Sky Captain anyone?

Has anyone seen "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"? I just saw this today and I'm pleased, but not overwhelmed. It's like how the recent Star Wars movies are, the visuals are quite stunning but the story lacks on compeling substance. In fact, the worst thing about it is it has no outstanding villian to root for. On the other hand, the visuals are brilliant with a unique reto feel of Sci-Fi films of the 1950s. Some of the giant robots in the film look just like the "Iron Giant" robot. Plus I hear that this film was done with the actors on blue screen and everything else in the film was CGI. If that's true, then it was very impressive. Nevertheless, the story is a bit cheesy in a "Starship Troopers" sort of way, so John and Eddie should love it! :D

6/10 . . . maybe a 7, but I'll let time be the judge for me on that. ;)
Tim.

Actually, I loved the visuals enough to recommend the film; a 7/10 seems right because the movie is a continuous delight to the eye; even more so, I think, than the recent two "Star Wars" movies, which were beautiful, too, but less varied.

Unfortunately, Tim's right about the characters; they're vapid to a fault, especially Jude Law, who practically disappears he's so light and inconsequential. And, as Tim points out, having no solid villain to hiss does't help, either. Oh, well. Enjoy it for its visuals; they're spectacular.

John

That's part of the tradition of these kinds of movies, though--their cheesiness. Rather than being considered a "fault", cheesiness is an integral part of their success. The "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" movies also depend on cheesiness to varying degrees for their charm.

Well, cheese is acceptable in films like the ones you mentioned, Eddie. I don't mind a certain degree of it, just as long as they don't tip the scales in the cottage cheese direction. I can handle a mild chedar or even an aged Swiss in films, but when a movie goes for that fermented, cottage-stuff, like "Starship Troopers", then that just makes me want to vomit. ST is a great example of how someone left the nachos in the oven and let the cheese burn to a crisp on that film.

"Sky Captain" does have a mild taste of cheese, possibly a colby, but it's not too overdone or stinky. I sense John and I had the same reaction to the film because the visuals do make it worth the price of admission. In other words, the visuals are stunning enough that it makes it easy to overlook the flaws of the film.

Tim :D (always have your Munster Cheese sliced at the deli . . . trust me. ;) )

I like feta. :D

I liked this movie because of the cheese factor. visually it seemed filtered but unique. it had the type of plot that my grandparents grew up with. I took them to see it and they liked it, that actually means that the movie achieved one of its major goals.