Huge Christopher Nolan fan here, but I’ve never read (or really learned) the story of The Odyssey.
I’m debating whether I should:
- go into Nolan’s movie completely blind, or
- learn the basic story beforehand to better appreciate the adaptation.
For those familiar with both Nolan and Homer’s story, do you think knowing the plot/themes ahead of time will improve the experience, or reduce some of the wonder/discovery?
Also, if you do recommend learning the story first, what’s the best spoiler-light summary/video/article to use? The “EPIC: The Musical” has been highly recommended to me, but I’m worried it may go too in-depth before the film.
Of note, I’ve got a pretty low spoiler threshold - I don’t even like to watch trailers of things I know I’m going to see so I don’t get potentially spoiled.