TL;DR: The iconic desert landscapes from the movie belong to Western Sahara which is under Moroccan occupation. The indigenous population, Sahrawis, are marginalised by the Moroccan regime, who arrest natives for filming their own land while giving complete permission and assistance to Western film producers to shoot their scenes.
I highly recommend reading the article as it’s written by one of the locals themselves.
Why YSK: Seeing how The Odyssey has amassed popularity globally, it is important to know how the illegal occupation of the Western Sahara and the suffering of the inhabitants was swept under the rug in order to produce this film, especially since no other major media outlet wishes to cover this topic.
so you’re saying I shouldn’t PAY to watch this movie… wouldn’t want to give my hard earned money to anyone taking advantage of such a situation.
The movie was good enough to dull existence for the nearly 3 hour runtime. That said, I will probably never choose to watch it again. So there’s Fudgy’s review.
That twist in the middle with John Odyssey was cool tho
I hear his secret evil twin brother Billy Odyssey ran away with the secret fifth element, Heart, in the (secret) third act
I wish I knew about this fact before I went to watch the film