SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW [2004 / 2017] [Special Collector’s Edition] [Blu-ray] [US Release] The World Will Tremble! Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen In A Movie!
If the world is in trouble and there’s no one else to turn to, it’s Sky Captain to the rescue! When mysterious giant robots begin attacking the streets of New York, intrepid reporter Polly Perkins [Gwyneth Paltrow] is on the story and enlists the aid of ace aviator and old flame Joseph “Sky Captain” Sullivan [Jude Law]. Their mission is to find out who’s behind these killing machines and stop a plot to destroy the world before it is too late.
Co-starring Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie as the ravishing Captain Franky Cook and Giovanni Ribisi as the technical genius Dex. ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ features innovative state-of-the-art special effects that will thrill and amaze you right through to the action-packed finale.
FILM FACT: Kerry Conran spent four years making a black-and-white teaser with a bluescreen set up in his living room and using a Macintosh IIci personal computer and sold by Apple Computer. He was able to show it to Avnet, who was so impressed that he spent two years working with him on his screenplay. No major studio was interested in Sky Captain, but Avnet convinced Aurelio De Laurentiis to finance Sky Captain without a distribution deal. Almost 100 digital artists, modellers, animators and compositors created the multi-layered 2D and 3D backgrounds for the live-action footage while the entire movie was sketched out via hand-drawn storyboards and then re-created as CGI animatic animated storyboard. Ten months before Kerry Conran made it; he shot it entirely with stand-ins in Los Angeles and then created it in animatic animated storyboard so the actors could envision how the film would look.
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili, Sir Laurence Olivier (archive footage), Angelina Jolie, Trevor Baxter, Julian Curry, Peter Law, Jon Rumney, Khan Bonfils, Samta Gyatso, Louis Hilyer, Mark Wells, James Cash, Tenzin Bhagen, Thupten Tsondru, Matthew Grant, Steve Morphew, Nancy Crane, Stuart Milligan, Paul Canter, Demetri Goritsas, William Hope, Jonathan Keeble, Stephane Cornicard, Stephen Ballantyne, Victor Sobchak, Mido Hamada, Gerard Monaco, Chris Robson, Matthew Coulter, Merritt Yohnka, Karl Champley (uncredited), David Decio (uncredited), Matthew Feitshans (uncredited), Charlotte Kyle (uncredited), Sky Soleil (uncredited) and Chuen Tsou (uncredited)
Director: Kerry Conran
Producers: Aurelio De Laurentiis, Bill Haber, Brooke Breton, Hester Hargett-Aupetit, Jon Avnet, Jude Law, Marsha Oglesby, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Robert Gordon and Sadie Frost
Screenplay: Kerry Conran
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Cinematography: Eric Adkins (Director of Photography)
Image Resolution: 1080p [Color by DeLuxe]
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 [Anamorphic]
Audio: English: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound, French: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound and Spanish: 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Subtitles: English SDH, English, French and Spanish
Running Time: 106 minutes
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Paramount Pictures / Brooklyn Films / Filmauro
Andrew’s Blu-ray Review: For director Kerry Conran, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a lifelong dream come true. It’s a sentimental trip into a bygone era of heroic filmmaking, a throwback to a sci-fi world of pistons, motors, and gears. If you’re nostalgic for that stuff, and you care share Kerry Conran’s dream for the 1930s nostalgia themed filmmaking is revisited, then you’re going to go wild and your mind for ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ especially with the very over the top and well-constructed CGI computer generated effects that suits this film 100%.
The story is something akin to an old action-adventure serial like Flash Gordon with shades of Indiana Jones mixed in ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ opens with giant out of control robots attacking circa 1939 New York, that march through its concrete canyons wreaking havoc. With intrepid, Lois Lane cloned reporter Polly Perkins [Gwyneth Paltrow] right in the thick of things. New York calls in their hero for hire, Joseph “Sky Captain” Sullivan [Jude Law], a flying ace with a team of hot shots and planes stocked with interesting gadgets. Think of them as an early version of the Bat plane. Soon Polly Perkins and Joseph “Sky Captain” Sullivan are embroiled in a plot to kidnap missing scientists and destroy the world, the sort of thing that could come out of just about any old pulp comic or might be comfortable on a shelf next to “Attack of the Fifty Foot Man.”
Could these metal monsters be connected to the disappearance of the world's most celebrated scientists? Reporter Polly Perkins [Gwyneth Paltrow] thinks so and is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Joining forces with ace pilot Joseph “Sky Captain” Sullivan [Jude Law], aka “Sky Captain,” the plucky newshound follows a trail that takes them from the frozen Himalayas to a giant hovering airstrip, to a jungle island populated by prehistoric creatures. However, their antagonistic relationship means they spend more time at each other's throats than they do saving the world.
From the stunning opening scene of, a giant airship, the Hindenburg III, docking at the summit of the Empire State Building and director Kerry Conran presents us with an eye-popping visual CGI computer generated extravaganza. This is a world of tentacle-limbed androids, bird-like bombers, miniature animals and gleaming space rockets that recall fond memories of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. Kerry Conran also pays homage to films like ‘King Kong,’ ‘Metropolis’ and a dozen other screen favourites.
The film ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ is a technical tour de force for director Kerry Conran, who spent years working on its elaborate images with his production designer brother Kevin Conran. Shooting his actors against a blue screen, Kerry Conran then placed them within fantastical settings where every detail was CGI digitally created. Tinged in the sepia tones of a classic black-and-white action packed film, the $70 million (£39 million) result is a fascinating experiment that mixes state-of-the-art software with the vintage aesthetic of Hollywood's golden age. One of the most emotionally affecting moments of ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ comes, during the closing credits, when jazz vocalist Jane Monheit sings "Over the Rainbow." It's a wistful, haunting rendition that plays beautifully off Judy Garland's ‘The Wizard of Oz’ version, becoming at once old and new, and a total homage to the original. Plus, there's a fine comeback for one of the greatest actors of the last century, which of course is Sir Lawrence Olivier as a holographic image. The whole package is a labour of love for the director Kerry Conran, the film offers a lot to every viewer who is keen to view this action packed film and a lot of tongue in cheek humour and critics who took this film so serious with their nasty negative comments should get a life, whereas I thoroughly enjoyed this brilliant film and people should give it a chance, even though it was not a box office smash hit.
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW MUSIC TRACK LIST
OVER THE RAINBOW [By E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen]
CRYSTAL APPEARS [By Herbert Stothart]
FAIRYLAND [By Herbert Stothart]
OVER THE RAINBOW [Performed by Jane Monheit]
Blu-ray Image Quality – Paramount Pictures brings you this Blu-ray disc with an outstanding 1080p image presentation and an equally impressive 1.85:1 [Anamorphic] aspect ratio. The makers initially wanted to make it in Black-and-White and when overruled on commercial viability grounds, developed a hybrid look of varying amounts of colour saturation and detail. The scenes were "lit" after they'd been composited, making for a look that ranges from nourish deep shadows to a pastel Technicolor effect. Skin tones look hand-tinted and everything else looks like burnished glowing metal. Shadow detail and black levels are solid. Fine detail in the fabrics and distant objects are nice and clear and the print is free of any anomalies. So all in all a really great effort on the part of Paramount Pictures.
Blu-ray Audio Quality – Paramount Pictures brings you a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio presentation experience and I can tell you that audio soundtrack rocks the house with its brilliant Surround Audio Mix and your surround rear speakers get a real workout and this is definitely another great demo show-off Blu-ray disc. The whole soundstage is clear and detailed with impressive action sequences as the robots stomp through the city and airplanes and bullets whiz by your head. Dialogue and music is properly mixed and free of distortion, so make sure the neighbours are not around when the surround sound really lets rip and kicks in.
Blu-ray Special Features and Extras:
Audio Commentary by Producer Jon Avnet: Here we are personally introduced by Jon Avnet, who informs us that he was the producer for the film of ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW,’ and also informs us that he is the CEO of Brooklyn Films. At the time of this recording, it was six years onwards since the film was released in 2004. Jon Avnet talks about the famous 1998 Six Minute Demo Film by Kerry Conran that Jon viewed and was really keen to make the film, and of course the images we get to view at the start of the film is very similar to the demo film, which of course was originally in black-and-white, and of course Jon was really very impressed by what he viewed with the demo film, and of course was keen to get the finance up and running, but before the film got made, Kerry Conran and Jon Avnet spent two years putting the screenplay together, and by the time the was ready to be shot, the screenplay went through six drafts, but of course that was just the tip of the iceberg, because the next four years was a total hard slog in making the film. Also there had to be well known actors to appear in the film, so they contacted Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow as first choice and were shown the six minute demo film and were totally hooked and keen to appear in the film. Because Jon initially put his own finance into the film, but as things progressed he was seeing the money disappear and of course now needed to get other people involved in the financing of the film, so Jon contacted Aurelio De Laurentiis and Filmauro, who also saw the six minute demo film and were more than keen to finance the whole film. Jon felt because Jude law had worked on the stage, he would be so ideal for this film, especially as all the actors had to work in the studio where everything was painted blue and just a few objects to help them get some perspective, whereas some actors who were not experienced, would acted like wooden and stiff, in not knowing what to do in certain scenes. Jon also feels all the other main actors in the film were totally true actors and very professional, who gave their best performance for this film. Because they found out as they went along, they found out it was going to be more difficult than they envisaged in making a smooth transition while making the film and also very fast they found out they did not have enough computer power, so luckily PIXAR came to their rescue and saved the day in making the film so much better, and were more than happy to help out. The biggest challenge of all was all the new technology that started to appear before them and was a real trial and error process, and especially all the beautiful images that were created by Kerry Conran, but also wanted to make the film as good as possible and especially the story element was also just as important. When they had nearly finished the film, they asked Paramount Pictures if they could delay the release of the film, because at the time the film ‘Spiderman’ was also just about to be released, so Paramount Pictures agreed and that gave the team another five weeks to tweak the film to make it look even more spectacular. When we see the beautiful background matt shots of Shangri-La, this was only finished a week before they delivered the film. Kerry Conran originally wanted the film to be 100% black-and-white, but Jon Avnet said this is not going to happen, as it is not an art film, and so Kerry Coran decided to turn the film into a two colour strip type presentation and Jon thought Kerry Conran did an absolutely brilliant job in getting the film to look totally unique. Jon also talks about the idiot critics who complained most strongly about Angelina Jolie’s British accent, well Jon thinks it was totally perfect and felt these critics should get a life. When they finally get to where the mad scientist headquarters were and the plane that Jude Law went into the water and comes up in a tropical haven, where the weird prehistoric animals resided, this was all done by the genius Stan Winston. When Gwyneth Paltrow keeps wanted to take certain shots with her camera and keeps noticing that there are only two shots left, well this we are informed is a sort of running gag, especially near the end of the film. As we get to the last shot that goes blank for a few seconds, Jon feels this is a classic vintage ending. As the credits appear on the screen, Jon comments on each of the main actor’s names and comments on their professional contribution to the film. Jon also comments about the main credits rolling up the screen, and says that it runs for a total of 11 minutes and he points out that there are at least 600 to 700 people listed who were involved mainly with the technical side of the film and especially the special effects. Jon also comments that he hopes with all our effort in making the film, you really enjoyed the experience of the film and says, “Thank you.” Well I personally did enjoy the film and this particular audio commentary was really interesting and full interesting facts. Definitely a five star rating.
Audio Commentary By Writer/Director Kerry Conran & The VFX Crew: Production Designer Kevin Conran, Animation Supervisor Steve Yamamoto and Visual Effects Supervisor Darin Hollings: First to introduce themselves is Kerry Conran, and informs us that he wrote and directed the film, but also informs us that Steve Yamamoto, Darin Hollings and Kevin Conran are sitting in the room with Kerry and here to do a running audio commentary relating to all aspects of the film. Kerry comments that the opening title sequences were done by the Kaleidoscope Company, who also did the film posters. The opening sequence of the film was the first and last part to work on the finished film and the surviving sequence to be kept from the original six minute demo film, but of course this was greatly enhanced to give a much better and dramatic presentation of the film. What all of them liked about the film as it settles in, is the 1930s feel to it and really sets the scene for the whole of the film. When Polly Perkins enters Radio City, they talk about how the scene was put together with loads of photographs that were all merged into one amazing view, which I have mentioned in one of the special features how the process was done. One interesting fact we get to hear at last, is about when Jude Law dives into the sea with his pane and is being chased by the flying bat vehicle, and we are informed that originally the film was going to be split up into 12 chapters, like you would see with those old serial films you would see at the Saturday Morning Pictures, especially like the old Flash Gordon serial films. When we first meet the British actor Omid Djalili in the Nepal scene, and they say in between shooting they said he was the funniest man they have ever encountered and also told very naughty risqué jokes that had everyone falling about laughing so much. When one of the scientists walks up to the big doors and gets zapped by the electronic barrier, we are informed that this was Jude Law’s father. When Gwyneth Paltrow takes the last shot of Jude Law with a her camera and he tells her that she had left the lens cap on with her last shot and of course all the commentators talk about this situation and they also comment about this situation at the end of the film and they say of course, I suspect people with the inferior DVD will freeze frame this scene to see if it did happen and of course I checked this out and there was no lens cap on the camera, whereas viewing the film at the cinema you cannot check this out, and they also inform us they did two different endings with the film, and obviously for this Blu-ray disc the camera has no lens cap, so pray tell why they did not keep the end shot with the lens cap on, seems to me totally illogical. As the credits roll up the screen, that they mention the film was a labour of love for a ten year collaboration effort from everyone, and I agree with that, because I really enjoyed the film and what a shame they could not of done a follow up film, but sadly I know they would not get the finance, because of the film was a disastrous box office failure and even if they were able to get the finance, I suppose they didn’t want to spend another ten years of their lives on another film. This is basically a slightly boring audio commentary, and basically they just keep on droning about the CGI special effects, the actors are acting with just a blue background, the animatic set up and also go on about that there is nothing there in reality, just a vast empty film set, which to my mind is just stating the obvious and again starts to get very boring. To me I can only give a one star rating for this audio commentary.
Special Feature: Brave New World: With these two special features, we get a very good and well executed look at the making of ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW,’ and featuring unusually frank and honest discussions from all involved in the making of the film. The special features are shown as two chapters, which are as follows.
Special Feature: Brave New World: Chapter 1 [2004] [1080i] [1.33:1] [28:12] With this special feature, it focuses on the origin and evolution of the idea that became Sky Captain, following the film from its early stages on a desktop computer in Kerry Conran’s apartment, through the production of a six minute short film, and the backdoor pitch to Producer Jon Avnet. Taken on as a low-budget feature film and eventually gathered momentum with an A-List cast, and after nearly a year of pre-production, the principle photography wrapped up in just 29 days. Principle Photography started on 18/03/2003 in London in England. We get to view lots of behind-the-scene of the CGI computer image operators, as well as the film set that was completely painted in blue. We get to see rare 1998 video footage of Kerry Conran in his very messy apartment that looks like a typical geek’s place full of junk and a complete shambles. We get some very rare behind-the-scene filming at Elstree Studios in England and how they had to learn how to film in this new type of filming. Contributors include: Kevin Conran [Production/Costume Designer], Gwyneth Paltrow [Polly Perkins], Kerry Conran [Writer/Director], Marsha Oglesby [Producer], Jon Avnet [Producer], Jude Law [Sky Captain], Darin Hollings [Visual Effects Supervisor], Daniel Rucinski [Visual Effects Supervisor], Stephen Lawes [Special Photographic Process], Steven Yamamoto [Animation Director/Digital Effects Supervisor], Robert Dressel [Animation Supervisor], Michael Sean Foley [CG Lighting Director], Angelina Jolie [Franky] and Matthew Feitshans [Production Supervisor].
Special Feature: Brave New World: Chapter 2 [2004] [2004] [1080i] [1.33:1] [23:35] With Chapter 2 special feature, and this time it focuses on the principle photography, and follows the extended two year post production which grew from a dozen or so artists to over a hundred. Late participation by Paramount Pictures allowed the low budget film to blossom into a much bigger than life feature film, but that didn’t happen until very late in the game. This chapter shows many examples of the digital processes and the brilliant colouring of the film, especially as it was all filmed in black-and-white. We get to see some rare May 2003 video footage of all the people involved in the special computer editing suite 14 months until the final delivery of the finished film. We get to view a short clip from the famous black-and-white Brooklyn Films and Filmaro ‘Sky Captain and the Flying Legion in The World of Tomorrow’ test film, that came out on 16th June, 2003. We get a glimpse of the first screening at the Paramount for everyone who worked on the film on 13th September, 2004, and four days before the opening day of the actual film was released to the public and everyone really enjoyed the event. Contributors include: Marsha Oglesby [Producer], Kerry Conran [Writer/Director], Kevin Conran [Production/Costume Designer], Darin Hollings [Visual Effects Supervisor], Zack Petroc [Modelling Supervisor], Steven Yamamoto [Animation Director/Digital Effects Supervisor], Robert Dressel [Animation Supervisor], Matthew Feitshans [Production Supervisor], Brian Chacon [Director of Systems Engineering], Stephen Lawes [Special Photographic Process] and Sabrina Plisico, A.C.E. [Editor].
Special Feature: The Art of World of Tomorrow [2004] [1080i] [1.33:1] [8:20] Here Kevin Conran [Production Designer/Costume Designer] talks about the process and approach of the art direction of the film, and wanted to create a photo-realistic environment that he felt would be so ideal for the film his brother director Kerry Conran felt would be the ideal style and look of the film’s final outcome, that Kevin Conran calls it a “comic book brought to life.” The stylised look of New York was based on the brilliant and stunning charcoal renderings by Hugh Ferris, who was an architect and illustrations artist from the 1930s. Kevin Conran also talks about the Art Deco look, and the influence it had on the finished film. Kevin Conran goes on to discuss costume design, which he never really intended to be a part of, but went onto visualise the characters which we view with is early drawings and worked with those early drawings to design the final costumes that we see in the film, which we get to view some of his stunning black-and-white illustrated artwork.
Special Feature: The Original Six Minute Short [1998] [1080i] [1.33:1] [6:04] This is the original film that was made on a desktop computer in Kerry Conran’s apartment, and is what was used to pitch the feature film to Producer Jon Avnet. It was also instrumental in getting key actors to sign up for the film. It is easy to see how the first act of the film grew entirely from this short. It has the same visual style as the feature film, though it is in black-and-white and I think it was meant to be the original intention of this feature. What is of great interest is that this is a demo that launched this whole endeavour and most shots appear in their original form and gives the ability to see what inspired so much confidence in so many ways is very cool, and especially what is also totally brilliant is that right at the start of the short film is the classic British Board Of Film Censors, and that it has been passed for Public Exhibition to Adult Audiences as an “A” rated film, now to me that is really cool.
Special Feature: Deleted Scenes: Here you get to view two separate deleted scenes and they are as follows: Totenkopf’s Torture Room [2004] [1080i] [1.37:1] [1:13] A short scene in Nepal, before Captain Joe Sullivan and Polly receive the staff that leads them to Totenkopf. This scene is completely rendered. The Conveyor Belt [2004] [1080i] [1.33:1] [3:56] This is a mix of blue-screen and pre-visual animatic. It serves as an alternate way for the Sky Captain and Polly Perkins to meet Dex. The final version in the film is shorter and much tighter in length.
Special Feature: Anatomy Of A Virtual Scene [2004] [1080i] [1.37:1] [7:55] Here we to see an in-depth look at how the film was put together from scratch to the finished film. We get lots of how Grand Central Station in New York was photographed and brought to life in the film with the combination of CGI computer generated images, and also via the technical aspect of the animatic storyboard images, and of course by the end of the special feature you get to see the finished images you see in the film and you can why the film took two years to make. Contributors include: Rob Dressel [Animation Supervisor] and Stephan Lawes [Compositing Supervisor].
Special Feature: Gag Reel [2004] [1080i] [1.37:1] [2:32] Here we get to view a short mix of action bloopers and animatic gags. There is nothing special here, but those who like these types of bloopers may appreciate the inclusion and is typical run of the mill outtakes that are not really funny at all.
Theatrical Trailers [2004] [1080p [1.78:1] Here we get to view Three Original Theatrical Trailers for the film ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ and they are as follows: Trailer #1 [1:59]; Trailer #2 [1:39] and Trailer #3 [1:13].
PREVIEW: Paramount High Definition Promotion [2006 [1080p] [1.78:1] [1:20].
Finally, ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ story is an unabashed and un-ironic tribute to the days of cliff-hanger serials and it gives the feel of the style you use to get when you visited the Saturday Morning. The antagonistic-lover banter benefits from snappy delivery, but it's not quite up to the best of the 1930s dialogue. It is not always easy to step back from amazement and admiration for the technology of the film to just enjoy the story. The scenes are superbly imaginative and the director Kerry Conran does more than create arresting visuals, he creates a world with consistent and very dramatic light source effects and a sense of three-dimensional believability on a grand scale. Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law are fine together, as are Giovanni Ribisi as Jude Law's mechanical whiz buddy who gets kidnapped by the robots and Angelina Jolie with an eye-patch as the endlessly sporty Commander Franky, especially considering that they all spent weeks in an empty blue room being told to move precisely two feet to the right and then look amazed and what they were supposed to be looking at. The film ‘SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW’ is a fun, family friendly action film that a few years from now will fit comfortably into a Sunday afternoon double feature with the likes of other similar genre action packed films, and so for me personally I enjoyed every 106 minutes and cannot wait to view the film all over again, and despite all the critics giving it thumbs down, which is so negative, because what makes the film so enjoyable is the over the top CGI special effects that was so spectacular, it makes the film what it is, a totally fun filled action packed rollercoaster film of awesome proportions. Highly Recommended!
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Ein Film, der leider wohl vergessen wurde. Kommt noch aus der Frühzeit von Angelina Jolie. Bin eigentlich kein großer Freund von der, aber dieser Klassiker ist gut gemacht, so im Stil der 30er Jahre. Jolie spielt da nur eine Nebenrolle. Gehört in eine SF Sammlung.
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Es gibt mehr als eine Sache, die "Der Zauberer von Oz" aus den 40ern und "Sky Captain" von heute gemeinsam haben. Zugegeben, gesungen wird nicht in Sky Captains, aber Struktur der Handlung und wohl auch einige optische Ideen sprechen Bände. Da ist zum einen die große, geheimnisvolle Zentralfigur, vielleicht Bösewicht, vielleicht Genie, die sich am Ende als etwas ganz anderes erweist, als man ursprünglich gedacht hat. Da ist zum anderen die Flucht in eine andere Welt, die vor allem erst einmal völlig anders aussieht als das eigene, alltägliche Leben. Und schließlich ist da auch noch das Motiv von Suche und Reise, die die Protagonisten unternehmen müssen, um die Rätsel zu lösen und die Welt vor dem Bösen zu retten.
Aber sieht man sich den "Zauberer von Oz" eigentlich wegen der Handlung an? Eigentlich geht es hier doch mehr um Eskapismus, das Leben in einer anderen, wunderbaren Welt voller Gefahren und Wunder während der ca. zwei Stunden eines Kinobesuchs. Und genau das will auch "Sky Captains" bieten, nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Und so sehen wir mit Jude Law und Gwyneth Paltrow zwei wunderschöne und auch stilecht angezogene Helden in einer nicht immer realistischen Umgebung agieren und können uns an ihrem Mut und dem sich zwischen beiden langsam entwickelnden Flirt erfreuen. In den besten Szenen erinnern mich beide an die Helden aus den Kriegsfilmen der 40er Jahre: Der abgestürzte, britische Pilot in Frankreich wird von der schönen Resistanzekämpferin gerettet. Casablanca ist gar nicht so weit weg...
Aber eigentlich geht es in dem Film nicht darum, die Geschichte von Menschen zu erzählen. Es geht vielmehr um die besondere Stimmung der damaligen Zeit, nicht der realen Zeit, sondern der Stimmung in den Abenteuerromanen, in den B-Filmen, in den Comics. Nicht zuletzt ist "Sky Captains" ja trotz der 40er-Jahre-Optik ein Science Fiction, mit Robotern, Luftschiffen, Computern und Raketen, die auch unsere heutigen technischen Möglichkeiten weit übersteigen. Wir alle wissen, dass hier eine Zukunft gezeigt wird, die so nicht mehr kommen kann, die vielleicht aus Sicht der 40er Jahre möglich schien, die wir aber "verpasst" haben. Eine verlorene Zeit, nach der hier gesucht wird.
Ja, nicht alle Szenen scheinen hier gelungen zu sein. Manchmal ist die Geschichte zu dünn, wird nicht genug untermauert, um wirklich zu überzeugen, um die Zuschauer mit dem Drama auf der Leinwand mitfühlen zu lassen. Manchmal erscheinen Gwyneth und Jude auch zu kalt, zu kontrolliert zu agieren. Und immer dann muss man sich mit den großartigen Bildern begnügen, um Spaß zu haben. Warum ist die Jolie im Film? Sie hat nicht wirklich eine tragende Rolle. Aber sie sieht gut aus. Das muss dann reichen. Und manchmal ist der Spaß am Zitat der großen Klassiker der Abenteuerfilme soweit getrieben, dass man nur als Filmstudent noch mitkommt.
Der Film war wohl an den Kinokassen nicht der erwartete Erfolg. Trotz einer eigentlich ja beeindruckenden Liste von Darstellern. Aber schließlich ist "Sky Captains" nicht nur ein Vehikel für seine Stars sondern vor allem ein filmisches Experiment. Kann man mit einer zu fast 100% aus dem Computer generierten Welt dennoch eine besondere optische Stimmung erschaffen, die sich auch den Zuschauern vermittelt? Unter den Extras auf der DVD findet sich ein kurzer Pilotfilm, von einem Freak selbst auf dem Heimcomputer generiert, der die Welt aus "Sky Captains" in wenigen Minuten darstellt und der vielleicht sogar überzeugender und dichter als der finale Film. Hier sieht man, worum es eigentlich geht. Trotz der Stars soll der Film kein Massenprodukt sein, er ist vielmehr das Werk eines Filmfans mit einer besonderen, kreativen Idee. Man nutzt ein neues Medium (CGI), um eine alte Welt (die Pulp Fiction aus der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts) wieder aufleben zu lassen. Eigentlich ist Indiana Jones doch aus einer ähnlichen Idee entstanden, oder? Aber nicht immer reicht es zu einem Kultfilm.
Und so ist der Film nicht wirklich massentauglich geworden. Und die Stars waren sicher schon recht teuer. Und so spielt eine der schönen Geschichten dieses Films nicht auf der Leinwand, sondern dahinter. Ich kann nur hoffen, dass Hollywood die Helden hinter der Leinwand nicht zu sehr leiden lässt, die Helden, die den Mut zu diesem Experiment hatten, und die vielleicht viele Millionen fremden und eigenen Geldes in dieses Werk versenkt haben.
Ich persönlich würde gerne noch einige weitere Filme von ihnen sehen.
Aber sieht man sich den "Zauberer von Oz" eigentlich wegen der Handlung an? Eigentlich geht es hier doch mehr um Eskapismus, das Leben in einer anderen, wunderbaren Welt voller Gefahren und Wunder während der ca. zwei Stunden eines Kinobesuchs. Und genau das will auch "Sky Captains" bieten, nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Und so sehen wir mit Jude Law und Gwyneth Paltrow zwei wunderschöne und auch stilecht angezogene Helden in einer nicht immer realistischen Umgebung agieren und können uns an ihrem Mut und dem sich zwischen beiden langsam entwickelnden Flirt erfreuen. In den besten Szenen erinnern mich beide an die Helden aus den Kriegsfilmen der 40er Jahre: Der abgestürzte, britische Pilot in Frankreich wird von der schönen Resistanzekämpferin gerettet. Casablanca ist gar nicht so weit weg...
Aber eigentlich geht es in dem Film nicht darum, die Geschichte von Menschen zu erzählen. Es geht vielmehr um die besondere Stimmung der damaligen Zeit, nicht der realen Zeit, sondern der Stimmung in den Abenteuerromanen, in den B-Filmen, in den Comics. Nicht zuletzt ist "Sky Captains" ja trotz der 40er-Jahre-Optik ein Science Fiction, mit Robotern, Luftschiffen, Computern und Raketen, die auch unsere heutigen technischen Möglichkeiten weit übersteigen. Wir alle wissen, dass hier eine Zukunft gezeigt wird, die so nicht mehr kommen kann, die vielleicht aus Sicht der 40er Jahre möglich schien, die wir aber "verpasst" haben. Eine verlorene Zeit, nach der hier gesucht wird.
Ja, nicht alle Szenen scheinen hier gelungen zu sein. Manchmal ist die Geschichte zu dünn, wird nicht genug untermauert, um wirklich zu überzeugen, um die Zuschauer mit dem Drama auf der Leinwand mitfühlen zu lassen. Manchmal erscheinen Gwyneth und Jude auch zu kalt, zu kontrolliert zu agieren. Und immer dann muss man sich mit den großartigen Bildern begnügen, um Spaß zu haben. Warum ist die Jolie im Film? Sie hat nicht wirklich eine tragende Rolle. Aber sie sieht gut aus. Das muss dann reichen. Und manchmal ist der Spaß am Zitat der großen Klassiker der Abenteuerfilme soweit getrieben, dass man nur als Filmstudent noch mitkommt.
Der Film war wohl an den Kinokassen nicht der erwartete Erfolg. Trotz einer eigentlich ja beeindruckenden Liste von Darstellern. Aber schließlich ist "Sky Captains" nicht nur ein Vehikel für seine Stars sondern vor allem ein filmisches Experiment. Kann man mit einer zu fast 100% aus dem Computer generierten Welt dennoch eine besondere optische Stimmung erschaffen, die sich auch den Zuschauern vermittelt? Unter den Extras auf der DVD findet sich ein kurzer Pilotfilm, von einem Freak selbst auf dem Heimcomputer generiert, der die Welt aus "Sky Captains" in wenigen Minuten darstellt und der vielleicht sogar überzeugender und dichter als der finale Film. Hier sieht man, worum es eigentlich geht. Trotz der Stars soll der Film kein Massenprodukt sein, er ist vielmehr das Werk eines Filmfans mit einer besonderen, kreativen Idee. Man nutzt ein neues Medium (CGI), um eine alte Welt (die Pulp Fiction aus der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts) wieder aufleben zu lassen. Eigentlich ist Indiana Jones doch aus einer ähnlichen Idee entstanden, oder? Aber nicht immer reicht es zu einem Kultfilm.
Und so ist der Film nicht wirklich massentauglich geworden. Und die Stars waren sicher schon recht teuer. Und so spielt eine der schönen Geschichten dieses Films nicht auf der Leinwand, sondern dahinter. Ich kann nur hoffen, dass Hollywood die Helden hinter der Leinwand nicht zu sehr leiden lässt, die Helden, die den Mut zu diesem Experiment hatten, und die vielleicht viele Millionen fremden und eigenen Geldes in dieses Werk versenkt haben.
Ich persönlich würde gerne noch einige weitere Filme von ihnen sehen.
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 9. August 2023
Guter film
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 7. Juli 2023
Diese verrückte Geschichte ist total gut im Steamlook und mit Patina in Szene gesetzt.
Spitzenrezensionen aus anderen Ländern
D. Frankham
4,0 von 5 Sternen
Disappointing, but still worth a look
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 14. März 2005
I came to this movie with high expectations, having heard a lot of good things about it. It seemed tailor-made for someone with my past and present obsessions, including 1930s and 40s Hollywood, pulp science fiction magazines, cheesy old sci-fi movies, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. And there's no denying there was a recurring thrill of recognition of those things during much of the movie.
But fairly soon it began to suffer by comparison to some of the old films it pastiches. I think it first occurred to me during the scene where Polly sits in the back seat of the aeroplane reading the book... and actually reads it. A great director like Howard Hawks could have despatched that exposition in fifteen seconds flat on a bad day, but here it seems to plod along for minutes. Sure, the fast action scenes need to be punctuated by less intense moments to let the audience draw breath, but those moments are better achieved by character, comedy and romance. Is this part of the pastiche, lovingly recreating the clumsy drawn-out exposition of those low-budget fifteen-part adventure serials of the 30s and 40s? Perhaps, but while a film like Raiders of the Lost Ark pastiches not the actual movie serials, but the serials as remembered by those who grew up with them, Sky Captain seems to pastiche the real thing, warts and all.
And Joe Sullivan (I had to look up the name in the Internet Movie Database) never quite came to life, in the way that Indiana Jones did in the first five minutes of Raiders. In some ways this is just a difference of character, Joe having an almost stereotypically "English" reserve (think David Niven's Peter Carter in the opening scene of A Matter of Life and Death). But whereas that film finally breaks through Carter's reserve, Joe goes through the whole movie not seeming to care much more about his adventures than the audience.
These issues aside there's a lot of good in here. Everything looks great, and even if the story doesn't hold the attention for the duration, there's always something worth looking at, and a strong supporting cast of character actors. And there's a certain excitement just in seeing the first example of what should be a new wave of "completely imagined" films.
The featurettes (on the 2005-released Widescreen Special Collector's Edition DVD) are excellent; the story of the film's genesis and production makes a better story than the film itself. One featurette includes some of director Conran's original demonstration footage, painstakingly put together on a PC over six years, which actually looks like genuine grainy black and white 1930s-film-on-videotape. I'd have loved to see a whole movie that looked like that, but it wouldn't have played well in the multiplexes.
But fairly soon it began to suffer by comparison to some of the old films it pastiches. I think it first occurred to me during the scene where Polly sits in the back seat of the aeroplane reading the book... and actually reads it. A great director like Howard Hawks could have despatched that exposition in fifteen seconds flat on a bad day, but here it seems to plod along for minutes. Sure, the fast action scenes need to be punctuated by less intense moments to let the audience draw breath, but those moments are better achieved by character, comedy and romance. Is this part of the pastiche, lovingly recreating the clumsy drawn-out exposition of those low-budget fifteen-part adventure serials of the 30s and 40s? Perhaps, but while a film like Raiders of the Lost Ark pastiches not the actual movie serials, but the serials as remembered by those who grew up with them, Sky Captain seems to pastiche the real thing, warts and all.
And Joe Sullivan (I had to look up the name in the Internet Movie Database) never quite came to life, in the way that Indiana Jones did in the first five minutes of Raiders. In some ways this is just a difference of character, Joe having an almost stereotypically "English" reserve (think David Niven's Peter Carter in the opening scene of A Matter of Life and Death). But whereas that film finally breaks through Carter's reserve, Joe goes through the whole movie not seeming to care much more about his adventures than the audience.
These issues aside there's a lot of good in here. Everything looks great, and even if the story doesn't hold the attention for the duration, there's always something worth looking at, and a strong supporting cast of character actors. And there's a certain excitement just in seeing the first example of what should be a new wave of "completely imagined" films.
The featurettes (on the 2005-released Widescreen Special Collector's Edition DVD) are excellent; the story of the film's genesis and production makes a better story than the film itself. One featurette includes some of director Conran's original demonstration footage, painstakingly put together on a PC over six years, which actually looks like genuine grainy black and white 1930s-film-on-videotape. I'd have loved to see a whole movie that looked like that, but it wouldn't have played well in the multiplexes.
loulou
5,0 von 5 Sternen
Mission accomplie.
Rezension aus Frankreich vom 10. Dezember 2016
J'ai été franchement surpris de voir qu'il n'y avait que 14 commentaires sur ce film, au moment où je me suis dit que j'allais en écrire un.
J'ai trouvé que ce film était une réussite dans son genre, et il me semble vraiment navrant qu'il ait suscité aussi peu de réactions, du moins sur Amazon.fr.
Remarquez, c'est toujours mieux que ce qu'on peut voir sur certains sites spécialisés dans la critique de films, où certains se permettent de descendre sans état d'âme cette oeuvre largement recommandable. Chacun ses goûts etc... mais il faut quand même rester sérieux quand on juge le travail des autres, et donner à "Capitaine Sky ..." des notes lamentables sous prétexte que le film est nul au niveau visuel, que les acteurs ne sont pas convaincants, ou qu'on n'apprécie pas le côté rétro très prononcé, c'est vraiment se moquer du monde, c'est tout simplement insultant pour les professionnels talentueux qui on permis à ce film d'exister. En particulier, il me semble assez difficile de défendre l'idée qu'on ne savait pas à quel genre de film on avait affaire : tout au moins au niveau visuel, le choix qui a été fait est clair dès le départ, alors si on n'aime pas ce côté rétro, on ne regarde pas le film et on s'en tient là : il s'agit de noter un film en particulier et non pas de venir cracher sur un genre en général, mais apparemment certains n'ont pas compris cela...
Bref, je voudrais juste apporter ma petite contribution dans l'espoir de rendre un peu justice à ce très bon film.
Si vous êtes séduit par son côté rétro, et que vous n'êtes pas allergique à l'un ou l'autre acteur présent à l'affiche, il y a peu de chances que vous soyez déçu.
Quand on voit ce qu'il a fallu faire pour boucler ce film, on se rend compte que c'était un vrai pari : mission accomplie, donc, et tant pis pour ceux qui sont passés complètement à côté de cette "petite douceur".
J'ai trouvé que ce film était une réussite dans son genre, et il me semble vraiment navrant qu'il ait suscité aussi peu de réactions, du moins sur Amazon.fr.
Remarquez, c'est toujours mieux que ce qu'on peut voir sur certains sites spécialisés dans la critique de films, où certains se permettent de descendre sans état d'âme cette oeuvre largement recommandable. Chacun ses goûts etc... mais il faut quand même rester sérieux quand on juge le travail des autres, et donner à "Capitaine Sky ..." des notes lamentables sous prétexte que le film est nul au niveau visuel, que les acteurs ne sont pas convaincants, ou qu'on n'apprécie pas le côté rétro très prononcé, c'est vraiment se moquer du monde, c'est tout simplement insultant pour les professionnels talentueux qui on permis à ce film d'exister. En particulier, il me semble assez difficile de défendre l'idée qu'on ne savait pas à quel genre de film on avait affaire : tout au moins au niveau visuel, le choix qui a été fait est clair dès le départ, alors si on n'aime pas ce côté rétro, on ne regarde pas le film et on s'en tient là : il s'agit de noter un film en particulier et non pas de venir cracher sur un genre en général, mais apparemment certains n'ont pas compris cela...
Bref, je voudrais juste apporter ma petite contribution dans l'espoir de rendre un peu justice à ce très bon film.
Si vous êtes séduit par son côté rétro, et que vous n'êtes pas allergique à l'un ou l'autre acteur présent à l'affiche, il y a peu de chances que vous soyez déçu.
Quand on voit ce qu'il a fallu faire pour boucler ce film, on se rend compte que c'était un vrai pari : mission accomplie, donc, et tant pis pour ceux qui sont passés complètement à côté de cette "petite douceur".
SciFi-Kaiju-Guy @ TeePublic
5,0 von 5 Sternen
The closest we'll probably ever get to seeing a homemade fanfilm on the big screen.
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 28. Oktober 2018
BOTTOM LINE: Basically the equivalent of some guy's homemade movie getting a Hollywood polish and nationwide theatrical release. A passion project whose creator deserved an Oscar just for sheer determination & perseverance. LOL. The story may not be wholly original, as it owes TONS to those old school serial films of the 40's & '50's and the pulp fiction mags of the same time period, but SKY CAPTAIN sure has tons of honest-to-goodness heart. The wild visuals and unique feel make this one a keeper. The film looks even better on this hi-def Blu-ray release. Plenty of bonus content for fans and movie-philes just cinches the deal. 5 STARS
THOUGHTS: A massive love letter to those action-packed 12 & 15 chapter movie serials from the Golden Age of Hollywood, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is like every 10 year old boy's innermost daydreams come to eye-popping life. It has rockets, rayguns, submarines, airplanes, giant robots, dinosaurs, lost worlds, crazed scientists, androids, macho leading guys & gorgeous gals, and plenty of two-fisted globe-trotting action to keep things from ever getting too boring. Sure this film isn't perfect, but it isn't trying to be. Too many naysayers here are just nitpicking and wrongly judging it against zillion-dollar by-the-numbers Hollywood product, and that honestly isn't fair. This film is basically what amounts to one guy's 6 minute homemade movie turned into a legitimate Hollywood blockbuster. Critiques need to be quantified with that narrow set of parameters firmly in mind.
Director/writer/effects overseer, et.,al Kerry Cochran may never make another movie, but the one he did give us is so much fun, with more than enough heart and an endless sense of wild-eyed adventure, that I will just be forever glad that he was able to get SKY CAPTAIN ever made at all. Frankly, it's nothing short of amazing that this motion picture even exists. When you consider that this movie was also so ground-breakingly experiential in its use of green screen and entire worlds created wholecloth using a computer, its doubly, triply impressive. I get that it could be better, but taking it for exactly what it is, coupled with the amazing story of its unlikely genesis, I am, frankly, in awe every single time I watch it. This is CAPTAIN CELLULOID AND THE FILM PIRATES (look it up) gone one step further, to being embraced by Hollywood and given a real budget, legit actors & top notch F/X techs and a nationwide release. Watch it with the right frame of mind and you'll enjoy the heck out of it. Snarky self-important elitists need not bother.
THE BLU-RAY: The hi-def release of SKY CAPTAIN gives the film its best possible presentation. It simply looks wonderful. There are no video nasties (edge enhancement, artifacting, pixelation, crush, DNR, etc.) to spoil the viewing experience. The picture & sound are clean and crystal clear. There are several in-depth supplements that add to the fun. When you watch the making of segments you can truly begin to appreciate just what an amazing journey Kerry Cochran went on just to see his vision through to the end. Like a kid given access to the world's biggest toybox, he embraced the challenges, many of which he couldn't have ever possibly anticipated, battling a lot of demons to finally complete the film. The story of its creation is pretty amazing. As a life-long film fan, low budget aficionado and all-around champion of the underdog, I might be giving Kerry Cochran too much of a free ride, but it’s just so cool what he achieved. I whole-heartedly recommend SKY CAPTAIN. If you have young kids, be sure to share it with them. Seeing through their eyes, you can begin to truly appreciate the fantastical wide-eyed wonders of Cochran's incredible WORLD OF TOMORROW.
THOUGHTS: A massive love letter to those action-packed 12 & 15 chapter movie serials from the Golden Age of Hollywood, SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is like every 10 year old boy's innermost daydreams come to eye-popping life. It has rockets, rayguns, submarines, airplanes, giant robots, dinosaurs, lost worlds, crazed scientists, androids, macho leading guys & gorgeous gals, and plenty of two-fisted globe-trotting action to keep things from ever getting too boring. Sure this film isn't perfect, but it isn't trying to be. Too many naysayers here are just nitpicking and wrongly judging it against zillion-dollar by-the-numbers Hollywood product, and that honestly isn't fair. This film is basically what amounts to one guy's 6 minute homemade movie turned into a legitimate Hollywood blockbuster. Critiques need to be quantified with that narrow set of parameters firmly in mind.
Director/writer/effects overseer, et.,al Kerry Cochran may never make another movie, but the one he did give us is so much fun, with more than enough heart and an endless sense of wild-eyed adventure, that I will just be forever glad that he was able to get SKY CAPTAIN ever made at all. Frankly, it's nothing short of amazing that this motion picture even exists. When you consider that this movie was also so ground-breakingly experiential in its use of green screen and entire worlds created wholecloth using a computer, its doubly, triply impressive. I get that it could be better, but taking it for exactly what it is, coupled with the amazing story of its unlikely genesis, I am, frankly, in awe every single time I watch it. This is CAPTAIN CELLULOID AND THE FILM PIRATES (look it up) gone one step further, to being embraced by Hollywood and given a real budget, legit actors & top notch F/X techs and a nationwide release. Watch it with the right frame of mind and you'll enjoy the heck out of it. Snarky self-important elitists need not bother.
THE BLU-RAY: The hi-def release of SKY CAPTAIN gives the film its best possible presentation. It simply looks wonderful. There are no video nasties (edge enhancement, artifacting, pixelation, crush, DNR, etc.) to spoil the viewing experience. The picture & sound are clean and crystal clear. There are several in-depth supplements that add to the fun. When you watch the making of segments you can truly begin to appreciate just what an amazing journey Kerry Cochran went on just to see his vision through to the end. Like a kid given access to the world's biggest toybox, he embraced the challenges, many of which he couldn't have ever possibly anticipated, battling a lot of demons to finally complete the film. The story of its creation is pretty amazing. As a life-long film fan, low budget aficionado and all-around champion of the underdog, I might be giving Kerry Cochran too much of a free ride, but it’s just so cool what he achieved. I whole-heartedly recommend SKY CAPTAIN. If you have young kids, be sure to share it with them. Seeing through their eyes, you can begin to truly appreciate the fantastical wide-eyed wonders of Cochran's incredible WORLD OF TOMORROW.
Benjamin J Burgraff
4,0 von 5 Sternen
Astonishing, Overlooked Cult Film Deserves Attention...
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 18. September 2004
With the release of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Special Collector's Editions)", the remarkable end product of novice filmmaker Kerry Conran's ten-year odyssey to create a breakthrough live action/computer-generated film is finally given it's due. While the reviews of the film, itself, were mixed, the box office was disappointing, and Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's brilliant computer-enhanced "Sin City" would soon 'steal' it's thunder as a technical achievement, Conran's accomplishment certainly deserves a place of honor of it's own.
Using a primitive, five-minute, home-made 'teaser', Conran, and his brother, Kevin, without any previous film experience, were able to generate enough interest to involve veteran producer Jon Avnet, who brought in stars Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. As a growing group of young, dynamic animators were attracted into joining this most non-conventional team, a breathtaking, noir-influenced homage to movie serials, Classic Hollywood, and the Fantasy/SF genre emerged, a film that certainly deserves a spot in every movie buff's film library!
The film is ideally suited to DVD, where the pre-WWII 'look', and sly references to "Metropolis", "The Wizard of Oz", "King Kong", "Godzilla", "King's Row", the Fleischer "Superman" cartoons, "Lost Horizon", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Bride of Frankenstein", and many other memorable films can be savored...and how many current films can boast of young Laurence Olivier as the villain?
Certainly, the soft-focus, 'dark' photography can be distracting, at times (the 'look' actually gave me a headache, when I viewed it on a theatre screen), and the heralded appearance of Angelina Jolie is really little more than a cameo, but there is a sense of fun to the proceedings, and a sweetness that is far more 'family-friendly' than the blood-drenched "Sin City".
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" may not get the long-term recognition of the Rodriguez/Miller 'instant classic', but Kerry Conran has much to be proud of!
Using a primitive, five-minute, home-made 'teaser', Conran, and his brother, Kevin, without any previous film experience, were able to generate enough interest to involve veteran producer Jon Avnet, who brought in stars Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. As a growing group of young, dynamic animators were attracted into joining this most non-conventional team, a breathtaking, noir-influenced homage to movie serials, Classic Hollywood, and the Fantasy/SF genre emerged, a film that certainly deserves a spot in every movie buff's film library!
The film is ideally suited to DVD, where the pre-WWII 'look', and sly references to "Metropolis", "The Wizard of Oz", "King Kong", "Godzilla", "King's Row", the Fleischer "Superman" cartoons, "Lost Horizon", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Bride of Frankenstein", and many other memorable films can be savored...and how many current films can boast of young Laurence Olivier as the villain?
Certainly, the soft-focus, 'dark' photography can be distracting, at times (the 'look' actually gave me a headache, when I viewed it on a theatre screen), and the heralded appearance of Angelina Jolie is really little more than a cameo, but there is a sense of fun to the proceedings, and a sweetness that is far more 'family-friendly' than the blood-drenched "Sin City".
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" may not get the long-term recognition of the Rodriguez/Miller 'instant classic', but Kerry Conran has much to be proud of!
Photoscribe
5,0 von 5 Sternen
Finally!
Rezension aus den Vereinigten Staaten vom 17. Februar 2005
Someone does something INNOVATIVE in movies! Just imagine...those great Alex Raymond-drawn Flash Gordon strips of the forties and thirties come to life in full art deco regalia, aesthetics absolutely perfectly replicated in 3 dimensions, with the perfect casting of Gwyneth Paltrow as a Lois Lane-type reporter, Giovannia Ribisi as Mr. Gadgets and Mr. Matinee Idol himself, Jude Law, as the hero, and you have "Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow"...a film I KNEW was going to be groundbreaking when it was in the promo stage.
This is the kind of movie that is a perfect marriage of major league visuals and suitable acting, and, "Gladiator" aside, is the one film that makes PERFECT use of CGI technology! The entire film was done against a bluescreen, with very few real-world props! There have been other reviews of this film decrying the wooden acting of those involved, but you have to remember that 1) Acting WITH real-world references isn't easy, and 2) These actors were doing their thing WITHOUT real-world references, something I've always appreciated about a good sci-fi or fantasy movie...
The story concerns the classic megalomaniacal villain scenario of a mad, but brilliant scientist who has misused his gift to satisfy his own outsized paranoia. Laurence Olivier is digitally resurrected to play the computer generated persona of this man, a Dr. "Totenkopf", (done VERY "Wizard of Oz",) who has gone about sending his mechanical minions to sap energy from large cities whilst destroying same to build an ark that will preserve life and humanity offworld as the Earth descends into mayhem that he is at least partially responsible for.
To say that the visuals are mind-boggling would be an understatement....the visuals are easily the equal of any of the earlier "Star Wars" films and the last fifteen minutes of the film are worth the price of admission. Jude Law is a capable hero as Sky Captain Joe Sullivan, but it's Gwyneth Paltrow as Polly Perkins, a blonde xeroxing of good old Lois Lane, that steals the movie from him! She makes all the mistakes a normal person would make in the movie...inadvertently giving away their presence when they try to stealthily sabotage Totenkopf's lair; not having enough film to capture some of the most incredible, newsworthy tableau a journalist has ever laid eyes on, and doing some of the worst backseat driving since Lucille Ball! The banter between her and Sullivan is straight out of a Bogart and Bacall movie.
Some of the actors in the film that portray the scientists that Totenkopf is either killing off or forcing to work for him from the grave, (he managed to infuse his persona in his vast array of computer and broadcasting circuits at his lair,) are truly convincing as meek, put-upon scientists running for their lives from a supposedly dead madman. However, they seem to be very self-involved about it, not really caring that the world at large is in danger as well.
Complex and entertaining, "Sky Captain" was perhaps the most underrated film of 2004, and the only one I saw fit to see in the theater. You better believe I had to have it on DVD....!
The ending is very cute, btw.
By all means, GET IT!
This is the kind of movie that is a perfect marriage of major league visuals and suitable acting, and, "Gladiator" aside, is the one film that makes PERFECT use of CGI technology! The entire film was done against a bluescreen, with very few real-world props! There have been other reviews of this film decrying the wooden acting of those involved, but you have to remember that 1) Acting WITH real-world references isn't easy, and 2) These actors were doing their thing WITHOUT real-world references, something I've always appreciated about a good sci-fi or fantasy movie...
The story concerns the classic megalomaniacal villain scenario of a mad, but brilliant scientist who has misused his gift to satisfy his own outsized paranoia. Laurence Olivier is digitally resurrected to play the computer generated persona of this man, a Dr. "Totenkopf", (done VERY "Wizard of Oz",) who has gone about sending his mechanical minions to sap energy from large cities whilst destroying same to build an ark that will preserve life and humanity offworld as the Earth descends into mayhem that he is at least partially responsible for.
To say that the visuals are mind-boggling would be an understatement....the visuals are easily the equal of any of the earlier "Star Wars" films and the last fifteen minutes of the film are worth the price of admission. Jude Law is a capable hero as Sky Captain Joe Sullivan, but it's Gwyneth Paltrow as Polly Perkins, a blonde xeroxing of good old Lois Lane, that steals the movie from him! She makes all the mistakes a normal person would make in the movie...inadvertently giving away their presence when they try to stealthily sabotage Totenkopf's lair; not having enough film to capture some of the most incredible, newsworthy tableau a journalist has ever laid eyes on, and doing some of the worst backseat driving since Lucille Ball! The banter between her and Sullivan is straight out of a Bogart and Bacall movie.
Some of the actors in the film that portray the scientists that Totenkopf is either killing off or forcing to work for him from the grave, (he managed to infuse his persona in his vast array of computer and broadcasting circuits at his lair,) are truly convincing as meek, put-upon scientists running for their lives from a supposedly dead madman. However, they seem to be very self-involved about it, not really caring that the world at large is in danger as well.
Complex and entertaining, "Sky Captain" was perhaps the most underrated film of 2004, and the only one I saw fit to see in the theater. You better believe I had to have it on DVD....!
The ending is very cute, btw.
By all means, GET IT!