Gwyneth Paltrow,
Jude Law,
Angelina Jolie,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Michael Gambon
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Directed by Kerry Conran, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow revolves around the mysterious disappearance of some of the world's most revered scientists. When an investigation is launched, Polly Pe... read more
Directed by: Kerry Conran
Release Date: September 17, 2004
Keywords:
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sci-fi,
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jude law,
angelina jolie,
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Angelina Jolie ,
Gwyneth Paltrow ,
Jude Law ,
Sky Captain
DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
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February 2, 2012A technical wonder of a tribute to the action/adventure films of 30's Hollywood ... lacking the most important element other than chills and thrills: character development, the human element, the ghost in the machine, the stuff that seduces an audience into caring about the schlu... read more
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July 13, 2011In an alternate version of wartime New York, a dashing mercenary tries to prevent the evil plot of a megalomaniacal German scientist and his army of giant robots. One of the first films to abandon sets and locations in favour of green screen CGI, Sky Captain still looks surprisin... read more
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June 15, 2011Nothing in this movie is real but the actors. Taking a similar approach like "Sin City", this one isn't a dark detective thriller but an extremely entertaining homage to B-adventure and -sci-fi-movies of the 1930s. Even the camera work and editing is mirroring that attempt, which... read more
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February 8, 2011I often get carried away when I talk about movies with my friends. Sometimes people will break down and just ask, "How would you sum the movie up?" I find this difficult, I often want to talk about every facet of the movies I watch, but there is a way to sum this movie up. You kn... read more
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January 4, 2011Ok, so it's not exactly perfect in form, but it's just too much damned fun to be ignored. A fabulous film.
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January 11, 2010I have to say that this wasn't half as bad as I'd been lead to believe. Apart from some very dodgy bluescreen towards the beginning of the film (and throughout to be fair) this film had a certain charm to it. It doesn't quite achieve what it set out to do I feel but it's not a co... read more
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December 23, 2009So Jude Law is going bald. Darn, that's a proverbial tough row to hoe. Maybe he should do the plugs, or at least beat the bushes for a hair person who can disguise the retreat.
I'm all for interesting visuals, but this non-stop monochromatic and blurred effect gives m
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November 16, 2009One of my favorite blends of genres. It's able to handle the combination of noir/fantasy/sci-fi quite flawlessly. The effects are just perfect for this and it was clearly researched and developed. The acting is wonderful, I loved the stylized nature of it. Jude Law gave such a ch... read more
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August 23, 2009"Sky Captain" Jude Law and gal reporter Gwyneth Paltrow pursue a mad scientist in this sprawling adventure set in an anachronistic 1930s where zeppelins exists side-by-side with ray guns and giant robots. The mix of Art Deco and CGI is stunning, but one wishes the creators had p... read more
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August 1, 2009Kerry Conran is a genius, plain and simple. to have the concept of an old style film in the first place is one thing, but making it as good as this movie is another thing entirely. gwyneth paltrow is on par with her counterpart jude law, though both of them are outshone by angeli... read more
Critic Reviews
June 8, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
October 1, 2004
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Such an interestingly silly movie that I found myself idly wondering what particular audience was being targeted with its peculiar conceits and infinitude of special effects. Full Review
September 21, 2004
Ed Park, Village Voice
His nostalgia enabled by technology, Conran takes the ghosts in his machine seriously, and the results appear at once meltingly lovely and intriguingly inhuman. Full Review
September 19, 2004
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Generally speaking, I'm not a big fan of style-over- substance movies, but this one is so gorgeous that it's possible to become literally lost in the richness of the images. Full Review
September 18, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately seems more like a fancy mechanical toy than a work of art we can warm up to. Full Review
September 17, 2004
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
With its silky textures and fluffed up fake-studio imagery, Sky Captain is like a big warm pillow that threatens to smother you in downy gorgeousness. Full Review
September 17, 2004
Carla Hall, San Francisco Chronicle
Sky Captain never exceeds the level of a clever exercise. Full Review
September 17, 2004
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The visuals are something, the story something less. Full Review
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