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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 2:30 pm
Opens this week
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 3:46 pm
Looks intriguing enough to see.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 4:08 pm
I think it looks good,want to take my son to see it.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:39 pm
If this is the future of movies I say "Bring it on" 
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 11:33 am
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.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Monday, September 27, 2004 - 12:08 pm
I saw a photo of Jamie Foxx in Ray. It is amazing the likeness they were able to get to young Ray.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 10:43 am
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.
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Ocean_islands
Member
09-07-2000
| Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 2:25 pm
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!
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, October 19, 2004 - 8:58 am
Ok -- not one I'd rent though
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:33 am
The only moment I could find to cheer about was when Joe punched Polly in the chops.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 11:33 am
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.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:23 am
It was okay. I wasn't overly impressed with the CGI.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:32 am
I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes before I turned it off.
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