DVD Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow [HD DVD]
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Rating: - Sky Captain finally in HD!
I have been holding out on buying this until it came out in HD. I was not disappointed in the Blu-ray release of Sky Captain. If you liked the movie as I did this is a must buy!
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow [Blu-ray]

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Rating: - All pretty pictures and no substance
Any fan of golden age science fiction will appreciate the concept of this movie. An evil genius, big machines with rivets, robots, a quirky sidekick and a romantic interest make this a cookie cutter plot of the H.G. Wells era of science fiction. Visually, this movie is spectacular and it has brought life to classic fantasies of how the future world looked like to the people of the industrial revolution.

Unfortunately the movie falls flat in execution. The actors, normally dependable, are detached and disinterested in the world around them. I would describe the performances as "lazy." It was as if Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and (Male Lead) were stuck on a boring carnival ride and couldn't wait for the ending so they could go home.

This movie might be an important milestone in cinematic technology. It was the first (insert research here). However, it is simply impossible to ignore the weak plot and sleepy acting. This movie is a definite skip.

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Rating: - First-class Science Fiction Excellent Story, Excellent Visuals
This movie will remind many of the much anticipated movie 'Man Conquers Space'.

This is the kind of story that would have been done in the 1940s or 1950s if they would had our modern technology for special effects.

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Rating: - Really dark movie
I do not mean "dark" in a metaphorical sense... The image itself is quite dark. I've tried to calibrate my projector to watch this movie, but it just does not look good... Someone really exaggerated with the image post-processing here, or perhaps the DVD was poorly mastered. However, it does fill completely my 16:9 which is really nice (unlike most movies that show black bars even in 16:9 sets), and the movie itself is not that bad, it's just... very 30's, and a little bit too "photoshopped". =).