01-25-2019, 08:17 PM
(01-25-2019, 06:38 PM)bionicbob Wrote:(01-25-2019, 01:30 PM)TM2YC Wrote: The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
A remake of the wonderful 1924 Douglas Fairbanks Silent film (which I marginally prefer), a precursor to the 1960s historical films of Ray Harryhausen and a heavy influence on Disney's 'Aladdin'. The dotty old Sultan and his evil Grand Vizier Jaffar are lifted wholesale, along with several other elements, including musical motifs. There is also a hint of 'Temple of Doom' when the eponymous thief is robbing a magic jewel from a giant statue (including a giant spider battle). If you like any of those sorts of adventures, then you'll have fun with this.
Absolutely LOVE this movie!!!! Saw for the first time when I was 7 years old, and still enjoy it thoroughly to this day. My greatest joy was introducing it to my daughter when she was 6, and seeing her fall in love with the same wonder and magic. It is still one of favourite movies to watch together.
WOW! One of the first adventure films that I ever saw! My MeMaw had an old...get this...video disc of it (they were in a plastic case and looked like records) in glorious Technicolor.
We used to beg her to let us watch it. We usually had to do some mundane chore to earn the privelege like scraping the cow manure out of the stalls in the barn. It was always worth it. Best time we ever had scraping manure.
An old favorite for sure but the recollection is making me smell cows for some reason.
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