At times in Christopher Nolan’s epic adaptation of The Odyssey, the monsters arrive in such quick succession that it’s almost hard to keep up with all the bloodshed. So, you came here for monsters, and monsters are what you'll get. Here's a who's who of the various creatures, impossibly large individuals, and seductive nymphs we meet—in order—in The Odyssey. Odysseus’s men encounter a child in the forest, whose piercing scream summons the giants. Charybdis is represented as a vast whirlpool, which Odysseus’s crew manages to evade.