“…But just by making the attempt the keep it alive and get a new generation interested. I think this one works. Lots of other people seem to also.”
I agree. As a high school literature teacher, and having studied the classics, and this, the Odyssey, in my literature degree, as well as word of mouth from family and friends, young and contemporary, I believe this will go a long way to reaching a new generation of devotees.
That’s after reviewing all reviews listed here, primarily from ‘American Thinker’
I was awaiting Victor Davis Hanson’s review. He had said in an interview last week that he was holding off reviewing until after he sees the film, but today he stated he will not be seeing the film
And even with older folks like me. I read lots and lots of Greek mythology when I was a kid, but all prose translations, who knows how many translations deep. Bulfinch’s and knock offs basically. Now I own the Great Books collection have for years, which of course has The Iliad and The Odyssey, but I’d never cracked that volume open. Came home from seeing The Return a couple years ago, which included see a poster for Nolan’s Odyssey, and decided to read them. Still haven’t gotten around to the Aeneid, soon hopefully.