Saturday, September 25, 2004

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

I saw Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow last night. I didn't originally intend to see it but the reviews were very positive. The trailer makes the film seem campy. It's not. It feels like a 1930s serial done with modern technology. Except for the actors, the film is entirely synthetic. It's the retro-future vision of writer/director Kerry Conran. He started out with a six-minute demo of computer-generated robots trampling through New York City. For a first film it's very impressive work. I just wish the script was better. It's beautiful to look at and there are some spectacular action scenes but they don't have a decent story to move along.
posted by Bob at 9/25/2004 06:00:00 PM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit