The squabbles(争吵，口角) have been epic(史诗般的，宏大的). Sir Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” was causing conniptions(歇斯底里，大发脾气) long before anyone had even seen the thing. Ahead of its release on July 17th, there was harrumphing(哼声，抱怨) over everything from the actress playing Helen (too black); the colour of the plume on Odysseus’s helmet (too red); the soldiers’ armour (also too black, and too Batman-like) and the vocabulary of Odysseus’s son (too American: at one point he says “Dad”). On YouTube the film’s trailer was met with criticism. “If I saw this on a plane, I’d still walk out,” reads one disgruntled(不满的，不悦的) comment.
争议已是史诗级。早在任何人看到影片之前，克里斯托弗·诺兰爵士改编的《奥德赛》就引发了众怒。在7月17日上映之前，人们对从饰演海伦的女演员（太黑），奥德修斯头盔上羽毛的颜色（太红），士兵的盔甲（也太黑，而且太像蝙蝠侠）到奥德修斯儿子的措辞（太美国化：他一度喊“爸”）等一切细节怨声载道。在YouTube上，预告片遭到批评。一条不满的评论写道：“就算在飞机上看到，我也会起身离开。”
The film itself is unlikely to allay(减轻，缓解) any anxieties about anachronisms(时代错乱，不合时宜的事物). In everything from its scenery to its psychology it says far more about the modern West than about ancient Greece. Startling liberties are taken with the plot to turn Odysseus, the archetypally(典型地，原型地) flawed ancient hero, into a simple modern goody(好人，正面角色（口语）) by flattening his flaws. Any bad behaviour is explained away either by drug use or hinted to be due to proto-PTSD(原始创伤后应激障碍) (the overdiagnosis epidemic having apparently reached the ancient shores of Ithaca). The ending, which has him pierced by arrows and turned into a St Sebastian-style pincushion, is sillier still.
电影本身也不太可能缓解对时代错乱的任何焦虑。从场景到心理学，它体现的更多是现代西方，而非古希腊。剧情被大胆篡改，将原本充满缺陷的典型古代英雄奥德修斯，通过抹平其缺陷而变成一个简单的现代好人。任何不良行为，要么被解释为药物作用，要么被暗示是原始PTSD所致（过度诊断的流行病显然已蔓延到伊萨卡的古代海岸）。结局更是滑稽：他被箭射穿，变成了圣塞巴斯蒂安式的针插。
The scenery is similarly unsuitable, and often far too pretty. Soldiers in elegant gunmetal(枪铁色，暗蓝灰色) grey look less like ancient warriors than Warhammer(战锤（桌面战棋游戏）) toys. The ochre(赭石色，黄褐色), candlelit palaces do not resemble warlords’ lairs but boutique hotels. During the beach scenes with the nymph(宁芙，自然女神) Calypso (Charlize Theron), Odysseus (Matt Damon) seems less to be in agonising exile than on a Caribbean mini-break(短期休假) (they are wearing lots of linen). And the less said about the Cyclops, the better.
场景同样不合适，而且常常过于漂亮。身着优雅枪铁灰的士兵不像古代战士，更像战锤玩具。赭石色、烛光摇曳的宫殿不像军阀巢穴，而像精品酒店。在与宁芙卡吕普索（查理兹·塞隆饰）的海滩场景中，奥德修斯（马特·达蒙饰）不像是痛苦流放，倒像是在加勒比海度短假（两人穿了很多亚麻布衣服）。至于独眼巨人，更是越少说越好。