April 29, 2012

The Golden Touch of Ray Harryhausen


Prior to computer graphics, the world of animation belonged to Ray Harryhausen.

Ray have lent his skills from such great epics such as Jason and the Argonauts to the classic Sinbad movies.


So, now that the Bersih 3.0 climax is over, I settled down once more to walk down the memory lane of movies.


This time, I immersed myself to look at Ray Harryhausen's magic at work in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Story-wise it is no more exciting that any yarn spun from the Arabian Nights. However, the magic of John Philip Lawas the debonair Sinbad, Caroline Monroe as Margiana and Tom Baker as the Evil Wizard, Koura in search of youth has its chemistry.


Caroline Munroe is obviously a sight for sore eyes then.

Also, the catch phrase, "Believe in God but tie your camel' reverberates throughout this movie.

God movie and I will have more pleasant strolls down memory lane soon as I intend to watch The Seventh Voayage of Sinbad and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger after this.