Took me a couple days to collect my thoughts on this movie.
Out of the theatre reaction, I really liked this movie, a lot. Did I love it?
A few days later I’d say yes, but initially it stressed me out as much as Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning did. Othe than saying that the Cyclops really freaked me out, there’s not much more I can say without spoilers.
But can one really spoil a 2,700 year old story? I mean, I can say the Circe scene freaked me out; heck, the mere mention of her name and knowing her part in the story had me tensing up.
It was like watching Apollo 13, you know how the story ends, yet you’re caught up in how it plays out on screen.
And watching the press interviews after the fact, I can see another reason I love this movie is the cast.
I didn’t recognize John Leguizamo even after I heard and recognized his voice.
I had trouble placing where I’d seen Himesh Patel before this movie.
Tom Holland, Brad Pitt, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattenson, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, all very much favorites of mine from one project or another, or multiples.
I don’t plan on watching this in the theatre again, but I’m looking forward to watching on streaming, and I hope the IMAX aspect ratio will be available to watch, because damn.
Highly recommended, and try to see it in IMAX.