Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Wuchak Released in 1973, "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" was the second of three Harryhausen Sinbad flicks; the other two being 1958's "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" and 1977's "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger." In this film Sinbad (John Phillip Law) and crew mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of a map, accompanied by a slave girl with a strange eye tattoo on her palm (Caroline Munro), a masked Vizier (Douglas Wilmer) and a humorous green recruit (Kurt Christian). Meanwhile the evil sorcerer Koura is on their trail (Tom Baker).Sinbad adventures play like a Middle Eastern version of Conan the Barbarian, albeit with a slightly funner edge and a less dour protagonist. So, if you love Conan you'll likely appreciate all three of these Sinbad films. And even though I describe these movies as having a fun edge, they're not goofy. They're serious sword & sorcery movies; the protagonists just exude the joy and vitality of living.The items I demand in a Sinbad adventure are obvious: A good casting choice for Sinbad, a great adventure story, exotic locations, a colorful assortment of likable characters & love-to-hate villains, beautiful women, and quality F/X work (for the era). "The Golden Voyage" delivers in most of these areas, although the production values seem kinda cheap here and there. While John Phillip Law fits the Arabic role of Sinbad better than Kerwin Mathews, Patrick Wayne is even better in the sequel. Caroline is easily the most beautiful woman to appear in all three films despite the stiff competition from the likes of Kathryn Grant, Jane Seymour and Taryn Power.The score is fitting, the F/X work is entertaining in a nostalgic way, and the Spanish locations are good, what we see of them anyway. This brings up the film's biggest weakness (to me anyway): It's too set-bound with most of the sets being the bowels of ancient temples or caverns. I can handle this because it's just one film in a trilogy, but the enclosed/underground sets take away from the sea-going high adventure one expects with Sinbad. Furthermore, like I said, the production values are easily the least of the three. However, the movie makes up for it with perhaps the most colorful cast of characters, including the green-skinned tribe.All three Sinbad movies are very different since each has a different person in the title role, not to mention the rest of the characters. I marginally prefer this one to to the first one, but "Eye of the Tiger" is my favorite because it has the best cast, story and sense of a long voyage/quest. But each has its strengths and weaknesses. For instance, Kerwin Mathews in "The 7th Voyage" was way too whitebread for the role of Sinbad while the runtime of "Eye of the Tiger" seems a bit padded.The movie runs 105 minutes and was shot in Spain.GRADE: B-

utgard14 Sinbad (John Phillip Law) and friends search for the third piece to a map that leads to the Fountain of Destiny. Along the way they must deal with the evil magician Koura (Tom Baker) and the many threats he puts in their way. These threats are brought to life by special effects legend Ray Harryhausen.Wonderful fantasy adventure film, highlighted of course by the Harryhausen creations: homunculi, centaur, griffin, ship's figurehead come to life, and a six-armed Kali idol. But we also have Tom Baker having great fun playing the villain Koura and the beautiful Caroline Munro as Margiana, whose cleavage steals the picture. It's solid pure entertainment and my personal favorite of all the Sinbad movies.

Spikeopath The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is directed by Gordon Hessler and stars John Phillip Law (Sinbad), Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, Takis Emmanuel & Martin Shaw. It includes a score by composer Miklós Rózsa and features stop-motion effects from Ray Harryhausen (this one in Dynarama). It's the second of three Sinbad films that Harryhausen made for Columbia, the others being The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977). The plot sees legendary sailor Sinbad come into possession of a tablet dropped onto his ship by a mysterious flying creature. The tablet is one part of a map which greatly intrigues Sinbad so he wears it as an amulet. However, the tablet was bound for evil magician Koura (Baker) who now wants it back as it will lead to The Fountain Of Destiny. Can Sinbad, aided by the Grand Vizier Of Marabia (Wilmer), fend off Koura before he gets the rewards from the fountain to use for his evil ways?A smooth adventure piece that's low on plotting but high on magical mystery fervour. More known for directing horror films, Hessler does an admirable job in not letting the thin story bog the movie down. Sometimes with Harryhausen led movies the stop-motion creations end up being the sole reason for watching the film. And while, as always, they are the best thing in this movie, they give the film an Arabian Nights feel to the piece, managing to charm and engage enough to round it out as a full film viewing experience. Yes the cast are sub-standard B listers, with John Law and Munro featuring, one thinks, for looks (cool beard and turban look) and bosom (whoosh!) respectively. While Tom Baker's pantomime villain act could never become tiring; such is the fun he and the audience are having with it. But this be a good old yarn that's spun well in conjunction with Harryhausen's effects. Here we are treated to a vengeful ships Figurehead, a Centaur, a winged Griffin, a tiny Gargoyle and best of the bunch-the goddess Kali, a six armed statue that is brought to life by Koura. The latter giving a moment to rival that of Talos' awakening in Jason & The Argonauts. Look out for Robert Shaw who features uncredited as the "Oracle Of All Knowledge". Rózsa adds the aural joy with mystical Arabian flavours, and Ted Moore's cinematography brings the gorgeous colours and costumes to life.Good wholesome family entertainment. 7/10

frog I enjoyed this movie right up to the ending, the special effects are really cool and I loved the homunculus, it is probably one of Harryhausen's best creations. Overall a very decent and enjoyable movie to watch for the first three quarters of the movie. Unfortunately things go wrong toward the end; that bearded head that comes out of the well and tells Sinbad to go north is unfathomably unbearable to watch and the closeups of it's mouth made me cringe, this isn't even the worst part - those green cavemen are even worse, I could not even look at them without wanting to burst out laughing, they totally ruined the atmosphere of the movie, I suspect they were just extras that were just thrown into the movie in the last few days of shooting to somehow make the ending more interesting but with disastrous results. Also there was not enough explanation as to why the Griffen was there, was he just passing by? or was he also just thrown in at the end to somehow make the ending more interesting? Overall I give this movie an 8/10 for the first three quarters and 1/10 for the ending. The other 2 Sinbad films are more consistent and enjoyable to watch and I really do think the 'The Eye of the Tiger' Is very under-rated.