Thief of Bagdad
First off, thanks Cricket for the link for this - very much appreciated!
A lot of fun, a little cheesy at times and effects that go from the outlandish to the intriguing definitely sums up this film.
It definitely runs the spectrum of what may be considered an epic fantasy adventure. Especially in the final third of the movie and I found myself traversing from enjoyment to eye rolling as I watched this.
On a side note: I did continually see all kinds of distinct references where Disney used this film for for their animated Aladdin. Many of the characters specifically looked damned close for it not to be a coincidence. Though I kept thinking it funny that the thieving Abu would become a monkey in Disney's rendition.
When watching movies I often go to IMDB to see what else they have done and I remember CR noting on how "nobody plays evil like Conrad Veidt." and wandered to see the amazing list he had of characters. The first I recognized was The German officer in
Casablanca and I was VERY surprised to see that in the movie
The Man Who Laughs he would be the inspiration that Bob Cane used when creating The Joker
How cool is that?
Another thing I agree with is that the actor who played Ahmed reminded me very much of Errol Flynn. It was a bit uncanny.
Thanks Raul for nominating this