The Gods' Silent Exit: A New Odyssey for a Post Sovereign World In Christopher Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey , the sea is still treacherous, but it no longer holds the domain of Zeus and Poseidon.
Gone are the capricious gods who manipulate human affairs with impunity. Odysseus, the hero, faces his own agency and responsibility head on.
Nolan's film is not just a retelling of Homer's epic poem; it's an examination of what happens when humans are stripped of the crutch of divine intervention.