| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Kam-Hung Soh |
| In the 1930s, intrepid reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) and her
former boyfriend Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan (Jude Law) race around the
world to foil the evil plans of Dr Totenkopf. They have to battle
Totenkopf's robots and henchmen, and rescue...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 1/4) |
| The critics have been kind to "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." I
suppose they imagined that sepia-drenched vistas with giant flying robots and
flying airstrips borrowed from the futuristic world of "Metropolis" and "Just
Imagine" and pop sci-fi...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4) |
| It started life as a black-and-white tribute to those creepy
science-fiction
thrillers of the 1950s, a slew of "It Came from..." wherever flicks that
played
upon our then paranoid fears of nuclear annihilation, precipitated by Orson
Welles' infamous...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5) |
| Sky Captain is exactly the kind of movie which would naturally
hypnotize me visually and therefore get away with murder, storywise.
Determined to rise above this weakness of mine, I chewed on the film
for a week. more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: The Art Deco future as it was seen from
the late 1930s is the background for this
super-paced sci-fi adventure. The plot is just a
chain of action sequences, one leading to the next,
and the characters are...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
| SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (2004): 3 stars out of 4. Starring Jude
Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambonm, Bai
Ling,
Omid Djalili and Sir Laurence Olivier. Director of photography Eric Adkins.
Production...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger: "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (Paramount Pictures)
Talk about comic-book movies! Visually imaginative and inventive, the
live-action in this uniquely retro sci-fi adventure was entirely filmed against
blue screens, so keep...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B+) |
| Wow. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is
like a visit to the Worlds Fair a half a century
ago. It's an imaginative throwback to the 50s
when heroes were cavalier, relationships between
men and women were a bit more aloof and not so
overly...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| It's circa 1939, but not the 1939 you may know about.
In this fantastical world, giant flying robots attack
Gotham City (AKA New York) and ace reporter Polly
Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) is investigating the
unexplained disappearance of the planet's most...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: C+) |
| Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten
Paramount Pictures
Grade: C+
Directed by: Kerry Conran
Written by: Kerry Conran
Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni
Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Ling Bai, Omid Djalili
Screened at: Loews Lincoln Square, NYC,...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4) |
| Watching the visually imaginative SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, your
initial wows will quickly turn into yawns. Its comic-like story is a bland
blend of FLASH GORDON, JURASSIC PARK, STAR WARS and THE IRON GIANT. A live
action picture, it was...more |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
Set in a fictional late 1930s environment in which technological advancements
are greater than you'd imagine, particularly in the field of the military, an
ambitious reporter follows a case of mysterious giant robots invading her city
of New York,...more |
