From sex and the gods to that ending, Christopher Nolan’s big-screen adaptation of “The Odyssey” deviates from Homer’s epic poem in a number of ways.

Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey,” is an earthy, existential epic that melds storytelling of antiquity with contemporary IMAX-sized bravado.

With a build-up filled with controversy and nit-picking, does Christopher Nolan’s big-budget epic rise above the discourse?