The Odyssey: Movie Review

The odyssey

It has been an hour

Since the show ended

But I still feel like

I'm in Ithaca

Alongside Odysseus

The wise man


This was a journey of

Introspection, hubris, fate

Where a man learns of

Punishment

Sacrifice

The individual

And beyond all

Mortality


There is violence

But it never gets

Gratuitous


There is suffering

But it never gets

Agonising


There is triumph

But it never gets

ecstatic



This movie

Is an exercise

In humility

In flow


It almost felt serene

Like some daoist scripture

Of Buddhist wall art

More than Greek mythology

Or perhaps I'm just rusty

On my Greek mythology


This is one movie

That made me enter

A state of flow

Tantamount to a dream

Or meditation


Few films have made me feel

More cathartic

More flow

Floating

Amidst the victories and tragedies

Of life.

It's quite the special flick.