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Wow is all I can say. Violent, unique, funny (sometimes) visually stunning; a wierd mix of old and new (never saw the comic book but the mix of 1930s & 1950s cars with cell phones is kind of twisted.The digital effects finally portend the real possibilities of the format.
And of course Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, and yes even Brittany Murphy(!!!!) are great- as are Bruce Willis (ever notice how many interesting projects this guy is actually in) and my favorite of all Mickey Rourke.
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...and I agree - it was awesome. Probably the closest adaptation of a comic book to the screen, with all of the close-ups, hammy dialogue, cool old cars, black-white shades and color. Great group of actors and actresses. A classic - right up there with Pulp Fiction.
I thought this looked like it could be really dumb, yet it's pretty easily my favorite of this year so far.As I've always loved film noir and this is meant to be the noirest of all time, I was with it from the first minute. Basin City is one tough town. The three ultra-tough-guy heroes really are heroes, and man oh man are they tough. Especially Mickey Rourke, my favorite.
I went only to see Jessica Alba.... and the whole film turned out to be great. I have to agree- my favorite movie of this year so far as well.
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Not that good, but shure better than rest of the crap coming from Hollywood.
I love movies with the "retro future" look to them. Metropolis was probably the first. The anime remake of Metropolis carries on that theme, and is otherwise just as visually stunning as the first was in it's day. City of Lost Children has a more Jules Verne inspired look. Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow is also great, if you avoid paying attention to the plot and just focus on the pretty pictures. I haven't seen Wild Wild West yet, the whole western themed high tech thing seems off-putting to me. Besides which I heard it was a horrible movie :)I'm looking forward to watching Steamboy when it comes out on DVD, not in it's current, chopped theatrical release.
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> > > Sky Captain and the World Of Tomorrow is also great, if you avoid paying attention to the plot and just focus on the pretty pictures < < <
Sorry, but as a rule, I don't like effects just for the sake of effects.
I found Sky captain to be very tedious, and it left me with a headache. It was the worst movie I've seen in years. Good FX are not a substitute for a good story-The Day after Tommorrow is a perfect example of FX in desperate need of a story-another waste of FX.
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> Good FX are not a substitute for a good story-The Day after Tommorrow is a perfect example of FX in desperate need of a story-another waste of FX.Eyecandy movies have their place, I find they are actually better with little to no plot instead of a bad plot. Sky Captain, to paraphrase the great Joe Bob Brigs, had "... no plot to get in the way of the story."
If I feel like watching a mindless movie, I'd rather there be lots of really nice scenery with minimal talking/plot mucking up the pretty pictures. Star Wars Episode I is an excellent example of a crappy plot and bad acting getting in the way of amazingly good visuals.2001 is the ultimate example of the semi-plotless movie. It looks amazing, but doesn't have a plot in the conventional sense of the word. I've heard theories that the plot is actually based on music, with a first, second and third "movement" pretty well delineated (Dawn of man / 2001 / Beyond the infinite) The music in the movie progresses in the same fashion (no music/noise -> classical -> avantgarde, Philip Glass-esque opera)
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The "plot" of 2001 is convoluted, sure, but it has one: the visting of earth by a far more evolved society and its impact.
Of course, it is also the most intelligent (condensed greatly) history of human science and the ultimate fate of the species that so alters "nature."
As time passes, we shall find out if the computer is really our friend or as Clarke/Kubrick envisioned.
> Jesus, you're bringing 2001 into a discussion of Captain?Yep, in film analysis and comparison any movie is fair game :)
> The "plot" of 2001 is convoluted, sure, but it has one: the visting of earth by a far more evolved society and its impact.
Well, that's the plot in the book. They never come right out and say the monolith is alien technology in the movie. It's more of a symbol, or placeholder for human evolution, or perhaps the punctuated equilibrium thereof. The plot of 2001 deals with human evolution and the human reliance on technology, which isn't really a complete plot unto itself, it's just what the film is about.
> and the ultimate fate of the species that so alters "nature."
Interesting question: if humans are the products of natural evolution, how are the creations of humans unnatural? Are bird nests unnatural? Are beaver dams unnatural? Of course the movie posits that external forces shaped human evolution, and tool use is not a factor of natural evolution. Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say :)
> As time passes, we shall find out if the computer is really our friend or as Clarke/Kubrick envisioned.
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HAL wasn't really evil, it was just carrying out it's instructions, which were to lie, which it was programmed never to do, hence the breakdown. A computer, like any tool, isn't evil* in and of itself, it's only evil if it is used for evil purposes. HAL, being somewhat sentient, could be an exception, however it's evil acts were brought about by human intervention. Without the human's requirement of duplicity, HAL would not have "malfunctioned."* Define evil as irrationally bad/damaging behavior as caused by any reason you prefer (insanity, demonic posession, chemical imbalances, moonbeams, whatever.)
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I agree that eye candy has its place, and I've enjoyed a few myself, but I do think that it is easy to go overboard. Sky Captain and Day After Tomorrow are perfect examples-at best they bored me, at worst made me ill. I thought the original Star Wars trilogy was eye candy, with minimal fairy tale stories. I didn't care for Episode 1-it bored me.
For eye candy with a little more thought, you might wish to try Casshern-visually stunning and emotionally draining.
Jack
The difference is some 22 minutes, I have read. The "chopped" version already was just slightly tedious, so one must wonder...On the other hand, if the cuts took place during the exposition, that would explain some of the uncomfortable transitions between scenes.
However, the "cut" version, already pretty long, featured some of the finest English dubbing I've ever heard and is well worth it for that aspect.
Here in Boston both versions were on display but I did not avail myself of a rerun, although I do very much want to see it again.
Last week I read that the film had garnered a whopping... $389,000.
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Yeah, I heard it was a bit draggy. I'd still rather see the whole thing subtitled, I prefer foreign movies that way. The unedited version of the Anime "Nausicaa" by Miyasaki was draggy in the middle, but with those bits edited out the rest of the movie didn't make sense. Disney released the original hacked verison of that movie in the 80's, and it's why there hadn't been any Ghibli movies released in the US through the late 90's.The popcorn is better at my friend's mega-hometheater anyway's :)
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