O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

If some of you don't already know this movie, starring George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill (that's a really cool name), that's too bad. You need to see this comedey based on the Odyssey. For some of you who are confused about the name thing, The Odyssey with Greek names stars Odysseus, while The Odyssey with Roman names stars Ulysses. I don't get it either.

Anyways, this is, after all, a parody, so there are similarities. One is when Everett's companion, Pete, leads the trio (Everett, Pete, and Delmar) to his cousin's house after escaping prison life. There, his cousin, who is experiencing some hard times due to the Depression, turns them in for the bounty. This is similar to Athena turning against the Greeks and causing them all sorts of misfortunes.

Another similarity (I feel like I'm writing some boring Type 3 now... sorry!) is the Sirens. In The Odyssey, the Sirens sang so beautifully about the thing that the listener desired the most that they could lure them to thier death on the rocks on shore. In the movie, there are the beautiful women who sing and entrance Everett and Co. to sleep. When they awake, they find Pete is gone, but there is a toad in his place. Delmar is almost inconsolable.

Thirdly, there is a cheap man named Big Dan Teague who decides to smush Pete the toad after swindling and beating up Everett and Delmar. I belive that he is a Lastrygonian, not a Cyclops, because he was civil at first.

There are more similarities...these are just a few. I'm sure you can find them if you watch it!

"Cows! I hate cows worse than coppers!" -George Nelson, O Brother, Where Art Thou?(2000)
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-Jenni