I used to work at a Visual Effects Studio. About a year and a half ago some footage came into the company to bid on the effects work for a couple of shots in this new movie called Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. After hearing what it was going to be about, I instantly became excited about the project. A movie almost entirely shot in front of a Blue/Green screen, where everything except the actors themselves is artificial and computer generated. Nothing like this has ever been done before on this scale. This was going to be cool.
I’ll get right to it… I LOVED this film. It is stylistically gorgeous, visually stunning, fantastic acting, great direction, creatively original and positively unique. I’m running out of great things to say about it here. I was just overwhelmed with this movie which exceeded my already high expectations.
Done in the stylings of a 1950’s Si-Fi flick, Sky Captain captures all the wonder and the true spirit of the genre. It inspires awe and wonder while giving your imagination a great workout.
So that’s it folks. This is probably going to be my shortest review ever, but I just don’t have anything else meaningful to say at this point. Go see it this week. I give Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow an 8.5/10.
