RIP: Ray Harryhausen--What are your favorite Harryhausen movies?

Started by Mitchellmania, May 13, 2013, 12:33:01 PM

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Jim Bertges

The only Harryhausen film I remember being disappointed in was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. The film had its moments (like the brilliantly animated baboon), but overall it was not as good as it could have been. That said I'd rather watch a Harryhausen film than nearly anything else, there's a magic to his work that was rarely captured on screen.
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Quote from: Jim Bertges on May 26, 2013, 03:50:30 AM
The only Harryhausen film I remember being disappointed in was Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. The film had its moments (like the brilliantly animated baboon), but overall it was not as good as it could have been. That said I'd rather watch a Harryhausen film than nearly anything else, there's a magic to his work that was rarely captured on screen.
And even that film was a masterpiece compared to anything by Michael Bay.  I remember seeing that film in the theatre, and enjoying it.  Harryhausen films are something like westerns.  If you're a fan of the genre, the film doesn't have to be great to be enterttaining.
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Joseph_Baeza

"Jason and the Argonauts" is probably his masterpiece, however, I would argue that his classic Medusa scene from "Clash of the Titans" just about rivals anything he has ever done, including his 7 fighting skeletons battling Jason and his crew.  He was truly a genius and a visionary.


GeekDragon

I love them all, but my top favorites are Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans.  I can watch these over and over, and over.......

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