奥德赛

      从中午的明媚阳光看到黑夜漫漫。三个小时的时间，我的心就是那么悬着，悬着，悬着。奥德赛，他一次次接受海神的折磨之时，我都那么心疼他。希腊神话里的神如同人一样，也有任性，无所不为但也嫉妒易怒。奥德赛，似乎我快要爱上他。也许每个女人心底都在渴望这样一个男人。有着宽厚肩膀，魄力与智慧并兼。十七年的漂泊不定，充满着种种诱惑。然而他摇摇头，眼睛聚在无边大海。他只有一个信念，就在还得彼岸，他就要回家，团聚。
    当我静下心思考，假如我是他呢，我也许在一开始，就死了。在不久前看少年派时我也同样思考过这个问题。我没有那么坚韧不屈，在历经种种厄运之前我会被自己吓死。然而就是爱，浓烈的爱，支撑他。我不知道在如今社会，是否存在这样的男子。他的妻子，潘。十多年的等待，青春不在，容颜渐老。在一个女人最美的时候，唯有铺天盖地的等待牵念。他们爱的那么深，她为了他守身如玉。女人心里装着一个人的时候，往往容不得任何他人，心，身如初。男人在迷失或者受到诱惑时，也许身会不由自主的出离，然而，心依旧。所以当他回到自己的国土时，他甚至害怕潘有了别的男人。不要长生不老不要女神相伴。只求再见到妻子，和她相依老去。潘没有爱错人，十几年的等待不是空等，等来的是一颗依旧炽热的心。
    总会有一个人的出现，让你感激生命。让你相信爱情。也许是天南地北，东西万里。你们共同在等待，一个相守的时刻来临。然而不要心急，会有一天会暖暖相拥不分离。

俄狄修斯，希腊神话中少有的百分之百的凡人英雄，代表着是全体人类的缩影：因为智慧而强大，因为强大而征服，因为征服而傲慢，因为傲慢而迷失，因为迷失而孤独，因为孤独而追寻故乡。这个永远无法与神祗（自然）达成和解的种群，不断奋斗着证明自身自由与尊严的同时，也为此付出昂贵的代价……

     Except for admiring Odyssey for his brave,intelligence and tenacity after enjoying this movie，what impresses me more is that the movie makes me rethink the differences and similarities between Chinese mythology and European mythology as well as some consideration about the nature.
    This movie reminds me of “Journey To The West”,one of the Four Great Classical Novels in China. I think they do have something in common. As for the plot, the protagonists of these two mythologies both suffered a lot before they came back home. On their way home,there were many great trials and tribulations as well as lure but they finally have a strong willpower to through the difficulties. What's more,there must be assistance from other gods if there was something beyond their own power. Even though the protagonists of European mythology look like an ordinary person while Chinese mythology's are always connected to animals ,I think what they try to tell us human beings is the same. That is,brave,confidence,intelligence and tenacity make our life shining.
      I think this movie impressed me most is something about the nature. We human beings are now less and less respectful to the nature.We are now always destroy the environment without feeling shamed.But as we can see in the movie,the ancient Greeks really revered the power of nature.With mythology, they made sense of it and they infused it in their religion, their stories, their history. Now ,as the science being increasingly developed, people are more and more concerned about the development but regardless of the environment. In this movie, Odyssey offended Poseidon - the god of sea thus being punished. I think if we continue destroying the environment,we will finally be punished by the nature as Odyssey did thousands of years ago.

The movie The Odyssey, acting like a window, through which we are able to have a better understanding of the 20-year struggle of Odyssey. Having cut certain parts of the original version, the movie put emphasis on the impediments of Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon, the fierce storm, the obstacles of the goddess and witch and the risk of being burnt to death, etc. It is amazing that a mortal man could still stick to his faith faced with all kinds of challenges and tempts. Personally, I think the reasons why he never give up and give in to t Poseidon including mainly two parts, the love to his wife, Penelope, and the indomitable spirits that may innate in mortal’s mind from the very beginning.
One detail that impresses me most is the end of the movie which is a dialog between Odyssey and Penelope. “There are many wonderful and beautiful places in the world, but none of them is better than a man’s world that belongs to him and can be controlled, and you, Penelope, is my world.” I was moved by the words on hearing them, however, after thinking deeper about it, I begin wondering that whether Odyssey really won in the battle between the god and him. From the gods’ aspect, the so-called success is just a mercy from gods, there is no doubt about that. But from Odyssey’s aspect, when he finally said that he wanted a world that can be controlled, it seemed that, to some extent, he had to give in, too finally.
Consequently, Odyssey might be successful in holding his devoted love with Penelope, which is the one of reason why the story of Odyssey can be sung about till now. However, Odyssey could also be failed in the struggle against gods, for he could never change his fate unless those gods change their mind.
One character who also deserves more attention is his wife, Penelope. Again, the story cannot be remembered throughout the history without her loyalty to Odyssey. The endless waiting is as miserable as the hardship of Odyssey’s journey. Responsibility and love, hope and despair, loneliness and desire, all these things contradicted in her mind and pressured her just like huge stones put on her shoulder. It is reasonable to say that she was as strong as her husband.

内容可以简单概括为：中年男人回家记。
讲述了一个中年男人历尽艰辛终于回到家，与阔别20年的老婆和儿子在他那小小的岛屿上团聚的故事。
主旨可以简单概括为：人抗击不了神，但还是要作出奋斗，才能体现人的价值。要有信念，相信无论花费多长时间，理想始终是会实现的。男人肉体上可以和别的女人（神、巫）相交，但只要他爱的还是他老婆，那他就是个好男人；女人却一定要从身体到心灵，绝对忠于丈夫，才能是一个为人称颂的好老婆。
总的来说较为完整而又不失趣味地展现了荷马史诗中的第二部《奥德修记》，帮助我较清晰地了解这个故事，终于分清那些名字拗口的人是谁跟谁，发生了什么，做了什么。
另外，这部12年前的电影，特效做得比现在中国的还要好。