"Sky Captain" Deserves a Salute
Category: Movies...
Posted Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 08:26 PM [GMT-6]

The paradox of "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is that one of the most amazing achievements of digital technology results in the ultimate analog movie.

Part film noir, part retro sci-fi (ala Buck and Flash), part adventure (ala Indiana and Jurassic Park) and all camp, Sky Captain is a feast for the eyes and the imagination, especially if you sit back and let it be what it is...107 minutes of sly winks among the director, the actors and the audience.

I loved it, but here's the prediction that will likely allow you buy into my recommendation: James Lileks is gonna love it. Mark my words.

[Note: For those of you who like to run for the exits as soon as "The End" appears on the screen, you won't miss any additional footage...but you will miss an exquisite rendering of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by jazz vocalist Jane Monheit. It's so good, in fact, that as soon as I post this, I'm heading for the iTunes Music Store to acquire some of her work.]