Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

This film has really got me excited. It's a Roland Emmerich film (Independence Day and Stargate, which were alright, I guess), and it looks VERY stylish. It's about the invasion of 1940's Earth by...well, aliens I guess, but it adopts the old 40's serial style a-la War of the Worlds and The Day the Earth Stood Still (although it is not in black-and-white, but a sun-bleached drab color scheme). Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Giovanni Ribisi, and Angelina Jolie are starring in what looks like a fun and gorgeous adventure flick.

Check out the trailer here.

I am looking forward to seeing this breathtaking masterpiece of art. This film entices my eyes every step of the way. Spectaclar looking.

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Aliens? Well...If you have seen the trailer and etc... they are robots. A mad scientist (or something of the kind) controls them and Sky Captain must save the world

I read that the entire movie is CGI with exception of the actors. It is the first of its kind.

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Well, I didn't know much about the film story concept, and since most (if not all) of Emmerich's films have incorporated aliens in some way, and since War of the Worlds and the like involved aliens driving robots, I figured they were aliens (but I wasn't sure). Thanks for clearing that up.

Really? I wonder how expensive that would be? Anyway, I love the high-resolution black and white look of the whole thing. Or whatever it is. I was never a fan of Jude Law, but I'm starting to accept him. But Angelina Jolie is out of my mind. The only reason I haven't shot her yet is because her dad is Jon Voight. Can you say. . .Deliverance? (good stuff)

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I've read that she'll only be a cameo in this one. The article is here.

And I was wrong: Roland Emmerich is not the director (he's doing The Day After Tomorrow, although Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow smells like his work, and even uses pieces both the Stargate and ID4 musical scores...very confusing). The director is Kerry Conran, and this is his/her directorial debut.

I like that you're not setting your expectations too high.

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Is this better?

"I am hoping this movie doesn't suck big, green, infested, donkey balls like most Hollywood CGI dependent movies do."

(I AM LOOKING FORWARD THO)

THANK GOD! I'm relieved now. Now I don't have to relieve a great actor of his daughter. (incase you haven't noticed, I'm a Jon Voight fan)

Yeah I read that too. The movie looks okay, but I'm intrigued in that aspect.

Check it out....

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I think it looks like it might be good... but these types of movies usually do suck. The fact that it's CGI dependent is kind of annoying, and I usually hate movies with tons of CGI. Anyway, I like Angelina Jolie, whereas I can't stand Jude Law. I think it kind of sucks that Jolie only has 5-15 min. cameo.

Well, if this one is stylish in the same way Kill Bill: Volume One (read: fresh and original), that means it will be fun to watch. And if the story is decent, then it shouldn't suck.

Here's hoping.

Im not sure about this film, I think there is a high chance it will be an Uber Flop. Im not a big fan of CGI fests and the premise looks a bit lame. Hopefully I will be proved wrong!

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow has been pushed back to Septepber 17th !!!!

This is what I understand about the movie --

Kerry Cornan is a CalArts graduate who created software which allows him to shoot a whole movie on bluescreens and then later fill it in with background images which he basically had done. He showed the movie to some execs and they were so impressed, they hired some of the best talent in Hollywood and this has become Paramounts blockbuster movie for the summer season -- a rare feat for a first time director.

The trailer is pretty cool, and you can tell that Kerry Cornan is a movie fanatic.

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