There NEEDS to be a Sinbad adventure that redifines the characters/creatures, the special effects and above all the stories.
It could be about Sinbad's begginings; about his past adventures that made him the most fearless & bravest sailor of the seas. Mabey it could be when the other movies took place but would need alot less action & MORE story.
What say ya'll........
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Last I heard, I thought they were doing a Sinbad movie with Keenu Reeves as the adventurous sailor.
As for CGI creatures, well, what matters most is not their fluidity, but their character. That's something Ray Harryhausen was able to put into his creations. I actually felt sorry for the Cyclopes when he was getting killed by the dragon, then turning around and feeling sorry for the dragon when he gets killed with the giant cross-bow.
There just isn't anything special about CGI monsters for whatever reason. I aree that Harryhausen gives his creations more life than anything CGI has given me yet. I am not dissing the quality of CGI, but there is something lacking in it that just fails to demand attention like real, tangible effects did. As much as I would LOVE to see remakes, it seems that Hollywood's overreliance on CGI for EVERYTHING kills many of it's projects, preventing them from being anything memorable as time rolls on by. Look at Harryhausen, remembered and loved fifty years later, his films still true classics. Will that be said of any of these CGI heavy flicks we get now? So far, the only time CGI has impressed me was in the pioneering days of T2, The Abyss, and Jurassic Park, where it was used as a tool to advance traditional effects, not completely replace them.
shareIf you ask me the real movie monsters is the special effects in todays films. They are good, as a student learning these new tools for this art and appreciating older media, I don't see the tool of CGI as incapable. Rather yes, over-reliance on special effects, (stop-motion after all was utilised in "The Life Aquatic").
Films like "Hellboy" and "Van Helsing" and even to an extent this film, and especially "Jack the Giant Killer" seem to act as a showcase for SFX (slight exaggeration but I'm making my point).
What should be continued I agree is the millenia old tradition of narrative, through character development, it doesn't matter if the characters in question are human or not.
As far as I see it Hollywood is playing with shiny toys at the moment, no concrete ideas as remakes, adaptations of franchises (Harry Potter) and other contrived scripts arrive.
I'm not saying we need an animated "Citizen Cane" but I am saying no to a remake.
However some remakes I must admit are very good "The Thing", er.."Alien" was apparently.
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It's funny that you describe those modern CGI reliant movies as showcases for CGI, because that's exactly how I see the Harryhausen work in 7th Voyage of Sinbad. I love the movie but there isn't much going on in it outside of the amazing animation.
I think CGI can be a great tool and I would be both surprised and disappointed if someone like Harryhausen looked down on it. But it simply hasn't yet found it's place in film. It's like a pretty little girl who knows she's pretty and has to bat her eyes and command the attention of everyone in the room, as much as possible. There was a time when stock footage of a train passing was enough to pack movie houses. Then audiences demanded more substance, and narrative. This will happen with CGI.
Ya, a big budget Sinbad movie would be cool. Clive Owen would be a good Sinbad. Oh ya, this old version is so Cheesy, it's pathetic. I think little Baronni got it in the ass a few too many times.
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shareHm...there's absolutely nothing wrong with these old movies. If they wanted to revamp them, then all they'd need to do is make the ending a little less predictable and the dialogue a little less corny. I agree that the final scene with Barani is annoying, and everything associated with him and the girl is too convenient for a modern audience to take seriously.
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