The Bookshelf Live: An Odyssey of Oddness
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Hello, everybody. Welcome to Lunchtime Live. We are here this Thursday afternoon. Am I saying that correctly? Thursday afternoon is great to have your company. You're probably having your cup of coffee and cup of tea and enjoying your lunchtime. So what do we got for you today? We've got lots of things to do, lots of places to go and lots of things to do. Why was my friend mocking me yesterday for having a diary? This is my diary, friends. It's very beautiful, isn't it? Nice color. It's kind of woodland green, I'd argue, with... It's got a ribbon so I know what day of the week it is and a nice little thing that keeps it closed. And he looked at me, he snorted and said, what's that? I said, it's my diary. He said, well, what about your phone?
I said, well, I like to see it written down with a pen on a piece of paper. That's like this. What are you talking about today? Here's the writing order. Good luck with that. But that's what it is. It's just I like scratching things down. It makes me feel better. I'm sick of it. I don't want the screen. I don't want another thing. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap. Watch Toy Story 5. Now, Odyssey. I think I'm going to begin with the Odyssey today. I went to see the Odyssey in the Irish Film Institute, the IFI. No spoilers! Okay, no spoilers. So it's really good. No, but the Odyssey is truly excellent. What I'll do is, rather than getting into the story, because you know the story, he's on a big... He's like the original Oprah Winfrey.
He's on a journey. But it's the original... No, but it's the original journey. He is, I hate that word journey. It's part of my journey. It's not. A journey is a trip from Dublin to Hoth on a bike or on a train or on a bus. That's a journey. So when you keep saying it's like my journey, it's dropping J-bombs is not welcome in conversation for me. Okay, that's just not for me. The Odyssey is a journey. It's a proper because he's on boats and planes and a heli no he's on boats a lot of a lot of horses and a lot of running around so it's the Odyssey it's and it stars Matt Damon as Odysseus the main man it also starts stars Anne Hathaway as Penelope his wife who's been waiting and waiting and waiting for him to come home after 10 years fighting um and uh it stars Tom Holland I'm sorry Tom
He's too youthful and callow to be so manly. You know the way you're kind of... So I just can't. I'm sure he's a lovely fella and, you know, good luck with the... And that's fine as Spider-Man, but I just can't. I just... Now his wife, on the other hand, Zendaya, plays a goddess, looks like a goddess, and acts like a goddess. I mean, she looks the part. You know, you see her in Dune. She's so good in Dune as well. So she's great. She's got a small but a significant role. So that's grand. Tom, I'm sorry.
Why does Ryan recommend seeing The Odyssey on a big cinema screen?
And then there's a load of other actors who you'll kind of know and half know and say, yeah, great, great. Why did I like it so much? It reminded me of being a child going to see something like Star Wars. I was a kid. It reminded me of being about 12 and seeing a big adventure on the big screen. And because all the fuss is... that they made it on, is it 70 millimeter or something? Is that right? 70 millimeter? I don't know what that means, but it just means that, what does it mean, Tom? Like, in a sentence, it doesn't mean that the, it's just a very fine, It's not made in digital. It's film, film. Okay. Well, I don't have the brain span for that sort of thing, but it just looks spectacular. So as you can imagine, so it's the Odyssey.
So it's big and vast. So when you see the ocean on the screen in the cinema, it's a wow. It is extraordinary. So what I'm saying to you is, please don't wait to see this on your laptop or your phone. Please go and see it in the cinema because this film is why cinema was created. It is spectacular. I don't think I'm going to say much more than that other than it's great fun. Go and see it. It didn't disappoint. I did think I was chatting to some of the lads upstairs, two of them who are curious about the world, one of them who isn't. And do you know who I'm talking about?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–2:55
2
Why does Ryan recommend seeing The Odyssey on a big cinema screen?
2:55–5:27
3
Which actors star in The Odyssey and how does Ryan react to the casting?
5:27–16:26
4
Is The Odyssey too long and should three-hour films have intervals?
16:26–27:52
5
What practical tips and opinions does Ryan share about cinema snacks and toilet breaks?
27:52–34:02