The Return Movie Review--First Reaction

The Return Movie Review--First Reaction

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[Patrick]

Thought it was incredible myself. Lots of people wanting Gods/Goddesses and monsters but that would have killed it for me. Beautiful movie. Ralph was so good

[Ostsol]

Definitely a different take on the source. Odysseus in the poem was rather singular in his purpose once he got back to Ithaca while here he is hesitant. The emotional burden of loss and guilt are powerful. I think it worked quite well and I'm glad I saw it. This was literally the only film that was showing that looked at all interesting and it did not disappoint me.

[ProdigiousOne]

Yeah, I thought that the Return may be better than the Conclave. There's also stronger roles for women in the Return.

[MattDawson-xm]

You don’t know how historical it is? Well, it has giant cyclopses, sorcerers, and wizards…

[johncortez]

What really gets me is how incorrect these new movies are they show black people in the island of Ithaca when there was no black people till the 18th century and Greece but they keep doing stuff like that they just don't make sense

[acruz]

It's not a movie; it's a small play in a small house where you never see more then 8 people on the screen the whole time. If you hear some compare it to Troy, its not. In ANY sense of the word. This is more like a "lifetime special" on the Hallmark channel, or a PBS special ono English drama, small production, small sets, probably shot for $100k in a few weeks. I love Finnes, always have since Schindler's list where he was magnificent. And in this one he does the best he can with what he is given but its not enough to save it, he tried hard and trained long enough and dieted long enough to get ripped and buffed. Which is more than I can say for the actress, I don't think she took the role seriously not did she prepare for it, she sports about 300 lbs. and although they try to cover her with a dark tent you still see the elephant behind it. For god's sake woman THIS IS WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING, this is YOUR JOB. Get a trainer and a dietician and take a whole year if you need to but prepare for this movie slowly and progressively but do it so you look at least normal. All in all a wasted opportunity, Kirk Douglas version was 100 times better in just about every way even the music score. Sad, we are slipping backwards instead of forward in movie making. Will have to watch the Douglas film next just to get the taste out of my mouth of this bad one.