... of Odysseus. In the beginning of the movie, we are introduced to two other characters besides Everett. These two people are named Pete and Delmar. Everett has promised Pete and Delmar that if they help him escape the chain gang in which they are confined to, he will in return provide them with treasures. This is a very important comparison between the movie and the book. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is ... when in all actuality there was no treasure and his real motive was to get home to his wife Penny. Another comparison between the two stories is in storytelling by the prophets. In the mov...

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... of Odysseus. In the beginning of the movie, we are introduced to two other characters besides Everett. These two people are named Pete and Delmar. Everett has promised Pete and Delmar that if they help him escape the chain gang in which they are confined to, he will in return provide them with treasures. This is a very important comparison between the movie and the book. In the Odyssey, Odysseus is ... when in all actuality there was no treasure and his real motive was to get home to his wife Penny. Another comparison between the two stories is in storytelling by the prophets. In the mov...

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... be at the bottom. Throughout the film the boys meet an array of interesting characters. The first is the elder blind man on the railroad when the men escaped from prison. The others are the three beautiful singing women at the river who seduce Pete, The bible salesman, Big Dan "T", the baptism group at the river, and Sheriff Cooley, the policemen with the sunglasses. The elder blind man on the railway ... was referring to Tiresias. This mysterious character is in reference to Tiresias the blind prophet. The blind man told the group many odd things about ... the Odyssey the only time Ody...

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... is just yet another version of the Greek tragedy the Odyssey, this time set in Civil War era North Carolina," that was my thought, about half way through Anthony Minghella's "Cold Mountain." Journeying soldier Inman (Odysseus) had just about to enter the home of the moonshine swilling Junior, his very forward wife and her shameless sisters when an image of the enticing-yet-deadly sirens came to ... "dramatic", and there is a bounty of wordy, superficial mourning narration about separated love from the two lead characters. So many talented actors had roles in this movie, it's unfortunate ...

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... . One thing I've noticed about this film is that a few characters have a distinct melody that either follows them around, or defines them. The first one being the film's most beautiful track, the famous "Ilia's Theme". This love theme is first used in the film's overture. Which I find weird as they stopped this fad a decade earlier with movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey. The second time we hear this ... on an instrument 15 feet long. This is heard in the background of scenes where Vejur is the deep focus of the movie. The last characters with a melody are the Klingons. Although they appe...

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