Review of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) by Justin R — 08 Feb 2011

I 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 know all of those movies from the 30's, 40's, and a little bit in the 50's? Those movies that threw real science out of the window completely in the name of giant robots and evil scientists using atomic energy to destroy the wold in increasingly bizarre ways? Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a digital homage to that age and captures the spirit of these films perfectly, and I mean perfectly.

This is the mother of all films that claim to be an homage, a movie that sent me into flashbacks of when the retro look WAS the future. The special effects look pretty good and the borderline sepia tone/color style that layers the whole film only adds to the homage factor.

The actors also do a great job, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law play some extremely fun characters and create some situations for great humor (some of the jokes are actually priceless, with the final line uttered in the movie's triumphant moment causing me to choke on popcorn from laughter).

Its not a deep film, but its a great movie and definitely worth the watch. If you consider yourself a fan of old school films, check this out, I guarantee you'll enjoy it (watch for RKO picture's reference and a cameo by a certain King of Kong).