife of Odysseus from Ancient Greece.

In our world of advanced technology, we love to watch movies more than we love to read. Sitting in front of a flat-screen TV while eating popcorn and drinking soda would sound much more appealing than reading a book by the fire at night while drinking a frappucino from Starbucks. Now, producers and directors would take successful and famous stories and adapt it into a movie. Sometimes, they would succeed, with examples being the Harry Potter series, which received mainly positive reviews from both critics and the audience. However, most of the time these people would unknowingly butcher the book based movie by taking out many important characters and events, with good examples being The Lightning Thief and Eragon. Then another example of a

Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey follows Odysseus on his long journey home. The Epic also includes the stories of Odysseus’ family left behind: the travels of his son, Telemachus, and how plenty, of what we would now call “home wreckers”, suitors pressured his wife, Penelope, into marrying one of them. The characters are beautifully crafted and the story is truly epic. All the elements presented can bring in any reader from any century, the Cyclops, the Gods, the trickery of Penelope, and the disguises of Odysseus, are all legendary literary hooks . There are many things to learn—about writing, about the world around us, the world ahead of us, and the past behind us—from The Odyssey. (26) It is undeniably evident that this ancient text has

Aaron G McCaffity Dr. Sidney Krome World Lit 207.002 2 December, 14 Contrasting 2 epics. During the fall semester of 2014, the world literature course that I enrolled in examined three epics that from first glance, seemingly have nothing in common, but the mere fact that they are all epics automatically dismisses the notion that the books completely incomparable, and encourages a deeper examination of the aspects offered from the stories told. The first epic read to be discussed in the essay is “ The Odyssey” an epic of the western world written and told by the blind poet Homer, who lived in the 8th century Greece, which he tells the story of a Odysseus, the king of Ithaca and a great Greek warrior that has successfully led an army to the succession of winning the Trojan war but has a hard time returning home due to the wrath of the God’s who turn his journey home into an obstacle course involving a series of mythical creatures and monsters. The editor of Sundiata, D.T Niane, is simply a recorder of events, as he traveled to Africa and published what he was told of this epic, from the account of a griot through the form of traditional oratory expression. The considered author as mentioned by the

In the 1997 film version of The Odyssey the director made several changes from the book, including characterization, settings, the order of events, and some events are removed or shortened. These changes may have helped the movie move along faster, however the changes were not effective in accurately portraying The Odyssey and giving the viewer a deep understanding of the characters and their experiences. The way that Odysseus's crew is killed is changed in the film, the meeting with the Phaiakians is cut short, as well as the meeting with Menelaos. Due to these events being cut short or changed, the viewers did not get a good understanding of the characters that appear in these events, and what their purpose is in helping the heroes of the