The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Monster Series (Jason and the Argonauts / The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad / The Golden Voyage of Sinbad / Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger / The 3 Worlds of Gulliver)

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A FEAST FOR THE EYES.......2007-09-12

This collection of very-special effect movies may seem rather crude to the new computer generation, but these were, and are, wonderful adventures
featuring the work of a giant moviemaker: Ray Harryhausen. He brought us magic and fantasy and thrills and wonder, all in beautiful color. The world of movie fantasies owes such an enormous debt to this pioneer!

We don't all have the same preferences for individual titles, but this collection will satisfy every adventure-lover. Don't pass it up!

Ages well........2007-07-26

I enjoyed seeing these films again for nostalgic reasons but, I also shared them with a friend's children and they loved them, too.

A must for the avid fan's.......2007-05-19

Great movie selections, old fashioned camera tricks, if you missed the good old days or just waana relive the memories of your childhood, watching these movies really do remind me of my simple and fun days as a kid.

They're not bad at all, they are classics and worth to be in your DVD collections.

Harryhausen Rules !!.......2007-05-16

It's always fun to watch Ray Harryhausen's films. Stop animation is all but a lost art because of computer graphics. CG is cool too, but there's a nostalgia with stop animation. Save for Tim Burton and the Wallace and Gromit folks, no one is doing it anymore and I think it's so much fun to watch. All of the movies in this Harryhausen set are worth watching. The best one is Jason and the Argonauts. It's also fun seeing that at the end of all the Sinbad movies, two creatures always duke it out while Sinbad and his crew are trying to get away. So grab your popcorn and have a nostalgic movie night with this set!

Harryhausen is king........2007-05-15

The man gets a plug in Monsters Inc. What more can I add.

The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Science Fiction Series (It Came from Beneath the Sea / Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / 20 Million Miles to Earth / Mysterious Island / H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon)

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Another Classic's; Worthy to be in your shelves.
fun older scifi of high quality and quirky twists
FAKE "widescreen" ruins several titles!
The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Science Fiction Series
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The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Science Fiction Series (It Came from Beneath the Sea / Earth vs. the Flying Saucers / 20 Million Miles to Earth / Mysterious Island / H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon)
Starring: Kenneth Tobey , Faith Domergue , Donald Curtis , Ian Keith , and Dean Maddox Jr.
Director: Robert Gordon , Fred F. Sears , and Nathan Juran
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00062IVPI
Release Date: 2004-11-30

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Five classic movies from Ray Harryhausen in a stunning collector's box. JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS: Nancy Kovack, Todd Armstrong, Gary Raymond, Honor Blackman; SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, THE: Kathryn Grant, Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher; GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD, THE: Caroline Munro, John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, John Garfield; SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER: Taryn Power, Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour; 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER, THE: Jo Morrow, Kerwin Mathews, June Thorburn, Lee Patterson

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Another Classic's; Worthy to be in your shelves........2007-05-19

Just as I enjoy the Legendary Monster Series Collection of Harryhausen, I have this one as well, not as great as the Legendary Monster Series, but just as enjoyable.

Can't beat the old camera tricks on these movies, for any avid fan of old movies, don't forget to have this one as well.

fun older scifi of high quality and quirky twists.......2006-06-16

I greatly enjoyed these films as a kid, which would come on every so once in a while and were a wonderful treat. The scripts of these are pretty good, though when seen from the standpoint of our era of relativism, they can seem a bit one-dimensional.

I would say they fall into categories. First, there are shoot-em-up monster flicks. These (It came..., Earth v...) are not complex or very sophisticated films, but they do strive to have some interesting characters. Earth v., I admit, has rather flat acting, but I did like the scientist-hero guy.

Second, there are really good scifi films, Mysterious and 20 Million: these have good characters and actors set in pretty complex plots. Mysterious is the best of the lot in my view, and I throughly enjoyed it as did my kids. 20 is also good, as the viewer does feel some for the monster. They are both scary and keep the viewer wondering what and why the whole time.

Third, there is the zany First Men, which features a silly genius type and a subtly bizarre civilization on the Moon. Alas, it was too much of a kids' film for my taste, but then my kids liked it while I could exercise my imagination with the elaborate insect culture.

Of course, what binds them all is the masterful special effects of Harryhausen, which are crude by today's digital standards but really fun and vivid.

Warmly recommended. This is a set I can share with my kids for years, which I will enjoy too.

FAKE "widescreen" ruins several titles!.......2006-04-28

Although I am a fan of all the films in this collection, and the quality of reproduction is good, I wound-up trading away three of these five films in anger! "It Came from Beneath the Sea", "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," and "Mysterious Island" (none of which were originally filmed in a widescreen process) are all presented in a FAKE "widescreen" which does nothing more than essentially cut-off the tops and bottoms of the films as originally presented. Thus--watching them is like watching the originals through a mail-slot! As a purist, I consider this to be sacrilege, and my purchase of this collection essentially a complete waste of money! (Fortunately--though wearing out--I still have my VHS copies of these films, which are much closer to the original film ratio.)

The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen - Legendary Science Fiction Series .......2006-03-17

Truely Classic SF - Who needs SiFi Channel, Ray Harryhausen at his very best.

wowie,zowie!.......2006-01-30

wonderful stuff for film fans of all ages,a superb collection,especially to those of us who are tired of cgi.the real standout is mysterious island with striking visualsand a splendid bernard hermann score. the real treat is herbert lom as captain nemo.

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