Yes it is long, very long. But it is an epic so what do you expect? Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon and Tom Holland star in Christopher Nolan’s Homeric adaptation .

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At a time when cinema has apeared artifial and soul less a starry cast and $250 million arrives for this once in a generation remake.Anne Hathaway (as Penelope), Matt Damon (as Odysseus) and Tom Holland (as Telemachus), give their all in a production that feels like a legacy project for all concerned

The sea storms, the half-human half-swine creatures , Cyclops and Troy ,the Laestrygonians, the wonderful Circe all swgger in this non linear narrative.The imagery from the film’s cinematographer, Hoyte van Hoytema, is beautiful, and , stirringly real. The dragging of the wooden horse, by a cast of thousands, through the gates of Troy is like vintage Werner Herzog, while the eventual sack of the city is disturbingly savage, far grittier than Spartacus, Gladiator or Clash of the Titans. But while violence is on, sex is out

yes the story varies from the modern translated narrative , but loses little and the original was a compendium of classic tales in the oral tradition anyway. This simply resets it for the 21st century