Saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow yesterday. Frankly, it was highly entertaining. The distraction that the whole sets were done with CGI was over after about a second or two since the colour-toning of the movie actually made it work with the actors. Odd as ILM was involved and they’ve done worse and worse effects each year since Jurassic Park.

The acting was spot on, caturing the essance of old pulp stories from the fifties. And all the homages to other films, I think I spoetted most of them. Some scenes look as if they were taken straight out of an old Superman cartoon. While much of it was completely obvious it did actually surprise me a few times.

Quite a surprise. An (almost) perfect sunday afternoon type of movie.

Comments

1. Yep, that pretty much sums it up.
   
   I probably would have enjoyed it a bit more if it hadn’t been for Alan Moores Tom Strong and the countless Commander Cody-episodes I’ve been watching lately.
   — plank    (@ 16. October 2004, 23:43)
2. Commander Cody? Never heard of it.Enlighten me, please.
   
   (Almost bought the latest issue of Tom Strong, but since Cameron Stewart was replaced I didn’t bother.)
   — Nicklas    (@ 17. October 2004, 00:50)
3. Doh, I meant CommandO Cody, not commandER. A horrible tv-series from the fifties featuring almost everything seen in Sky Captain, but without the neato special effects and actual plot structure.
   It’s pretty much pure cinematic torture.
   — plank    (@ 17. October 2004, 16:18)

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