Friday, December 28, 2018

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), 7 {nm}

PG | 1h 26min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 2 July 2003
The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.
Directors: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson
Stars: Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165982/

Not a musical, but wanted to see the progression of animation. IMDb Trivia says this is the last hand-drawn animation at Dreamworks, and is also what broke the bank there (losing $125M?).

The story would be suitable for a live-action film with special effects for the monsters and sea battles; it's not particularly child-oriented.

I recognized every utterance of 4 of the 5 principals, visualizing them overlaid on the animated images. (I don't know JF by sight or sound.)

They claim they're faithful to the 7 voyages of Sinbad stories, but they also blended in some Greek mythology.

I like it.

Rated 6.7 (43,380)

Dreamworks, dir. Gilmore & Johnson; 7