This is a very amusing comedy based on the book The Odyssey. There are three main characters; Everette, Pete and Delmar. Because the movie is based off the book, there are several similarities between the two.
One is, at the beginning of the movie when the trio escapes from prison, they reach a train track and just miss the train that passes. As they stand there looking after the train, and old man in a push cart comes along and gives them a ride.That instance is like when Minerva aids Telemachus and tells him to go search for news of his lost father, Odysseus.
Another is that when ever they are very close to being captured by the police, Everette says, "damn," and then a statement complaining about having to flee. That is like all of the epithets Homer uses throughout The Odyssey like, "rosy fingered dawn".
One more similarity that I found so far is that in The Odyssey, there are beautiful Sirens that attempt to lead people to their death by singing about what the person desired most. In the movie there are women sing to Everette, Pete and Delmar and lead them off to sleep. When they awaken, Pete is gone and a toad is sitting where he was so Delmar thinks that the women turned him into a toad and he is very distressed.
There are probably more similarities, but those are just a few I picked out!
Those are some really interesting points! (Especially the first and second) I didn't think much about the old blind man other than what he said to them, but I didn't think about it like Athena telling Telemachus to look for his father.
ReplyDeleteI liked your ideas on the epithets!
ReplyDeleteYeah, the epithets are a cool idea. I wouldnt have thought of it myself but now that I hear it totally makes sense.
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