I hate the ending. I went to watch Sinbad today and I hate the ending. I cannot believe Sinbad got his friend's fiance. What the devil?! Is this how cartoon's are nowadays - mirroring our present day morals and principles? So Sinbad's the hero and she's the heroine but she's affianced to his childhood friend, the Prince, which I might add was a cool dude. He was a loyal friend, great personality, trustworthy, great swordsman and he loved her, and the stooopid woman had to go and fall in love with Sinbad. The kind Prince naturally told her to follow her heart and he let her go. He was nice. There was nothing wrong with him - he even put his life literally on the block for Sinbad. Also why couldn't they have created another heroine, a daring younger firebrand sister perhaps that was the one who stowed away, instead of that stooopid ambassador? It is sooo frustrating. I do not like to have my fairytale morality shattered - it is just too disconcerting. If that is the case, Ariel would have become flotsam, the Beast would have remained a beast, Pocahontas would have gone on to live in a colony and died of a broken heart and Nemo would not have been found at all!
So the end is that "Okay kids, it is alright to take your friend's beloved fiance as long as you both love each other. Follow your heart regardless of whatever may be, whatever should be!" I do not have a problem with the characters but the creators of this version of Sinbad. I do not like the ending, it's too real. That is not what cartoons are about. Cartoons are magical, and all the good guys goes home happy.
On the other hand, I love Eris, the Goddess of Discord. She is the most deliciously wicked character ever drawn. She is sexy, sinuous, way cool, and creative as a divine troublemaker, and surprisingly fair in the end. The havoc she created is worthy of her title. The taunts and threats were delivered with sexy drawls and animations. Kudos to Michelle Pfeiffer for doing a great job in the voice dept - think Cat Woman except this time she has the power of the world at her fingertips instead of a whip. Eris is one of the best villains ever in the history of cartoons. I love her. They should definitely bring her back if possible.
However, the heroine, Marina is unremarkable. Nothing to point out except she is fickle-minded. And the fact that Catherine Zeta Jones voiced her is unremarkable too. She was okay. Normal lah.
Overall the cartoon is actually quite good. But it is geared more towards young adults, with lines like:
Scenario: Their boat is trapped in ice and the weather is freezing.
Sinbad to his firstmate who is shirtless: Do put a shirt on before you poke someone's eye out.
That was funny. Lydia and I couldn't help it when we actually guffawed out loud. That, in a cartoon? *grin* The graphics were good and the lines even better. It is actually quite funny. Honestly, if the ending wasn't so crappy I would happily say that it was a great cartoon movie, instead it was a good movie to me. That last bit is the only thing holding me back from giving it a 10.
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