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This one was so awesome!!!

Wow another epic Greek myth adventure with amazing practical effects! I had suchhhh a blast watching this one! I would love to watch more like this one!!! Any others you recommend?

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Dylan

As a kid in the 80s this movie was gold! 🔥🔥🔥

Rob Nichols

This was the only Harryhausen film I got to see in the theater, the same summer as Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Superman 2, big year. Ray came out of retirement to make this. Can't wait!

Geoff S.

I almost forgot! The Golden Voyage of Sinbad is another one. Better than the 7th Voyage I think. 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Did you notice Dr. No Bond girl Ursula Andress as Aphrodite? She actually had an affair and a kid with Harry Hamlin off set. Siàn Phillips who played Cassiopeia is another world class actress on the level of Olvier. She is great as the villainess Livia in I, Claudius.

Harvey Lee

I saw this in the theatres as a kid and was spellbound It was the last film Stop motion master Ray Harryhausen worked on . I'm so glad you 're watching these classics they show an artistry that's really rare now Cheers for watching this😄🔥 .

Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson

Burgess Meredith = Mickey in Rocky Hot Shots! parodied Laurence Olivier (Dr. Christian Szell from Marathon Man) with the dentist asking "Is it safe?" 🤓

Marcus Hicks

I was just about to recommend all of the Sinbad movies. They were amazing. Eye of the Tiger was my favourite....though that may have been because of Jane Seymour.

Marcus Hicks

Harryhausen was the absolute GOAT when it comes to stop motion.....even the awesome Aardman Animation Studio can't match him IMHO.

Henchman Twenty1

I was in high school when this came out and saw it in the theater. This was so fun!

Jason Scade

Oh wow, what a wonderful surprise! So delighted you selected this for yourself! I was literally at the 10 sec countdown to watch your Thor: Dark World, then this popped up. Will have to re-schedule The Thunder Dude. I wonder how much you loved Bubo. 🦉

Jason Scade

@Henchman 😂 @Arthur. I've recommended 70s classic, mysterious thriller 'Marathon Man' a few times. Along with the pulp fiction-esque, 'What If..', also 70s thriller, 'The Boys From Brazil'. Which also stars Laurence Olivier.

Rob Nichols

Ray's Sinbad films are great adventures, as others have said. Though not from Harryhausen Krull is a similar fantasy adventure, great practical effects and an awesome score from James Horner.

Jesse Hamm

I was 5 years old when my family and I saw this in a drive-in theater. It left quite the impression on us and became a recurring favorite among our periodic VHS rentals in the years that followed.

Over50Gamer

I really enjoyed this one! I haven't seen it since I was 10 or 11, so I had to watch it here with you. The only bad thing is having to rent it, as seeing it in a small box on the watchalong just wouldn't cut it, but it was worth it to experience this magical movie again. Some may think the effects are so inferior compared to now, but the acting, storytelling and script more than make up for it.

Marcus Hicks

BTW, I suspect the two-headed dog was related to Cerberus in some way (maybe one of its offspring).

zynjams

My friend created the owl, she clay sculpted the original, and the special effects team made it come to life

Nicholas Bielik

Super enjoyable reaction. So glad you loved this one. I saw it in the theater as a kid. It checked all the boxes. I was already kind of a nut for Harryhausen films when i saw this one, but Clash of the Titans became my favorite of his movies. His ambitions here are through the roof. Medusa is, for me, his finest achievement as a special effects artist (though everything here is top notch).

Kevin Sommerfield

Thanks for watching this one! It came out when I was a kid, but I never saw it because I heard it was just a mashup of Greek Myths. I think that after Star Wars and other blockbusters in the late 70's, there was kind of a backlash among some people against big effects movies. Still, there are a lot of famous elements and scenes ("Release the Kraken") from this movie, and I finally got to see them with this watch-along! Thanks again for all the reactions!

ED209

Funnily enough Jen, there were no effects team on Jason and the Argonauts or any of the film Ray Harryhausen did as chief visual effects artist. He did all of the effects on his own. All of them, not just the stop-motion, but all the stuff like the smoke or superimposed faces or making Jason small in Mount Olympus etc. Clash of the Titans is the only time he had an assistant for the entire production. Harryhausen is the only case in the history of film of visual effects artist as auteur. Stan Winston and Rob Bottin were great effects masters, but Terminator and The Thing are a James Cameron film and a John Carpenter film. Nobody calls Jason and the Argonauts a Don Chaffey film or Clash of the Titans a Desmond Davis film. They are Ray Harryhausen films Harryhausen was some kind of producer, credited or otherwise alongside his producing partner Charles H. Schneer on 12 of the 16 feature films he worked on. On these films, Harryhausen helped develop the initial story treatments, settling on the film's theme and all the creatures and effects that would be needed for the story before passing it along to a writer and later a director. They are working on producing his vision. My personal favourite of his that I have seen is The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973). The second in his trilogy of standalone adventures inspired by the legendary hero.

Lee R.

Great movie, saw it in the theater as a kid and still love it. Besides all the Sinbad movies already mentioned, a few other old good ones are Mysterious Island and The Land That Time Forgot. Also, if you want to see a stop-motion that's on the silly side, check out Caveman starring Ringo Starr, very funny!!

Darryl Low

Epic reaction Jen. Definitely had a fun time watching this with you. Bubo is definitely the MVP haha. I think my favourite sequence is The Isle of the Dead and Medusa. So creepy and masterfully done. The score is so epic and heroic as well. The 3 Ray Harryhausen Sinbad movies are really cool as well, and also Mysterious Island. And Rob suggested Krull, which you would definitely enjoy the epic adventure and score. Thanks for another awesome video today Jen 😊

Kevin Sommerfield

Jen, you asked about similar adventure movies to Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts: The 1940 movie The Thief of Bagdad is good. You could also try the Sinbad series, which I have not seen but have read (here) that Harryhausen was involved with (Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger). If you reacted to that series I could finally see them, which would be great! You could also try Time Bandits, which is weirder and more whimsical, but which is one of my favorite fantasies. (it is by Terry Gilliam, who did 12 Monkeys). Thanks again for the reactions!

Jessie Caldwell

I agree with Kevin, definitely watch Harryhausen's Sinbad series...Golden Voyage is the best of those, IMHO. One other quick note, I've always felt the Medusa sequence in Clash Of The Titans to be the best stop-motion monster scene ever created, and a close second would be the Cain robot from Robocop 2.

Noremac

If you want to see the inspiration for all these stop-motion/live-action hybrid films, you should watch the classic King Kong from 1933. It is considered one of the best and/or most important films of all time, and is still an enjoyable watch to this day.

Rob Nichols

A big YES to King Kong! Willis O'Brien's stop motion work on Kong inspired so many effects artists including Ray Harryhausen, who got his start assisting O'Brien on Mighty Joe Young.

Rob Nichols

A few suggestions for Mysterious Island, another good one from Harryhausen. But bear in mind it's an unofficial sequel to Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

Gary Cameron

Great movie and great reaction. I never saw it in the theater, but I watched it on VHS not long after it came out. Though not a mythology-based movie, I suggest you watch "The 300 Spartans" (1962), the movie that in part inspired the makers of "300". There were a HUGE number of "sword and sandals" movies made in the 1950s and early 1960s, all based around stories of ancient Greece and Rome.

Gary Cameron

Actually, I think there was a bit of a slacking-off in mythical-hero movies from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s (all those dystopian movies!) and that "Star Wars" (1977), along with "Superman" (1978), brought back the idea.

Michael Tuffin

I found this interesting when I saw it as a 12 year old in theaters, this is my first rewatch since then…just too corny today….but still better than the crappy remake

Curran Dobbs

You asked about Burgess Merideth in the opening credits. He was the Penguin in the 60's Batman TV series (and the movie). :) Unfortunately he had passed away when they did the 50th anniversary animated movie but they brought back Adam West, Burt Ward, and one of the surviving villains (won't spoil which villains are in it).

Zapp Rowsdower

The title itself became a term used in other media, like in wrestling. Also, in 1991, Clash of the Titans was the name of a tour: Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax, with opening act Alice in Chains. It was a huge tour at the time, for metal. I recall that Megadeth and Slayer took turns headlining, so Slayer would play last one night, Megadeth the next, etc. A good idea when there are "clashing" egos.

OrioleBird

Like several others have mentioned I think "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1973) and "Mysterious Island" (1961) would be excellent choices in the future. They both definitely have that sense of adventure and amazement that Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans have. Mysterious Island doesn't take place in ancient times, though, rather in the 1860's. The opening musical chords of Mysterious Island still send chills through me.

Joe Blankenship

It's so weird when they're filming daytime for night. I don't seem to remember it being so obvious back on the old CRT's.

Lanny Stanfield

The Medusa scene scared the bejeesus out of me as a kid. Even though it was claymation it was surprisingly well done.

Zapp Rowsdower

Yep. Burgess Meredith, aka Mick from Rocky, aka, the Penguin from '66 Batman, aka dad from Grumpy Old Men. And yes, the phrase "release the Kraken" came from this movie. It wasn't often quoted until the last decade or two, leading many to know the phrase without knowing its origin.

Jason Scade

That's awesome! Show her Jen's reaction. :D

Jason Scade

Epic! 💜 You've plenty of suggestions already for further similar monster movies. For further Laurence Olivier, I'd recommend awesome 70s thrillers; The Boys From Brazil Marathon Man

Nicholas Bielik

He was supposed to be Cerberus, but Harryhausen remembered how difficult it was to animate the multiple heads of the hydra from Jason and the Argonauts (“Was that head moving forward or backwards?”) that he decided to just do two heads instead of three!

Rob Nichols

He did the same thing in It Came from Beneath the Sea by giving the giant octopus six tentacles to reduce the work load. He called it a sexapus.

Elliot

Make sure you watch Krull. Epic fantasy movie from the 80's. Dont wait for a poll Jen. You will absolutely love this.

Thadman

Same. Loved it and I remember people being charmed by Bubo.

Thadman

Medusa was my favorite effect scene. It gave me the creeps, big time, in the movie theater. Just chills. We came out of it raving about how creepy she was. And yes, "Release the Krakken" is from this. Iconic.