ChanBot
i must have seen a different film!!
Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Rosie Searle
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
slightlymad22
Featuring a gorgeous young Jane Seymour "Eye Of The Tiger" was my favourite Sinbad movie growing up, so when I saw it was on TV I sat down to watch it with my 9 year old son. Plot In A Paragraph: At the request of the beautiful Princes Farah (a gorgeous Jane Seymour) Sinbad (Patrick Wayne) and his gang set sail to try and help lift a curse put on her brother, the soon to be King, Prince Kassim. Whilst I revelled in the nostalgia from my youth, my son would say "that looks so fake" whilst I would tell him about how old the movie was, and the effects were great back in 1970's and the wonder of Ray Harryhausen, he would say 'Star Wars' and 'Superman The Movie' were out in the 70's too, and being the tech savvy 9 year old he is, he pointed out this was made in the same year as "Star Wars"Whilst the story is on par (if not better and Jane Seymour is as attractive as Caroline Munro (although she does not show as much cleavage) Patrick Wayne is not as effective as John Philip Law in the "Golden voyage of Sinbad" and seemed to spend most of the first part of the movie like a love sick puppy making doe eyes at Seymour!! (Not that I blame him) Not as good or as enjoyable as I remember, I now rate "The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad" above this one.
Dalbert Pringle
Filmed in "Dynarama" (whatever the heck that gimmick was), Sinbad (from 1977) was one of those easily forgettable, fantasy, adventure tales that, when it tried to be funny, it wasn't, and when it tried to be dead-serious, it was a laughable joke.This $3.5 million production was neither wondrous nor spectacular. Many of its scenes were, unfortunately, shot from in front of back-projection screens. And the "Ray Harryhausen", pre-CG monster effects were mediocre and disappointing at best.This was the sort of predictable movie-nonsense that would best be appreciated by a much younger, naive and less critical audience than myself. I'd say that at least 20 minutes could've easily been edited from this film's 112-minute running time and I'm sure no one would've been in the least bit upset.About the only really noteworthy thing to say about "Sinbad" was that its title character was played by the dashing, 38-year-old Patrick Wayne, son of the famed, veteran actor, John Wayne.
bowmanblue
Like Clash of the Titans and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, it's Ray Harryhausen's special effects that steal the show. Yes, they look a little dated now when you compare them to some of Hollywood's current big budget offerings, but, if you can look past the obvious blue-screen then you'll find yourself getting lost in a fantasy world that just doesn't seem to be about any more.'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger' is the sequel to 'The Golden Voyage of Sinbad' and this time out, the fearless sailor must help restore a prince to his rightful throne. Only the price has been turned into a baboon and the witch who made him that way is hot on Sinbad's crew's heels.If you've seen 'The Golden Voyage' you'll know what to expect. Personally, I preferred the first one, as this one has a longer running time and, as a result, tends to drag around the middle. However, the beginning and the end more than make up for any slowness in the middle. So, if you're a fan of classic fantasy movies then give this one a go. It will retain its special charm for years to come.
Chase_Witherspoon
Sinbad (Wayne) sets off to locate the antidote that will transform Prince Kassim from his baboon state back into the human he was before the evil Zenobia (Whiting) cast her spell, a task made all the more urgent as his altered state becomes increasingly irreversible. With the aid of an ageing wizard (Troughton), a princess (Seymour) and the blonde, blue-eyed Taryn Power (daughter of Tyrone Power) he sails the seven seas, contesting with mutated creatures (the minotaur, played by Dave Prowse pre-'Darth Vader') and other creatures, richly brought to life via Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion animation.Harryhausen fans will marvel at his technical capabilities; the scene In which Whiting is miniaturised, scampering about the ship's cabin while the crew try in vain to capture her before she can morph back into a seagull and escape is classic. For others, the cinematographic illusions will be dated or even amateurish. I guess that will depend on your vintage and preferences. Interestingly, this film was directed by Sam Wanamaker, the former blacklisted actor/director following a near decade long hiatus."Golden Voyage" (1974) was, in my opinion superior among the brace of Sinbad films that emerged in the mid seventies, but this is still an enjoyable romp, suitable for the family and one of the last of its ilk, indeed also for that of Harryhausen's imaginative creature effects.
