Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Pros: Cast and effects. Unique movie.
Cons: Some of the CGI stood out. The coloring got annoying at times.

In the last few years I have been able to see many movies at the theater. That also means that I have seen many trailers there as well. Several months ago I first saw a trailer for the movie Sky Captain and the World of the Tomorrow. The ...

Pros: lighting and use of shadows, a nice looking film on the whole
Cons: weak script, weak character development, very weak plot concepts

Scientists are disappearing all over the world, and the seventh man knows exactly why it is all happening. He knows he can prevent a catastrophe from happening, and arranged a meeting with the one person he thinks can help him. That one person is a ...

Pros: A real stretch in the effects department.
Cons: Unfortunately, my mind did not stretch to encompass the plot and characters as well.

With some reluctance on my part, my SO and I went out for dinner and a movie tonight. After having stated to me that he wanted to see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It was, shall I say, an interesting experience. Written and directed by ...

Pros: The film is visually original
Cons: Everything else takes a back seat to the visuals

If you've never seen an average science fiction movie from the thirties, Kerry Conran has recreated the way things were in his directorial debut, "Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow." Unfortunately, Conran, who also wrote the script, did the job a ...

Pros: Interesting effects, storyline, tribute to 1930's serials...
Cons: ...most people don't LIKE 1930's serials.

Before I get too far into this review, you have to know a few things about me. First, I really like sci-fi, even when it's watered down and unintellectual and silly, and is little more than spaceships flying around and zapping things. Second, I really ...

Pros: The visuals are impressive
Cons: Everything else

Don't you hate it when a movie doesn't live up to the hype? I'd heard great things about Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, so I went expecting to be entertained. Heck, some people were heralding it as the next Indiana Jones. Indiana it ...

Pros: very cool graphic gen-fx
Cons: the story needs a lift

This is a rip-roaring homage to the serial short films of Buster Crab, Flash Gordon, and all those Saturday Morning films that folks from my generation went to. Believe it or not, I used to go to the local movie theaters Saturday mornings, and for 6 ...

Pros: Amazing technical performance. Great use of imagery and plot points from films of the thirties.
Cons: It's a nerdy indulgence for lovers of thirties films. Kids don't get it.

There are two things about Sky Captain that are just plain "off the hook." The first is the technical achievement in being able to turn a green screen into a digital scrapbook. This is the kind of film that samples like a kid on Kazaa. The other bit ...

Pros: The art and the look of the entire film, soaring imagination, Jolie and Ribisi
Cons: casting? The energy of the film seems lost in the details

...Or The seven minute short film , created on a Mac with Photoshop, that grew and grew...and grew. This film is one of those that never seemed to hit big news at the box office, and in truth, there are certain flaws which we will discuss. ...

Pros: Great Performances by Paltrow, Ribissi, and Joelie. Fantastic scene transition, costumes, and props.
Cons: Cookie Cutter CGI effects. Law's flat performance.

Hello Movie Goers! Yes it's me YouGuyFriday, coming at you for my one year anniversary on Epinions with my being the first to review a movie ever. Todays conspicuous suspect, Sky Captain And The World of Tommorow. It is a high concept, high ...

Pros: A certain joie de vivre. Gwyneth Paltrow. Angelina Jolie. Futuristic Art Deco production design.
Cons: Jude Law. Muddiness in certain CGI effects.

Darlings. My apologies for being incommunicado the last few weeks but Madame Rose, my publicist, absolutely insisted that I keep a bit of a low profile after my unforgettable appearance at the Republican convention last month. The number was a bit of a ...

Pros: Gwyneth Paltrow. Angelina Jolie. Fantastic pulp fiction look and plot.
Cons: Dialogue and chemistry did not quite click

In 1926, Hugo Gernsback started the modern genre of science fiction by founding Amazing Stories the first pulp SF magazine. Every issue would feature a few usually-hokey SF stories, and a wonderful SF cover, which would, as often as not, feature ...

Pros: Lots of stuff.
Cons: Lots of other stuff.

I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow over three weeks ago, and it’s taken this long to write a review. I’d guess the reason for that would be the film’s lack of motivation for me, which leaves me at a sort of divide. I enjoyed ...

Pros: Well-executed tribute
Cons: Sum of parts greater than the whole

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Directed by Kerry Conran Starring Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, and Giovanni Ribisi **1/2 (out of ****) Agglomerating the themes, styles, and plot structures of older films may not ...

Pros: Spectacular visuals; game, attractive cast not above being overshadowed by effects
Cons: Game, imaginative film makers not above having story overshadowed by effects; derivative

Early in the visually ambitious but mega derivative SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, wile news reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow, in the grand tradition of alliterative comic book names) receives a tip to meet a scientist at Radio City Music ...