Jason and the Argonauts is a quaintly dated epic about a Greek mythic hero's adventures. It is overly melodramatic, occasionally creaky, and very, very corny. However, what stands above all this is special effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen's fantastic special effects, using miniatures and stop motion animation to bring to life the mythical monsters and dangers Jason and his crew comes across. The story almost feels like an excuse for Harryhausen to dazzle us with skeleton warriors and giant bronze statues with a mind of their own, and that's totally okay because it's worth it just to get to the scenes where Harryhausen puts every ounce of imagination, skill and craft into building amazing action sequences, worlds and monsters.
Grade: B
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