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Summary: A highly underrated animated adventure on DVD!
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This is the story of the famed storybook sailor Sinbad who has a crew including a beautiful woman who sail from far oceans, battling many beasts, and have to get a magical sacred book from the super sexy but deadly goddess "Iris".
A wonderful and entertaining animated romp that unfortunately was a dud at the box-office but still is quite a delightful Dreamworks made animated fantasy romp with the voices of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta Jones, Michelle Pfiefer and Joseph Fiennes and has some great artwork & CGI effects to blend in with it.
The DVD is quite good with good picture, commentary by the filmmakers, behind the scenes featurettes, a fun game, and art gallery, this is a must have movie if you love animation.
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Summary: A Good Animated Feature!
Review: "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" is an animated feature that was made by the studio that made "Shrek," and more recently "Shrek 2." This is hand drawn animation while the two Shrek movies are made by computers. Sometimes the hand drawn animation can be better, because there is more talent. They have to make so many smaller drawings. "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" does have a small share of computer animation, but it is mostly hand drawn. It has the voice talents of Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta Jones, and Michelle Pheiffer, and I feel that they all did their part for these characters. Only they were able to brings these characters from the paper to the big screen. The stories of all the different gods and goddess always interest me, and that's why I liked a recent historical epic "Troy." "Troy" is from Greece, and it's about the Trojan War. "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" is a little different, but it involves the same kinds of people, and the same time period. The story involves Sinbad, who is a sailer and a thief who is going on a quest to find the Book of Peace. The book protects twelve cities and the people that live in them. He gets the book, and sails his ship with the book, but the Prince of Syracuse, Proteus, and Sinbad's old friend wants the book back. But, they are not the only two people who want the book. Eris, the Goddess of Chaos wants the book so she could make the world a much more horrible place. She makes a deal with Sinbad to get her the book or he'll die. He agrees and goes to get the book, bit Eris takes it and his shape and everybody thinks that he stole the book. Sinbad is sentenced to death, but Proteus decides to take his place. Sinbad is giving ten days by the council to get the book back or his old friend is going to die. Sinbad doesn't want to do it, and he decides to go where he wants to go because he is guessing that the king is not going to kill his only son. Proteus' fiancee doesn't like what Sinbad is planning on doing and she decides to go with him to get the Book of Peace back. "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" is a fun little animation romp. I thought that it was better than "Shrek" and probably equal to "Shrek 2," but not as good as "Finding Nemo" or "The Triplets of Belleville." But the thing is, these are all different movies with different stories. This is an action and adventure animation, and I feel that it'll appeal to all audiences. It has a really good story as well, and those who are fans of myths and things related will like this. The animation is stunning, and art fans should give this a look. It also has great acting, even though it is animated. Without acting, the voice talents cannot bring emotions to these people. I thought that Brad Pitt did good as the voice of Sinbad. I don't really like him, and I felt that he ruined "Troy" and "Oceans 11." I couldn't really think of anybody else to provide the voice of Sinbad, because I could see alot of Pitt in this character. The stunning Catherine Zeta Jones provided the voice of Marina, and she was good for that character. Phiffer plays Eris, and she was the one who wasn't that great. Her voice didn't really match the character, and I didn't see the evilness based on her voice. A person that I could see voicing the character is Charlize Theron. She could make he voice sound evil as she proved in "Monster." "Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas" is not a perfect film, but it is a good one. It is perfect for fans of animation and people who enjoy watching action and adventure stories. It is a fun movie, and it has some moments that are funny, some moments that are touching, and some moments that could have people gripping onto the edge of their seats. I missed the movie in the theatres, but if I saw it there, I would have felt that it was well worth it. ENJOY! Rated PG for adventure action, some mild sensuality and brief language.
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Summary: Well-cast crud
Review: "Sinbad-Legend of the Seven Seas" is a well cast and performed forgettable fantasy. While Brad Pitt, Michelle Pfieffer, Dennis Haysbert, and Catherine Zeta-Jones loan excellent talent to the movie, there's little for them to work with. Ultimately, it's a waste of talent of actors who seem natural for the roles. Brad Pitt shines behind the microphone as Sinbad, the charming rogue, and Michelle Pfieffer also glows black as the evil Eris, goddess of discord. (Her hair is practically a character itself.) But, the story is formulaic and predictable, and seems to be driven on just enough for the next high speed chase. And the animation seems to poorly mesh, and often seems to be stuck 10 years behind the current technology. (And is it my imagination, or does every single Dreamworks character seem the same?) All in all, it's not bad, but there's a lot better out there.
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Summary: Very enjoyable
Review: 4 seconds into the film and that Godess was already my favorite character. The characters have alot of personality, and I was happy to finally see an animated movie done in a more traditional way, without this "CGI" overload garbage (which I hate, by the way.) The scene with the Sirens was very nicely executed. Anyway, find it for a decent price and enjoy.
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Summary: Marvelous effects can't salvage a waterlogged script!
Review: 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 Michael Clarke Duncan 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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Summary: Marvelous effects can't salvage a waterlogged script!
Review: 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 Michael Clarke Duncan 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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Summary: Adenike from Bermuda loved this movie
Review: Excellent animation, great action and lessons found in the story line that did not go over my seven year old's head.
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Summary: An Average Dreamworks Animated Feature
Review: Hey...even Disney doesn't hit a home run all the time. Sinbad (voiced by Brad Pitt) is a scheming thief roaming the seas for treasure to steal. When he comes across a ship headed back to shore carrying the all-powerful `Book Of Peace,' Sinbad, smelling the resale value, tries to steal the book away. His attempt is thwarted by his old friend Proteus (Joseph Fiennes), but the book is eventually stolen by the goddess Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer), who frames Sinbad for the crime, forcing the bandit to sail to the edges of the world on a search to retrieve the book, taking Proteus's fiancée, Marina (Catherine Zeta-Jones) along for insurance.
Sinbad uses mostly traditional 2D animation blended with some 3D. While the animation is decent, it's certainly not on the par of Shrek, Shrek 2 or Finding Nemo. The detail and depth, shading, lighting, etc just doesn't quite do it.
`Sinbad' is in better hands when it comes to voice talent. At first, Brad Pitt comes off a little wooden as the world weary thief. His thick monotone is always a better match with his live action acting than his animated counterpart. As `Sinbad' sails by, Pitt's performance warms up along with the movie, though he gets tripped up here and there by the aforementioned ghastly dialog. In the female leads, Both Michelle Pfeiffer and Catherine Zeta-Jones don't really have as much to work with as Pitt, but they both provide silky smooth voice characterizations, with Pfeiffer hamming it up agreeably as the villain.
Sinbad is a decent movie. Not classic status by any means but a good enough movie to kids but won't have the same appeal to adults as movies like Shrek and Toy Story.
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Summary: Spectacular Animation!
Review: I am a huge fan of any craft that demands exceptional talent and requires painstaking patience (neither trait exhibited by me, incidentally). Having said that, I don't care all that much for the computer-generated images of "Shrek" or "Nemo"; to me, it doesn't have the look of actual "animation." So you could have knocked me over with a feather when I stumbled across the little jewel SINBAD--LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS, a film that apparently disappointed during its theatrical release, yet a film that delivers jaw-dropping entertainment and crystal-clear, vivid animation.
Granted, the story itself is somewhat shallow and superficial, yet SINBAD succeeds through the skill and artistry of its makers. The film explodes with colorful images--some of them computer-animated, most of them drawn by human hands--that overwhelm the viewer; within seconds, the outside world exits stage left as the viewer is absorbed into delightful aesthetic imagery. Sure, this is a cartoon, and the characters gracefully defy gravity (and injury) while Nature and other nasty perils take on an even more ominous dimension, yet the film is so well crafted and beautiful that disbelief is willingly and permanently suspended.
SINBAD--LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS is still good, despite the voice lended by Brad Pitt in the lead role. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, and Dennis Haysbert make their characters come to life, but again, characters and story take a backseat to the animation. This is riveting, swashbuckling stuff; a cartoon that is highly recommended.
--D. Mikels
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Summary: Absolutely Fantastic!
Review: I had the good fortune to be invited to a premiere of this movie in New York, and it was FABULOUS! The audience was packed with people of all ages, and everyone had a great time. And how could they not? The movie has something for everyone! Fun, adventure, phenomenal graphic artistry, romance, humor, and a bouyant spirit! The characters are also brilliantly brought to life by the actors. I never would have thought of Brad Pitt as Sinbad, but he gives such a goregeous rough-voiced humor to this pirate that you can't help but love him. Catherine Zeta-Jones is perfect as the fiercely passionate Marina, Joseph Fiennes gives a heroic nobility to Prince Proteus, and Michelle Pheiffer is deliciously wicked as the goddess of chaos, Eris. The crew is also fantastically lovable and deserves high praise. Go see this film! You won't be disappointed! I can't wait to see it again!
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