If you have not figured things out yet, Netflix is my friend. When Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow came out ten years ago it got panned pretty bad. In my opinion, I have a feeling that many of the reviewers really didn't know what they were dealing with.
Here is what I mean. The movie is darkly lit. It has a film noir feel to it because of how darkly lit it is. Plus it is set in the 1940's. The actors are performing in a similar style as 1940's actors. And the entire movie is shot with green screen. If you are not familiar with what green screen is, all the big sets, robots and most everything else is computer generated. And you can tell. In the movie's defense, it was one of the first to go entire movie green screen.
I actually like the story. Kind of cheesy, but that is film noir for you. I recognized what they were trying to do early and made adjustments for it. In this film, Angelina Jolie's accent is pretty bad. Usually when she does Brit the accent is more or less believable. Not this time. Jude Law is Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow plays the overly curious reporter/damsel in distress.
The rundown is that if you can get past the look of the movie and suspend your disbelief with what you are looking at in regard to the story, you could enjoy this film. If you have Netflix and have not seen the film yet, give it a shot. You might be surprised. Or I am completely wrong and the film will suck. Either way, and this is for the guys and maybe some girls, looking at Jolie in tight leather is not a bad thing.
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