Review of The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) by Tim S — 30 Mar 2012
I've never read Gulliver's Travels, so I can't make a proper comparison of story vs. film, but I'm told it's a very faithful version of it. Reuniting from their previous film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Harryhausen, Kerwin Matthews and the gang come back together for more "Dynamation" with The 3 Worlds of Gulliver.
Love conquers all in this story, as our lead actor is put in situations where he both towers over everyone and shakes from below. The effects are fun and Bernard Herrmann's score are wonderful, but I can't help the feeling that there needs to be something new thrown into the mix.
The effects stop being wonderous and imaginative and become the normal way of doing things, so new and different stories were needed to shake things up a bit. The 3 Worlds of Gulliver isn't particularly memorable, but it's decent enough of its own terms.
Thankfully the Harryhausen crowd would go on to create more memorable and interesting films.
This review of The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) was written by Tim S on 30 Mar 2012.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver has generally received mixed reviews.
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