Feels from Reels is a spoiler-free film review series, where I capture only the emotions I felt and thoughts that came from them, while viewing a movie. This helps me consider the emotional connection an audience has to characters and stories in my own screenplays and short or long-form writing. I hope you enjoy! ❤️
🎬 The Odyssey (2026)
Resources:
🍅 Rotton Tomatoes score: 95%
👥 IMDB ⬅️ see Trailer, Director, Producers, Writers, and Cast here
📖 Adapted from a Novel? Not quite—a poem by Homer, and here’s the Good Reads page for the translation by Emily Wilson
🎯Logline: “After the Trojan War, Odysseus faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Calypso along the way.”
🗺️ Where I Was: Cinelux (Capitola, CA)
🫀Feelings and Emotions
“I felt…” “That left me feeling…”
Intrigued
Captivated
Angry
Star-struck
Horrified
Hopeful
Inspired
Sullen
Very satisfied
Inspired
Concerned
Compelled
Moved
Thoroughly pleased!
🤔 Thoughts from Feelings
“Compelling opener!”
“Nolan is going for that writing award, and this might be it.”
“Amazing depiction of the cyclops!”
“Matt Damon is fit 👌”
“Intense, driving music — incredible. Ludwig Göransson is now one of my favorite composers for film.”
“The horse scenes 🤯”
“I like the narrative spin on this!”
“I know how this is going to go down…”
“Yesssssss Circe!”
“Love this dialogue!”
“Such good acting!”
“Stunning!”
“Scylla and then the silence 😱”
“So many lessons to be learned by The Odyssey.”
“Complete chaos.”
“This is really how these men would’ve behaved.”
“Oh hell yes 🏹”
“Now that is justice”
This made me so excited to see it!!
Scylla has to be one of mythology's original bogeymen. Facehuggers, Langoliers... they're all terrifying. Scylla? Cool... right up until the CHOMP part. 😄