7th Voyage of Sinbad through a Kid's Eyes

1958

On narrative decision: 
"I looked up why they started on the seventh voyage.

It said it's based on the third and fifth voyages in the book...

That didn't help."

On the opening:

"It's a music video, like the Bond movies."

On the main actor:

Anabelle- "Sinbad is only known for this and Gulliver.

Kerwin? That's a dumb name.

He doesn’t give Sinbad vibes. 

The first one we watched was the best."

Me- "I know, that's why we started there."

 
On identifying a disturbance:

"Why is 'sea serpent' the second thing you think of?"

On the female lead in a Fifties film compared to the Seventies:

"I like that she’s wearing clothes. 

We love to see it. 

I hope the parrot dies"

On relationships:

"Sinbad's Wedding?

 What?

How many times has he been wed?

I do like her better than last one but not the first one."
 

On the fist monster reveal:

*the hoof appears*

"What. It’s huge!!

A cyclops?

It's cool looking. 

It has a horn like the one in the movie yesterday."

[Aside- Yes, we watched Three Harryhausen films in two days!

How cool is that?]

On the genie:

"Why is the genie a child??
That’s rude. Are they going to free the genie?"
 *the sorcerer is meddling*

"Get the lamp. Don’t worry about the creepy guy."
 
The treasure is shown:

"I feel like that’s not enough for a kings ransom."
 
On traveling by map in the fifties:

"That’s not how you spell Bagdad. 

Whatever."

On old movie make out scenes: 
"Why is he kissing her like that? "

*Makes slurping noises*
"Wait. 
Do they get married. 

What happens to her before the other movies? 

Are these not in continuity with each other?"

On the ruler's hat:

"Sultan likes his big feather."

On the magic show where the woman is transformed:
 "That's a big urn. 

Is a girl going to come out like out of a cake? 

Or the basket?
 *the girl's snakey transformation happens*

"Ok... so.

I was a little worried when the hat was stop motion. 

Is she ok? 

Like extreme close up on her face. Ewwww.
That was weird. 

I kinda wish she was a baboon."

On bad pronunciations: 
"Is that his brassiere of coal?"
 
On insults and prophesies:

"Imagine Sinbad calling you a charlatan.
 So, why did you ask him to tell the future of the countries if you didn’t like what he said."
 
On the spell on the princess:

"What if Sinbad has to marry a snake?"
*Her arm is shrinking*

"Is she going to be teeny tiny? 

Is she going to turn into a baboon?

Does she just have a teeny arm?"

On Sinbad and the Sultan's reactions to the shrunk princess:

Me- "He’s got this dull surprise thing down."
Anabelle- "He’s like (flat) wow. My fiancé is three apples tall."

*the Sultan rages*

Anabelle- "Is he declaring war because she’s tiny?"

On the sorcerer telling Sinbad he saw (all the stuff he did) in a vision:

*Blank stare*

"Golden Voyage Sinbad would not fall for this.

 This man is very good at gaslighting."
 

On the jeweler making a tiny, lantern looking home for the Princess:
"It's like Tinker Bell."
 
On Sinbad's fashion:

Sinbad (in teal trousers) "I stand before you."

Me- "In ugly pants."

Anabelle- "Oh my God. Mom do you see those?"

Rosa- "I'm trying not to."
 
On the Princess's place looking like a prison cell:

*as princess*

"When he said tiny home I expected more.

The palace jeweler let me down."
 
On the Sorcerer and Sultan:

"They’re so loud. 

I had to turn the volume down four things.

Then Sinbad whispers."

On the storm at sea:

Me- "That poor sailor. The guy off camera hit him with a bucket hit him eight times."

Anabelle- "I don’t know what you’re talking about...

even though no matter how they steer the ship it hits him the same way. 

It’s the wind."

On fashion comparisons:

"As a whole the pants are less ugly in this one. 

But some, like those, those are very bad."
 
On reaching the treasure on the island:

"See. That’s a lot of treasure.
But also...

*Guy sings and dances in joy while stealing treasure*

*Anabelle pauses movie*
"Ok." 

*Deep breath* 

"Anyway" 

*hits play*
"I wouldn’t take that."
*Cyclops appears*

"Maybe you should have listened to Sinbad."
 
The sailors go to drink from the pool:

"It’s red... 

Guys!"

*They are very happy*
"It’s wine!!!????"

On the "interactions" between the stop motion cyclopes and the sailors:

Rosa- "Can you see?"

Anabelle- "Unfortunately.
I feel like we’re watching the movies in increasing worseness."

On the princess trying to rescue the sailors by lifting the cage latch:

Anabelle- "How is she supposed to push that herself?

She is three apples tall. 

I like calling people three apples tall.
Why doesn’t Sinbad ever do anything?"

*Sinbad throws a spear to blind the cyclops*

Anabelle- "Nice shot considering he’s hammered."

Rosa- "They just left the guy on the spit."

*a tree falls on a guy in the fight*

Anabelle- " Ooh. That was rough."
 

On literary devices:

Anabelle - (repeatedly) "When are they gonna use THAT?"

Me- "Well, they have to eventually."

Anabelle and Me- "Chekov's giant crossbow!"

On realizations:

Sinbad to the Sorcerer- "I do not trust you."

Anabelle- "Thank you, Sinbad."

On hiding the princess:

"Where is the little house? 

You would see it in his pants."

On the sailors finding the egg:

Anabelle- "That’s the egg? That is massive."

*they complain about starving*
 Anabelle- "You should have taken the guy that was cooking on the spit. He was almost done."

Me- *spits out drink*
*The sailors break the egg and are attacked by the baby Roc*

"They’re so stupid."

On the princess jumping into the lamp:

Anabelle- "I don't think that's how it works."

Sinbad- "Who knows what’s possible in a magic lamp?
Anabelle- "So true."

*She slides into the lamp*

Anabelle- "Wheee!!!
It’s spacious in there."
 
The lamp is dropped:

"Sinbad you clown. You absolute buffoon."
 
On the princess leaving instead of helping:

"Everyone in this movie is stupid. 

Margiana wouldn’t do this. She would do something useful."
 
On taxonomy:

"That's not a dragon. 

It has no wings."
 

On fashion changes:

"Who was that?

Oh the princess has different hair. 

It doesn't look like her at all."

On the spell to regrow the princess:

"Will she have a bird foot?"

On the kid Genie:

"He’s so cute. 

He doesn’t deserve this life of servitude.

Or being in this movie."
 
On killing the dragon:

"So much for the giant crossbow!
Oh he was being dramatic. 

*witch voice* Misery, what a world, what a world."
 
On the genie's final gift to Sinbad and the princess before he's freed and has no powers-

filling the cabin with the cyclops' treasure:

"Guess what that is? 

A king’s ransom."

On the genie now being a normal child, Barani, Sinbad's cabin boy:

"Theory-

Barani is Sinbad in next one. 

That would explain why he’s so much better."

Bonus feature:

The music video for the song released with this film-

"Sinbad May Have Been Bad But He’s Been Good To Me."

Anabelle- *General hysterics*

"Swing it Sinbad"

Rosa- *dances along*

*It ends after three minutes*

Anabelle- "Well, that was horrible."

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