Sky Captain & World Of Tomorrow (DVD)

I have to start by acknowledging the fact that I had a big bias going into 'Sky Captain'. I love the old 1930's pulps of Doc Savage and The Shadow (two awful films that don't do their literary predecessors justice), I love the crime based radio shows and adore the old Republic movie serials (Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers et al) of the same period. I reckon I was born way too late! Having established that I can tell you that I found Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow to be a cracking good yarn. Kerry Conran, the writer/director, took a long time to get Sky Captain of the ground and he obviously feels the same about the serials as I do. Sky Captain not only looks ...  Read the complete review

For the third and final part of my recent Jude Law series I sat down over the weekend and watched Sky Captain and The World Of Tomorrow. I had seen the film a couple of months ago and as I quite liked it I decided it would be worth buying. I have to admit though with this being the 3rd Jude Law movie I’ve seen in 2 weeks I am getting just a little fed up with him. I think it’s a case of too much in such a short space of time but with Jude appearing in a lot of films at the moment, it’s an inevitable reaction from most people. The film is set in the late 30’s and New York city is quite a simple place to be. Unless you are a German scientist that is. In fact ...  Read the complete review

(Basically a film only review, but I’m not really sure) CGI has in a fairly short time really taken up quality wise from the early computer generated special effects of the 1980s in basically bringing to life sights that would be impossible to create with sets, miniatures or make-up (at least not convincingly or without spending a lot of dosh on them). Therefore it has become almost commonplace on movies to employ CGI effects to create whatever images the director has in his mind, though even here we can’t escape from the fact that the effects are being first and foremost created by humans and their skill in using their tools will vary, so effects can either ...  Read the complete review

It came to Tuesday just gone and we hosted our weekly film night at our house and I had chosen some great easy going films that we could watch as I was so fed up of watching Steven Seagal films and then any film which shows people getting maimed and killed (there are only three of us girls and a load of lads so they always seem to get the choice). Anyway they dismissed my lovely choices and chose this film, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. I couldn’t be bothered to watch a film anyway but I gave it my best shot and after watching it I am still not sure about it even though I have now seen it twice. Here is why. Oh and I am reviewing the single disc ...  Read the complete review

Approach this film with no expectations and you won`t be too disapointed. Approach it with even a hint of hope and you`ll start to wonder why you`re watching it. First off, let`s focus on the good points. The effects are simply stunning. Right, that`s that out of they way. The script on which this (far) too long film is based is so ridiculous that I was laughing at parts where the majority of the cinema was silent. Some of the one liners are so incredibly cheesy, I find myself (again) wondering if the scriptwriters hafd been doing somthing illicit in the evenings whilst writing this. Jude Law was reasonable, I found Gwyneth Paltrow amazingly annoying, ...  Read the complete review