![]() ![]() His Sinbad comes off like a mewling infant or some sneaky boy card shark. Brad Pitt's voice is too high and lacks any depth to it. The three heavyweights dragged into Sinbad are terribly wrong. But being a good actor or a big Hollywood name does not mean that someone is at all suited for animated voice work. I realize it is important from a monetary standpoint to have a big name star attached to your movie. Unfortunately, inconsistent animation is only part of the problem. The animators really had a lot of fun with some of the little tricks they work in, such as the delightfully sneaky way the goddess Eris oozes sex and sensuality as she morphs across the screen* and that translates into some wildly good stuff for the audience. ![]() Watch the marvelous detail they put into the way he climbs the ropes, or the way in which he's always hanging into the frame at odd angles. That sort of detail is even carried into the personalities of the characters, the most notable of which is a sailor named Rat, who practically lives in the ships rigging. It's the little things like that which make parts (Bof Sinbad completely engrossing. In particular, there's a gorgeous scene, in which a crewman swings through the ship lighting lamps that literally made my draw drop. An incredibly detailed mix of traditional animation and newfangled CGI blend together seamlessly to create stunning backgrounds and lifelike action set pieces. Some of the animation here is actually quite beautiful. ![]()
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