I fully realize that it’s pretty silly to be comparing a movie like The Odyssey, which we’ve only seen bits and pieces of in trailers, to one of the best films of all time, Lawrence of Arabia. Of all the films on the 2026 movie schedule, however, Christopher Nolan’s epic, based on Homer’s ancient poem, now has me the most excited. It has me hoping that it will be as good as some of the best films, the likes of which Hollywood rarely makes these days, the huge epics like the ones directed by David Lean. I have good reason for these somewhat unreasonable expectations.
