Thoughts on Nolan's Odyssey
I recently saw Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.
Ignoring the advice I often dispense in situations like these, I decided to read the poem beforehand. I originally bought a cheap, used, prose translation by W. H. D. Rouse that I found difficult to get through, so I pivoted early on to Emily Wilson's version and found it much more accessible. I'll likely have much more to say about the experience of reading the Odyssey, particularly since I was in the unusual position, for an amateur, of having two translations at my fingertips at the same time, but that is a discussion for another day. Suffice it to say that I read the poem before seeing the movie and it unsurprisingly coloured my experience of the whole thing.