Undeterred, Sinbad tries to steal the Book anyway, but the theft is interrupted by an attack from Cetus the sea monster, and Sinbad saves Proteus instead before getting dragged into the water. Making quick work of its crew, Sinbad finds that the vessel is commanded by Prince Proteus of Syracuse, Sinbad’s childhood best friend. Sinbad and his pirate crew plot to steal and ransom the Book of Peace, a magical book that protects the Twelve Cities, from the ship carrying it to Syracuse. I don’t really know anything about the traditional character beyond that except for whatever I retained from that Popeye movie that I think had him as the villain, which I also don’t expect would be the most faithful. It’s such a generic pitch, I don’t even know what to expect, beyond probably not that great a depiction of Sinbad, since I understand the legendary figure as an Arabic or Middle Eastern sailor and he’s played by Brad Pitt. But it was the last straw for traditional animation at Dreamworks, so I always though I’d eventually give it a chance, and now I am. I was completely unthrilled by the concept when it came out, and it still doesn’t excite me. Nobody wanted this movie, nobody saw this movie.
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