O2D For some reason I really like Sinbad movies.Not just these great films by Ray Harryhausen, I also like Sinbad The Sailor and even Sinbad Of The Seven Seas just as much.This is your typical Sinbad story.Sailing, magic and hot women.What else do you need?A prince has been turned into a baboon by an evil witch so her son can become the king.I think that's the set up, it was confusing.There's a lot of talk about Muslim religion stuff, assuming we know that crap.Sinbad decides to drop everything to help the prince because he wants the princess.It may be hard to pay attention to the movie with the extremely hot Jane Seymour running around half nude but watching it a second time will be easy.This is a movie everybody needs to see.

Kingkitsch 1958's Harryhausen classic "7th Voyage of Sinbad" had it all: lush Technicolor, a thunderous score by the brilliant Bernard Herrmann, a decent story with convincing performances (especially Kerwin Mathews as Sinbad), and the greatest of all Harryhausen's stop-motion effects. It wowed audiences and became one of 1958's top grossing movies.Years later, Harryhausen would again attempt two other Sinbad adventures, competing against the increasingly technologically suave special effects of the day. "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" appeared in 1973, campy enough to get the attention of post-stoners who grew up watching the classic Harryhausen films on TV. "Golden Voyage" isn't great, but it's watchable. John Philip Law was a serviceable Sinbad (with the exception of the line "Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel"), the rest of the cast is forgotten now and the only thing that remains are Harryhausen's effects. By 1973, stop-motion was becoming a thing of the past. Although "Golden" contains one of Harryhausen's very best efforts, the fight with the multi-armed Kali, "Golden" was marred by the terrible film quality of the time and a weak, unmemorable score which did nothing to propel the film. Since all Ray's "creature" films contain a battle between two mystical beasts, the climatic fight is between a griffin and a centaur. Both creatures look, well, ratty and slightly drunk. The feathers and fur consistently warp, looking like shag carpeting draped over figures borrowed from "Gumby". All the fluidity shown in the Cyclops sequences for "7th Voyage" are missing. For someone who had looked forward to a new Sinbad adventure since 1958, this second movie failed to deliver.Poor Harryhausen. His amazing work was nearly killed in 1977 when he released "S. and the Eye of the Tiger". From the first moments the film unspools, the low quality of the production is evident. The "ghouls" that appear behind the lousy 70s titles are bad versions of his insect-men from "First Men in the Moon". All the actors involved just wander around looking for a paycheck. "Famous" actors with more famous parents perform in what seems to be drug-fueled stupors. Both Patrick Wayne (son of John Wayne) and Taryn Power (daughter of Tyrone Power) just sort of stand around and watch all the weirdness unfold. Only Margaret Whiting, as Zenobia, the seagull-footed witch gives any energy. Her performance is all scenery chewing, but after Wayne and Power, anything looked better. As to the creatures, only the witch's robotic golden bull-man, the Minotaun, has the charm we want from Harryhausen. Unfortunately, this wonderful creature is destroyed without given anything great to do by dropping a large rock on itself. The expected battle between the titular "tiger" and a troglodyte is weak, jerky, and without any tension.The saber-tooth tiger actually looks like a stuffed toy jumping around. Sadly, Harryhausen would only release one more feature film, "Clash of the Titans" some years later. "Titans' has one worthwhile sequence, the battle with Medusa. That's it. The great auteur and craftsman behind so many memorable moments in a darkened theater was finally eclipsed by technology and the lack of great direction and musical support. "Eye of the Tiger", is a sad coda to a great career, which ended in "Titans". Harryhausen should never have given in to his lust for Greek mythology when his vision for the unknown and exotic were his true talents.Unless you are a Harryhausen completest, it's safe to bypass both "Tiger" and "Golden". With only a few notable sequences,they're not worth wasting your time on.

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.

TheLittleSongbird Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger was something I loved as a child. From a 18 year old perspective, it doesn't enthrall me as much, but it still entertains me, even with its flaws. The screenplay is pretty weak and cheesy, the pacing rather uneven not helped by the fact the film is a tad overlong and Patrick Wayne a dashing if bland Sinbad, but there is still a lot to enjoy. For one thing, the special effects are absolutely incredible especially the chess-playing baboon and the ferocious sabre-tooth tiger and the scenery is breathtaking. Add a nice story, decent direction and a rousing score and you have an entertaining enough adventure. A few acting mentions wouldn't go amiss though. Jane Seymour is fabulously sexy as the Princess Farrah, the late Patrick Troughton is a deliciously enigmatic Melanthious and Margaret Whiting is very icy and chilling as cruel villainess Zenobia. Overall, entertaining and enjoyable, with flaws yes but I recommend it. 7/10 Bethany Cox