Movie of the Week: "You really must learn to win without cheating, or at least lose gracefully"

That's right, the movie of the week is Jason and the Argonauts! This is one of my all time favorite movies, and a movie a most people of my generation aren't necessarily familiar with. I was shocked to learn this, since I spent some of the best hours of high school watching this and Clash of the Titans with my friends. But looking back, we were all into sword fighting, took Latin, and toyed with claymation in our spare time. 

If you aren't familiar with the film, here's what you need to know. It was made in 1963. It features the effects of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. His stop animation in this movie is amazing, so much so that he considers it his best work. The skeleton fight scene in the end is what this movie is best known for, and it's a thing of awe-striking beauty. The skeletons aside this movie is so unbelievably wonderful. The Hera mast, the giant bronze Talos, the Golden Fleece...what more could you ask for in a movie?

If you haven't seen it, watch it here.

~Lauren