About this episode

The episode discusses Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey and ranks his films.

It’s here, Sir Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s epic tale of a man’s journey home, The Odyssey. Starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland et al, the MYFYF duo ponder what went right and what went wrong. Spoiler alert: there are spoilers. They then each rank and rate Nolan’s films (leaving out Following, Insomnia and Batman Begins though, cos Joe hasn’t seen those). Enjoy!

People in this episode

Host: Joe

Topics covered

• The Odyssey
• Christopher Nolan
• film ranking
• movie analysis
• spoilers

Keywords

• The Odyssey
• Christopher Nolan
• Matt Damon
• Anne Hathaway
• Tom Holland
• film ranking
• movie analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Odyssey

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