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| Original Title |
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas |
| Director |
Patrick Gilmore |
| Genre |
Adventure, Fantasy, Animation, Family |
| Released |
2003-07-2 |
| MPAA Rating |
Rated PG for adventure action, some mild sensuality and brief language. |
| Rated |
6.2 |
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| Sinbad, the most daring and notorious rogue ever to sail the seven seas, has spent his life asking for trouble, and trouble has finally answered in a big way. Framed for stealing one of the world's most priceless and powerful treasures--the Book of Peace--Sinbad has one chance to find and return the precious book, or his best friend Proteus will die. Sinbad decides not to take that chance and instead sets a course for the fun and sun of the Fiji Islands. However, Proteus' beautiful betrothed, Marina, has stowed away on Sinbad's ship, determined to make sure that Sinbad fulfills his mission and saves Proteus' life. Now the man who put the "bad" in Sinbad is about to find out how bad bad can be. |
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| Brad Pitt as Sinbad (voice) , Catherine Zeta-Jones as Marina (voice) , Michelle Pfeiffer as Eris (voice) , Damien Ferrette as Proteus (French version) (voice) , Joseph Fiennes as Prince Proteus (voice) , Dennis Haysbert as Kale, First Mate (voice) , Adriano Giannini as Rat (voice) , Timothy West as King Dymas (voice) , Raman Hui as Jin (voice) , Chung Chan as Li (voice) , Jim Cummings as Luca/Additional Voices (voice) , Conrad Vernon as Jed (voice) , Andrew Birch as Grum/Chum (voice) , Chris Miller as Tower Guard (voice) |
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Unadorned animated film for kids.
The realm of animation is reaching levels of absolute simplicity. `Sinbad:
Legend of the Seven Seas' appeared to be a rousing family film with decent
animation accompanied by big stars voicing over the characters. However, the
film is really just an unadorned animated film for kids. Does anyone out
there remember the true intentions of animation? Believe it or not, it is an
art form that was never designed for children. Somewhere along the line, the
idea got lost in the notions of big-budget animated flicks for kids from
Disney and countless other cheap animators whose only goal was a direct to
video release to profit on the rugrats. Although `Sinbad' has some great
computer animated scenes combined with traditional animation, it's still for
kids. Why not make a great animated flick for adults or at least something
adults can appreciate at a higher level.
`Sinbad' tells the story of the fabled sailor Sinbad (Brad Pitt), as he is a
rogue captain who steals for a living on the high seas. But when the goddess
Eris (Michelle Pfeiffer) steals a mysterious book called the Book of Peace,
she frames Sinbad for the crime. To prove his innocence and loyalty to his
childhood friend Proteus (Joseph Fiennes), Sinbad sets out on a journey
accompanied by a woman named Marina (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to apprehend the
book. But along the way, he'll have to deal with monsters and serpents sent
to stop him that are controlled by Eris.
`Sinbad' had the ability to be great like other animated films of late
including `Atlantis: The Lost Empire,' `The Prince of Egypt,' and `Spirited
Away.' But there's too much nonsense here and there in the film that gives
it a campy, childish feel. Undoubtedly, it was designed for children-but
that's the problem. The filmmakers forgot that they were making a film that
was going to be seen by adults, as well.
One more big no no-do not rewrite a classic story that has handed down to
generation after generation throughout history. The filmmakers certainly
take their freedoms in telling the story. It's interesting to see Sinbad
hanging out with the Greeks in the Mediterranean Sea when he was originally
known as an Arabic sailor.
Despite the juvenile feel of `Sinbad,' it would be unjust not to
acknowledge its animation; especially the computer animated segments. The
colors of vivid and the characters are portrayed lively and adventurous.
Beyond the animation, the score composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (`Spy
Game') is very well done.
In the end, if a person takes their kids to see this film, they aren't
going to do anything other than take a nap for an hour and forty minutes. In
the mean time, you can be happy to know that the kiddies will stare at the
screen and munch down gobs of expensive popcorn that will certainly keep
their attention, if the film doesn't. **
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