Homer’s Odyssey has been one of my favourite stories for many years. It has everything: a compelling quest, a huge cast of flawed characters, and enough monsters to put Marvel to shame. So when Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation was announced I immediately scribbled the release date in my diary, ready to go an watch it as soon as it came out.
“It’s a film about shoes,” said Mark Kermode in his review of Air. I can’t see how this could possibly be bad thing (after all, Tetris is getting it’s own TV series too). And yes, on a basic level Air is about shoes, more specifically the development of Nike’s Air Jordan range. But it’s also a very American story about how an underdog company (Nike) managed to sign one of the greatest athletes to ever walk the earth (Michael Jordan). And they all lived happily ever after.
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