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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

The TVClubHouse: Movies & Library ARCHIVES: Movies: May 2004 - March 2005: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow users admin

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Calamity
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10-18-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Opens this week

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 3:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looks intriguing enough to see.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think it looks good,want to take my son to see it.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If this is the future of movies I say "Bring it on" :-)

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saw it this weekend - an entertaining and astonishingly stylish film with a rather weak plot and shallow characterizations (but I wasn't bothered by either of those shortcomings). I suppose the nods to such 1930's pop culture icons as comic books, The Wizard of Oz, Lost Horizon, Metropolis, and King King, among others, may have been too obvious but I got a kick out of them. And there were reminders of later films too - such as the eerie War of the Worlds sound of the robots' laser rays.

Yes, the story was outlandish, the characters too sleek - but that's how those old movies which inspired Sky Captain were! And you have to admit it did have a perfect final line.

I really liked the cast, especially Angelina Jolie, who I wish been in the movie more. Giovanni Ribisi again proves himself to be a terrific character actor. Jude Law & Gwyneth Paltrow also gave enjoyable performances.

There's two shocking moments of visual horror and **Arachnophobe Alert** there's a horrible giant web in the jungle but, thank heavens, we never meet or see any giant spiders. And I was very happy that the movie didn't forget about the animals at the end.

Trailers: SpongeBob, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Incredibles. The two that really caught my attention were Ray and The Aviator.

Hippyt
Member

06-15-2001

Monday, September 27, 2004 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw a photo of Jamie Foxx in Ray. It is amazing the likeness they were able to get to young Ray.

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, everything I've read about Jamie Foxx's performance is that he's absolutely incredible in the role. From what I saw in the trailer, I believe it.

This really has been a great year for movies and there's still a number yet to be released that I'm eagerly looking forward to as well.

Ocean_islands
Member

09-07-2000

Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This was cool, and over the top in a way similar to Van Helsing. I'd call it a nuclear lemon drop. I love that sort of thing but obviously it's empty calories!

Jkm
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07-10-2002

Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 8:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok -- not one I'd rent though

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The only moment I could find to cheer about was when Joe punched Polly in the chops.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's so funny this came back to the top. Just yesterday a friend gave me a copy of this, among many other DVDs, because it was sent to him "For Your Consideration" during Oscar nomination time. So I watched it when I got home from the SB last night. I'm glad I had a few glasses of wine in me when I saw it. Very disappointing.

Tashakinz
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11-13-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was okay. I wasn't overly impressed with the CGI.

Kaili
Member

08-31-2000

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes before I turned it off.