**The Odyssey is a three-hour insult to the audience**
This film refused to take the source material seriously. The casting was a DEI checklist, with the assembly so jarring that it was on par with the forced multiculturalism in 2008's "10,000 BC". Costumes, sets, and dialog all shattered immersion and made it unbelievable. Pacing was slow, dragging viewers through poorly lit sets. Worst of all, every actor was simply playing themselves.
The film didn't succeed in convincing that it was set in the ancient Mediterranean, and poor effort was made to make it feel like bronze-age Greece. It was a massive step backwards in film, especially after Mel Gibson set the bar in 2006's Apocalypto.
This is Hollywood is failing: all hype, zero substance. Save your money.