Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2003
	Director: Patrick Gilmore, Tim Johnson (Antz, Over the Hedge)
	Actors (voices): Brad Pitt (Fight Club), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Entrapment), Joseph Fiennes
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 26.10.2014, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Manipulated by Eris the goddess of Chaos, the thief and pirate Sinbad (Pitt) is wrongly accused of stealing the book ensuring peace in the twelve Kingdoms. He will face many perils to get it back.
Review: I have seen many Sinbad movies in DVD, usually attracted by the wonderful and revolutionary special effects by the master of stop-motion Ray Harryhausen: The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1977), and I still have to watch Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). So I was curious to see what a Dreamworks animated production could do of this universe. The movie incorporates the expected elements like sea battles, mythical monsters, wrath of the gods and mixes them with a little humour and some romance to deliver a never-boring story quite nicely illustrated. The only bad-looking part is the first attack by a Kraken-looking creature made in CGI, poorly integrated in the rest of the 2D drawn scene. The movie is otherwise entertaining, even if completely unrealistic (what can one do with a boat: race through the waves at incredible speed, go down waterfalls and even fly!) which removes part of its interest. Also the love story is a bit too much and the ending very predictable. At least and unlike in The Road to El Dorado, there are no songs, some jokes are destined to adults, and the mythical universe and original inspiration belongs to an adult genre.
Rating: 6 /10