SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

How sad is this?

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

I remember seeing the previews for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow when I was a kid. The hype was that it was a completely animated movie, and I thought it was the greatest special effects in the world since the main characters, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Angelina Jolie, looked so much like the actors playing them it was impossible to tell they were animated! Well, as it turns out, when I finally saw the movie ten years later, I learned the truth. Despite my protestations throughout the first half of the film that the people in the movie were indeed animated, I found out that they were real. The entire movie was filmed using "green screen"-or blue screen, if you prefer-but the actors were real.When you watch it, though, I'm sure you'll have your doubts. The entire movie, in addition to using computer graphics for all the background images, used several special filters and finishes that made everyone's faces look photoshopped, which let's face it, they were. You can't see people's pores on their faces and the lighting looks extremely strange. I can only hope the filmmakers chose this design to make the actors look as actors did in that time period, rather than to intentionally confuse the audience. In old movies from the 1930s and 1940s, camera lenses didn't pick up every pore, so Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow looks quite authentic.You'll also probably be wowed, and rightly so, by the incredible special effects during the plentiful action scenes. The story is set in the midst of WWII, and out of nowhere, giant robots and flying machines pop out of the sky, adding another element to the war. Jude Law plays the title character, and he spends most of the film in his plane blowing up bad guys. You can only imagine the endless possibilities of special effects with a fantasy movie like this.While I don't happen to like the "steampunk" genre, I was able to appreciate the computer graphics, how pretty Gwyneth Paltrow looked, how pretty Jude Law looked, and Edward Shearmur's beautiful music. You won't see his name until the end credits, so while you're listening to his complex and authentic-sounding score, you'll probably lay odds that it's John Williams. Shearmur's very talented, and I'll be keeping an ear open for him in the future.If you like movies that rely heavily on special effects, action scenes with giant robots, and a quick banter that stands for romantic tension, you might like this one. It's not one I'll probably want to watch again, but I really enjoyed the cameo from Laurence Olivier, and the last one minute of the film is very cute. What's the ending, you ask? You'll have to watch it to find out.DLM warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie is not your friend. In every scene, the camera either swerves, tilts, or spins, and it might make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004): Dir: Kerry Conraan / Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi, Angelina Jolie, Laurence Olivier: Exhilarating visual treat about future and opportunity. Filled with fantastic visual imagery from towering robots to hovering spacecrafts but its best asset is its film noir appeal giving it a black and white image with tainted colour. The world's top scientist disappear and reporter Polly Perkins is determined to crack the case. She is joined by aviator Sky Captain whose bravery knows no limits. Inventive storytelling with debuting director Kerry Conraan adding an interesting Noah's Ark reference where the villain aims to steal two of each animal to board onto a rocket. Jude Law is superb as the daring Sky Captain who dives head on into danger without thought or regret. Gwyneth Paltrow as Polly brings intelligence as well as humour particularly in the final scene in a joke regarding her camera. Giovanni Ribisi tries to crack codes while keeping contact with Sky Captain. Angelina Jolie as a daredevil fighter pilot complete with eye patch is a nice touch matching Sky Captain's daring enthusiasm ten times over. What is truly daring is the computer animated imaging of Laurence Olivier who has been deceased since 1989. He receives acting billing here, which is remarkable. Excellent adventure taking flight in its references to noir and old serials. Score: 10 / 10

The opening credits of Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow promise exactly what the film delivers, a ripping yarn in the mold of Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers, with all the suspension of disbelief that those matinée serials required of the viewer. The PG rating is the tell-tale that you should not expect plotting of Nolanian complexity, this is a kids' film, and if you treat it like that, it's good fun. There is the odd gaping plot hole, but there are also some nice touches, like the appearance of Laurence Olivier and a certain recurring camera device for example, which help counteract the patchiness of the jeopardy. If you can accept occasional failings such as the yawning chasm in the lack of resolution of the research subject scene, this can be an enjoyable romp with a watchable cast.

Simply awful, what has started as a very promising movie with some nice new sic-fi ideas ended up as one of those Cheeseburger/Cowboy movies, full of clichés and non-logical events, dialog (oh specially that one, it simply can't get worse) and even story, that can't be considered Sci-Fi, it is a cheeseburger rubbish.The super cowboy who is super self confident and super brave and super "in control" who is also supposed to be super funny is - again - saving the world, of course while saving his own girl who is also super confident, super smart, super funny, and she is fighting entire armies without even breaking her high heals shoes !!! amazing ... keep on that Hollywood ... another 1 out of 10 movie, just because zero is not available.