The Odyssey
I was forced to read The Odyssey in freshman Honors English and that was a horrible experience. I hated it. It is a terrible book. At the time, I was glad Circe turned the crew into pigs which was an unpopular opinion in the 90s but I felt they were buffoons. Also, in the book, they were in her island for much longer than depicted in the movie. If memory serves me it was closer to a year Circe had Odysseus. And I thought Odysseus an idiot for being basically captured by Calypso. And Penelope was a whiny waste of a woman. I pretty much hated them all. As a young woman I couldn’t name what it was which bothered me so much about The Odyssey, now I can, misogyny. It is a misogynistic tale where the villains are mostly victims. That said, this was a decent movie and my son enjoyed it. It was definitely made by a man for men and Matt Damon delivered that punch. What struck me was the sacking of Troy. There was a scene that reminded me of an almost identical scene from John ...
