Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [2004 film]
by Kerry Conran (Director)
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Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today.Tags
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The film is thoroughly pretty, though the story is purposefully very campy. It suffers a bit from a plotwise and pacing-wise weaker first 30-40 minutes (though this is perhaps the prettiest part of the film from a visual standpoint), but by the second half it is exciting and funny and worth the investment of time to get there. Also notable from a technical standpoint as groundbreaking in virtually nothing but the actors being non-CGI.
Delightfully illustrated but woodenly acted version of the future as viewed from the 1920s and 1930s.
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If we think we've seen something like this before in a melodramatic, sci-fi-saturated ripping yarn, well, we haven't -- not exactly. Which is what writer-director Kerry Conran has in mind. His shimmering zeppelin of an entertainment, born of his own cinematic and technological obsessions, is, as they say in crossword puzzles, a oner-as singular in its vision and wit as Wallace & Gromit or The show more Road Warrior is. Sky Captain is the very opposite of a committeemade Hollywood production. It's the creation of one talented guy making his first feature film who has been given once-in-a-lifetime, big-budget backing and cartoonishly famous movie stars to make his dream come true. The investment is optimistic and wise; Sky Captain is a gorgeous, funny, and welcome novelty. show less
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"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is even more fun than it sounds like. In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It's like a film that escaped from the imagination directly onto the screen, without having to pass through reality along the way.
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- Canonical title
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [2004 film]
- Original title
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Original publication date
- 2004-04-04
- Related movies
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004 | IMDb)
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 791.4372
- Canonical LCC
- PN1995.9.S26
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- Reviews
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- Rating
- (3.25)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- ISBNs
- 12
- UPCs
- 11
- ASINs
- 32
