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Sinbad - Legend of the Seven Seas (Full Screen Edition)Rating:
Release Date: 02 March, 2004 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.49 You SAVE: $1.50! Cast: Complete Cast (15 total) |
Sinbad - Legend of the Seven Seas (Full Screen Edition) Reviews
A Pleasant Surprise
I went to see Sinbad with low expections, having read the less than glowing national reviews, however, I must admit that this film was a pleasant surprise. The animation and story were very good, and the story never gets boring. And you actually find yourself interested in the film's characters, something lacking from many animated films. I recommend Sinbad to anyone who enjoys this type of movie.
Marvelous effects can't salvage a waterlogged script!
An exciting battle at sea with a monstrous "crab-octopus", an awesome excursion through siren-infested waters, and a rollicking (if overlong) encounter with a snow eagle are three of the major scenes involving the melding of traditional animation with CGI effects. These are marvelously executed and show the technicians' craft to the best of their abilities.
That said, the script isn't very thrilling, concerning a voyage to retrieve a valued book and restore Sinbad's credibility, as well as save his friend from execution.
Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Michelle Pfieffer do as best to be expected with the lines that they must deliver. And poor Dennis Haysbert gets to voice the stereotypical "bulging muscled black" crewman.
When I saw that character, I could only think of how often he appears in film from Ving Rhames in "Armageddon" to the "doctor" in Disney's animated "Atlantis, the Lost Continent" to Isaac Singleton in last year's hit "Pirates of the Caribbean".
Maybe this is more than a younger audience can detect, but, to an experienced filmgoer like myself, it's getting rather old.
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