When I think of Sinbad I think of an adventure upon the open seas fraught with adventure and stop motion monsters. Okay, I expect something more along the lines of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. That being said, Sinbad is a sailor, the one featured in this film, not so much. He is a flirt who likes to break into castles to make out with the ruler's wives in almost Aladdin like fashion. Of course, this being made in the 50's means most of the cast looks really European rather than from the Middle East as Vincent Price plays Sinbad's buddy and we have lots of blonds in the king's harem!
The story, Sinbad gets caught trying to make it with a wife and is soon sentenced to death by the king or sultan, I think it would be a sultan. Well, Sinbad finds a reprieve when another gentlemen gives the sultan a way to defeat an invading army and so Sinbad must rescue the girl and find the forty thieves who are now all very attractive women and man Vincent Price was tall!
Not my type of movie, but you do get to see a love of attractive women and seeing Vincent Price in a film is always cool. Though this is not the usual fare for him as his attempts at comedy fall flat more often than not. If you are expecting action as I was, you will probably be disappointed as I was as this is not in the same league as The Seventh Voyage.
So, to me this Sinbad film lacked the adventure one comes to expect from a Sinbad film. Okay, okay, The Seventh Voyage. I expect fighting skeletons and stuff, but we mainly get Sinbad flirting with every girl he comes across and then strangely turning down a chance to be one of only two guys living in a cave with forty attractive and willing girls. What? To hell with going back to that boring town, I would be happy to live alone with 40 pretty girls. I say that now, but it probably would become dangerous after a bit. So expect lots of desert and no seas to be seen in this Sinbad 'adventure'.
The story, Sinbad gets caught trying to make it with a wife and is soon sentenced to death by the king or sultan, I think it would be a sultan. Well, Sinbad finds a reprieve when another gentlemen gives the sultan a way to defeat an invading army and so Sinbad must rescue the girl and find the forty thieves who are now all very attractive women and man Vincent Price was tall!
Not my type of movie, but you do get to see a love of attractive women and seeing Vincent Price in a film is always cool. Though this is not the usual fare for him as his attempts at comedy fall flat more often than not. If you are expecting action as I was, you will probably be disappointed as I was as this is not in the same league as The Seventh Voyage.
So, to me this Sinbad film lacked the adventure one comes to expect from a Sinbad film. Okay, okay, The Seventh Voyage. I expect fighting skeletons and stuff, but we mainly get Sinbad flirting with every girl he comes across and then strangely turning down a chance to be one of only two guys living in a cave with forty attractive and willing girls. What? To hell with going back to that boring town, I would be happy to live alone with 40 pretty girls. I say that now, but it probably would become dangerous after a bit. So expect lots of desert and no seas to be seen in this Sinbad 'adventure'.