Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

OCTOBER 19, 2004

This movie was beautiful but boring. Kerry Conran, the director, focused too much on creating a 1940s feel and not nearly enough time on the plot and dialogue. I felt almost no attachment to the characters. Additionally, it felt like they were playing bad versions of old characters in movies (Gwenyth Paltrow tried desperately to be Hildy from His Girl Friday). There just wasn't enough nuance.

The spectacular visuals are what made this movie tolerable. If you love love love CGI, then you should see this movie (almost every scene was shot on a blue screen). Otherwise, skip it or wait to rent it. It's definitely not worth $10.

Posted in Film at 11:25 am.