Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
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yendiDude. They actually made a successful Blackhawk adaptation. Who knew?
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shadesong and I saw it last night with LJ-less Tracy and her sister (and I believe I saw redcrowstudio and family across the theater). It was truly a blast. Ignore the Angelina Jolie in the previews -- this is a move about Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. And they're both wonderful, as always. More suprising is that Paltrow actually chose a good script, something she's done rarely in her career. Both of them are upstaged by Giovanni Ribisi, who gets to have more fun than everyone else.
The plot? Exactly what you think -- mysterious robots attack New York in an alternate post-WWII world, and onlyBlackhawk Sky Captain and his team of pilots and engineers (most of whom, other than Ribisi, have no impact), as well as the Plucky Reporter and Lady Blackhawk British Captain Frankie Cook, can stop the madman behind it all.
Aside from being a Blackhawk movie, this is also a Republic Serial, as well as a tribute to all sorts of other classic films (shots from Godzilla and The Thin Man stand out, as do two separate Wizard of Oz moments). It's a load of fun, but you have to appreciate retro sci-fi to really be able to enjoy it. I suspect it'll bomb this weekend (being released against at least two other high-profile movies won't help), but do damned well on video.
What's really amazing is that the much-ballyhooed "everything on computer" approach is almost seamless, to the point that after a minute or two, I completely forgot all about it. The actors interacted with the "sets" perfectly.
And the movie has my new favorite final line ever. :-)
shadesong and I saw it last night with LJ-less Tracy and her sister (and I believe I saw redcrowstudio and family across the theater). It was truly a blast. Ignore the Angelina Jolie in the previews -- this is a move about Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. And they're both wonderful, as always. More suprising is that Paltrow actually chose a good script, something she's done rarely in her career. Both of them are upstaged by Giovanni Ribisi, who gets to have more fun than everyone else.The plot? Exactly what you think -- mysterious robots attack New York in an alternate post-WWII world, and only
Aside from being a Blackhawk movie, this is also a Republic Serial, as well as a tribute to all sorts of other classic films (shots from Godzilla and The Thin Man stand out, as do two separate Wizard of Oz moments). It's a load of fun, but you have to appreciate retro sci-fi to really be able to enjoy it. I suspect it'll bomb this weekend (being released against at least two other high-profile movies won't help), but do damned well on video.
What's really amazing is that the much-ballyhooed "everything on computer" approach is almost seamless, to the point that after a minute or two, I completely forgot all about it. The actors interacted with the "sets" perfectly.
And the movie has my new favorite final line ever. :-)
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Date: 2004-09-14 05:32 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-14 05:42 am (UTC)Her ten minutes are wonderful, but she's not one of the leads. Although she's hinted that they might do a prequel about her character.
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Date: 2004-09-14 06:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-09-14 06:28 am (UTC)I'm REALLY glad to hear that. I think seeing previews of it between other commercials and the like tends to make it seem very plastic-y (plasticy, plasticky? - oh well).
But I have high hopes for this one. I can't wait to see it.
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Date: 2004-09-14 10:51 am (UTC)Although these days, I'm not so keen on the trailer. See, I've watched it a million times at work. The students' monthly project is to create and post sounds and music to an abridged version of the trailer. So I've heard 1,000,000 crappy versions of the Sky Captain trailer. :)
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Date: 2004-09-14 11:18 am (UTC)cultclassic...(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-14 12:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-09-15 07:03 am (UTC)Yay Blackhawk/Serial movies!