Blu-ray Review: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Page 2

Part of: The Wild Blu Yonder

Uncompressed audio doesn’t do much for Sinbad. This is a center-loaded mix, with only occasional soundtrack bleed into the rears. The high-pitched roars of the creatures sound strained.

If the disc does something right, it’s the extras. The five-way commentary, including Harryhausen, is wonderfully informative. Harryhausen is open about his work and how each shot was done. It’s not too technical to where the audience will be confused either.

Remembering the 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 23-minute piece that has Harryhausen exclusively talking about the film, how it came about, and what happened to the other six adventures we apparently missed. The Harryhausen Legacy is filled with Hollywood names discussing how they were affected by his films. It can be redundant at over 25 minutes, but it’s staggering to seen the number of people who credit the stop-motion master for their careers. The Music of Bernard Herman is an equally long piece about the film’s composer.

Look Beyond the Voyage is an older featurette from some time in the ‘70s about the film. John Landis interviews Harryhausen, mostly about Jason and the Argonauts, with fleeting references to Voyage. A photo gallery, music video, another retro featurette touting Dynamation, and meager BD-Live capabilities round off an excellent disc.

A soundtrack to the film was released by Colpix, Columbia’s record label at the time. Amongst soundtrack collectors, it’s highly sought after due to its rarity.

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Matt Paprocki is a 12-year movie and game critic. He currently freelances for Blu-ray review site DoBlu.com and video game site MultiPlayerGames.com.

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  • 1 - James

    Feb 10, 2009 at 10:07 am

    Well done on an honest review - I have seen so many positive reviews for this film by supposedly independent reviewers.

    I find it amazing that none of them mentioned the numerous out-of-focus shots - there's even one displayed for them on the back of the box!! No increase in resolution will improve such shots. And no-one else mentioned the patch of faded colour in the bottom-left corner!!

    I didn't expect much, and since I didn't have the DVD, I'm happy to have a general bit of colour enhancement and very occasional resolution improvement.

    As this review honestly suggests, if you already have the special edition DVD, it's probably not worth the upgrade!

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