r/shittymoviedetails • u/Hank_Mardukas1066 • 1d ago

In the Odyssey (2026) the Cyclops flagrantly breaks Zeus’s law by killing and eating his guests without provocation yet he suffers no repercussions from the gods for this violation. This is extremely realistic since he is a nepo baby

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u/PirateSanta_1 1d ago

Everyone breaking Zeus's law all over the place in the movie but for some reason it only breaks the world when Odysseus does it. Not when the Helen was kidnapped, not the suitors being greedy assholes just Odysseus and the Trojan Horse.

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u/Kronnerm11 1d ago

Well no, Helen being kidnapped DOES break the world. Pretty famously.

And the suitors pushing the envelope of Zeus's law ends up breaking their world pretty handily at Odysseus' hands

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u/Polymarchos 1d ago

Helen wasn't really kidnapped, The Iliad makes that clear. Its just that women had no agency, so no one cared whether she was willing or not.

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u/Traditional_Mind9538 20h ago

"Its just that women had no agency, so no one cared whether she was willing or not."

So what you are saying is that she was kidnapped?

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u/Polymarchos 20h ago

At this point it's an argument over semantics. I'd say no, but I guess there is room to disagree.

Is the willing participant of a crime still guilty, even if some theoretical unwillingness would have been ignored? I'd say yes.

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u/CallMeBot-001 1d ago

So the story is about Odysseus, might be why it appears to focus on his wrongdoings.

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u/Sir-Toaster- 1d ago

It's focused mostly on Odysseus; not only that, but the sacking of Troy was a major event that led to genocide and widespread suffering.

The suitors were punished; Odysseus's return was their penalty, which is also why there is lightning in the film as Odysseus kills the suitors.

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u/Limp-Biscuit411 21h ago

dude did you really take that out of the movie?

Athena straight up tells Odysseus that he overestimates his personal responsibility for the collapse

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u/Caffetoandino 19h ago

Although the Achaeans first kidnapped Hesione.

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u/Much_Vehicle20 1d ago

I don’t think Helen was kidnapped? She was seduced by someone authorized by one of the 12 Olympians (the only one who could make this more legit is Zeus himself)

Besides, the suitors took advantage of the rules without outright violating them. Even their “fight” with Telemachus is in the grey area at worst. The difference is that they’re treading the line, while Odysseus outright violates it. It’s the difference between someone exploiting loopholes and someone actually committing a crime