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I really tried to like Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage but I just couldn’t. I’m a huge fan of Fantasy movies and Sinbad regardless of form or shape usually cannot fail. But this modern tale, which does have sequences in it to homage to the great Ray Harryhausens stop-motion effects and feel for composition just doesn’t work for me. The acting is totally uninspired, the effects are sometimes pretty good and sometimes like an homage as...
7 Adventures of Sinbad is what I call a typical hangover movie. It’s actually quite lousy in every aspect; some digitized montages are downright dreadful, but it still has a certain charm that appeals. It doesn’t matter if you doze off or look away for a moment, and the Blu-ray edition undeniably offers entertaining picture quality! The best of both worlds for a hangover. Entertaining enough but still not interesting enough to keep 100% focus...
First of all, the Ray Harryhausen effect of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is glorious! This is exactly the kind of film I associate him with. I know he made effects and created stories for other types of movies as well. Mostly in the Fantasy- or Monster genres of course. I haven’t seen them all (yet) but I’m also impressed with how good the effects are for their time. There are some Sci-Fi flicks in...
I love Fantasy and Adventure movies and I think I have seen my fair share och Sinbad over the years. This one – Sinbad of the Seven Seas was a new acquaintance. I don’t really care if it looks cheap or cheezy, that’s all part of the fun. But this movie…I can’t really understand what they were thinking. First of all, there’s an introduction where Edgar Allen Poe is mentioned. He’s described as this horror...
