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Sky Captain & The World Of Tomorrow -- underrated?

  • 05-06-2010 5:49pm
    #1
    Richard Dower
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    I always loved this retro 30's Saturday morning serial homage, visually it was stunning. The CGI (imo) is some of the finest i've seen, considering it was one of the very first to use an entire virtual backlot and introduced new tech whereby actors could move around or behind CGI elements and considering it all came from ONE guy who took 6 YEARS to create a scene from the movie on his MAC.....i think it deserves more props.

    Critics raved about it's technical attributes, but slated the story. For me it was like watching those classic 30's Flash Gordon, i thought it was a really entertaining movie.


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  • #2
    Your Airbag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,517 ✭✭✭Your Airbag


    Its a curious mix of film Noir and science fiction. I watched it and enjoyed it but I did have to switch the Brain off. I only watched it because of Miss Jolie is in it, so it was a win win.


  • #3
    DirkVoodoo
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    Definitely, I thought it was excellent. Maybe some of the actors struggled with the green screen in a wooden George Lucas kind of way, but I think if it were released in cinemas now as a 3D movie it would probably be more successful. It's a purely visual movie after all. Maybe taking a story that borrowed less from 30s pulp and had more relevance for modern audiences might have helped, but you can't say it wasn't fun (if not hollow).


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    krudler
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    I loved it, I'm not a Jude Law fan but it was a lot of fun


  • #5
    Kess73
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    Loved it. The old Flash Gordon comparison is a great one. It really does feel like one of the fun sci fi features from the 1930 or 1940 era, just with the advantage of modern technology.


    It is also a film that can be watched over and over, with it retaining that sense of fun.


  • #6
    Karl Hungus
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    You know, it's a film that I've always meant to see. Thanks for reminding me, must get around to it.


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  • #7
    TonyD79
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    DirkVoodoo wrote: »
    Maybe some of the actors struggled with the green screen in a wooden George Lucas kind of way

    George Lucas Industrial Light & Magic did the CGI not to mention quite a large per centage of the recent CGI dominated films that dont bear Lucas name


  • #8
    iMax
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    Great flick. Looks superb in HD also. Loads of great in jokes & for what it is, great performances.

    The director went on to do the coke ad with the girl growing up meeting Santa every year.

    Unfortunately, that's about all he ever did after.


  • #9
    DirkVoodoo
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    TonyD79 wrote: »
    George Lucas Industrial Light & Magic did the CGI not to mention quite a large per centage of the recent CGI dominated films that dont bear Lucas name

    I meant George's direction of his actors in front of a green/blue screen in the star wars prequels, he doesn't exactly give them much to work with. I mean come on, Samuel L Jackson was about as stiff as a piece of plywood.


  • #10
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    iMax wrote: »
    Great flick. Looks superb in HD also. Loads of great in jokes & for what it is, great performances.

    The director went on to do the coke ad with the girl growing up meeting Santa every year.

    Unfortunately, that's about all he ever did after.

    Kerry Conran....would like to see more from him.


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