Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
It struck me towards the end of this master piece how visual effects legend Ray Harryhausen lulls you into proceedings. Beginning with the statuesque Talos, a slow moving almost lumbering giant cast out of bronze. Then we have a couple of Harpies, more complex in their movements especially when in flight.
The Clashing Rocks are the calm before the storm so to speak because soon after the shit really does hit the stop motion fan with the multi headed snake like Hydra before the pièce de résistance head f*ck of the "children of the Hydra's teeth" - seven sword and shield wielding skeletons. The stop motion animation work that went into them must have been obscene.
Stunning stuff. The rest of the movie pales in comparison.
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