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”
Scylla has to be one of mythology's original bogeymen. Facehuggers, Langoliers... they're all terrifying. Scylla? Cool... right up until the CHOMP part. 😄
This made me so excited to see it!!