My Movie Review on Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas · 10:20pm May 17th, 2020

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This be yer friendly film, TV show, and episode buccaneer here with another analysis.

Today, I be giving ye scalawags my take of "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas".

Here be the rundown of this here tale *clears throat*:

Sinbad is a pirate who's known for not being the most trustworthy guy around, often lying in order to achieve his scores and avoid the authorities.

However, when the devious goddess of chaos, Eris, steals the magical Book of Peace, Sinbad is blamed for stealing it despite his assurance that he didn't take it and that Eric was the one who stole it. Believing Sinbad to be innocent, his old friend Prince Proteus steps in to take his place so that Sinbad can prove he's telling the truth.

Accompanied by his crew, and Proteus's fiance Lady Marina, Sinbad must sail the seas and retrieve the Book of Peace from Tartarus, which is Eris's domain.

Will Sinbad and company reach Tartarus and get the book? Or will Eris win and cause Syracus to crumble?

In all honesty, this movie wasn't something I had been the most acquainted with for my whole life. However, I remember seeing it one time during my public school years, and I've been interested in giving this movie a shot for quite some time.

And let me just say that, after seeing it on Hulu, this film was something that I had an absolute blast with!

For instance, the direction by Tim Johnson and Patrick Gilmore, and the story by John Logan, were fantastic! I can also see that co-producer Jeffrey Katzenberg was definitely all into this project.

When it came to making this film something for pre-teens, teens, and adults, the filmmakers literally didn't mess around. Among the things I enjoyed about the film was its sense of humor and wit, because every joke landed with a fluency and timing that made them undeniably entertaining. The amount of emotional resonance and heart the film had caught me by surprise, if I may add. The developing romance between Sinbad and Marina was deeply heartwarming, and so was Sinbad's and Marina's bond with the crew and the sense of repairing friendship between Sinbad and Proteus. As a film of complexity, the filmmakers did a great job at helping everything connect and be understandable, and there were meaningful morals to live by too.

Plus, the animation was astonishing. The CGI elements may not showcase Dreamworks at one of its best, but it was still gorgeous. I can also see that the studio was at least trying to make a good impression with the CGI, and I commend them highly for doing that. The best part was that the computer-generated elements mixed perfectly with the hand-drawn animated characters, and they and the rest of the hand-drawn elements were marvelously well-done as well.

The performances of the cast, casting, characters, and character development were likewise incredible. Accompanied by deliciously creative dialogue, I loved how the performers got into their roles with such passion. They each incorporated into their characters fun personality, powerful emotion, and an entertaining sense of humor. Out of all the performers and characters, my favorites were Brad Pitt as Sinbad, Catherine-Zeta Jones as Lady Marina, Michelle Pfeiffer as Eris, and Joseph Fiennes as Proteus. To top it all off, the characters developed marvelously throughout the film.

Finally, the music by Harry-Gregson Williams was magnificent. The melodies Gregson created caught an essence that was cinematic, of course. The incredible thing about the music, though, was that it matched perfectly with the film's settings, culture, and concept, and it helped me feel like I was actually in the adventure itself.

In conclusion, "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" is an underrated treasure that proves itself to be a rollicking good time, and I can't help but wish that Dreamworks didn't stop creating hand-drawn animated movies and could make more someday. It wouldn't hurt for them to make a change of pace from always doing computer-animated movies as of late, that's for sure.

So, I rate "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" five out of five stars.