during the filming of the death scene, Beatty froze up on the first take
Last night I TiVo'ed Deliverance. So at first glance, I thought of a totally different Beatty....
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Fred Pete - Sep 17, 2004 8:41:39 am PDT #3972 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Scrappy - Sep 17, 2004 8:47:28 am PDT #3973 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
"Squeal lahk a pig."
§ ita § - Sep 17, 2004 11:05:47 am PDT #3974 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Summarizing (that was almost Dummarizing) IMDB summaries seems to indicate that Sky Captain is very pretty, not that interesting, Wimbledon is pleasant enough, and Bernie Mac does a good job in Mr. 3000.
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2004 11:34:23 am PDT #3975 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A drunk Edward Furlong was arrested for trying to free some lobsters.
I don't know what a freed lobster would do in Kentucky.
Aims - Sep 17, 2004 11:34:52 am PDT #3976 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Hit on his sister and drink a brew.
Same as everyone else.
Stephanie - Sep 17, 2004 4:56:20 pm PDT #3977 of 10001
Trust my rage
I just got back from Sky Captain and liked it a lot. Mainly for stylistic reasons. There was just a lot to look at (besides Jude Law, who never did anything for me before, but here...) and I really liked the Wizard of Oz effect with the black and white before the island and colors afterwards. The art deco (is that the right term...I'm not sure) style was really appealing to me.
Fred Pete - Sep 17, 2004 6:19:35 pm PDT #3978 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Just saw Deliverance. That's an intense 45 minutes in the middle there, especially when the wind and rain are doing their thing outside.
It's one of those films that, if you see it in the theater, you'll be spending the first five minutes outside after it's over re-adjusting to reality.
But not for the kids, by any means. (TCM rated it TV-MA for language. I'd add violence and possibly sex.)
Mr. Broom - Sep 17, 2004 6:39:30 pm PDT #3979 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Just saw Garden State. If anyone needs me for the next couple hours, I'll be sitting by myself and staring into space while mouthing silently.
Polter-Cow - Sep 17, 2004 7:07:29 pm PDT #3980 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow = (( Star Wars + Raiders of the Lost Ark ) * The Iron Giant ) / The Shadow
It's so fucking fun. Clearly, the visual style is a big draw, and it doesn't disappoint in that aspect. Your brain's all, "That's real, but wait, I know it's fake, but maybe it's real, it can't be real, right?" Everything is so well integrated, you completely forget it's all actors in front of a blue screen. And the muted colors in the beginning are so lush. (Nonian, good call on the Wizard of Oz effect. I hadn't noticed that.) There are very few points where anything looked obviously fake. It's very impressive.
But there's not only the retro-futuristic visual style, there's the style of the movie itself, an old-school adventure story with an archetypal hero and heroine. Jude Law is great, and Gwyneth Paltrow has the look down, but she acts like the most annoying backseat adventurer ever: "Joe, look out! What are you doing? You can't do that! We're going to die! What's that? Are you listening to me?" And she's obsessed with "getting the story" and "making sure her camera isn't trampled by giant robots," but not in an adorable Chloe Sullivan way. I'll accept it as part of the trope of 40s backseat heroines. And anyway, the camera ends up being a pretty entertaining running gag. Angelina Jolie is quite obviously enjoying the hell out of herself, and who wouldn't, when you get to wear an eyepatch?
Critics who are complaining about the story can bite me. Sure, the story's pretty ridiculous, but it's very well paced, and the action sequences are incredibly well choreographed and shot, the kind where you end up moving in your seat from side to side to avoid the planes. Kerry Conran's made a movie that gleefully embraces the adventure movie tropes of yore while not being afraid to subvert them for a laugh or two. It's not here to deliver any preachy messages or explore the human condition. It takes you on a ride where even halfway through the movie, it manages to give you the kind of thrill where the audience collectively laughs and spontaneously bursts into applause. I fucking love when that shit happens. That's why you go to the movies, man. (For those who've seen it, I'm talking about Frankie's jetpack ) I really felt like saying, "This makes me feel like a kid again," except I'm too young to make that sort of statement.
Make sure to look out for a couple of George Lucas references, a timely THX-1138 reference (at least, I assume it was one) and a scene that looks almost identical to a scene in Attack of the Clones, the one movie Kerry Conran's seen since he started working on this film.
Go see Sky Captain, peoples. It's the most fun I've had in a theater in a long fucking time.
dcp - Sep 17, 2004 7:34:54 pm PDT #3981 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I concur. Sky Captain was pretty and fun and funny. It did a good job of translating a comic book style to movie format while poking gentle fun at it.
I noticed the sound as much as the visuals. There is some great play with low freqs. and stereo effects. See this in a good theater, I doubt most home entertainment set-ups will be able to match this when the DVD comes out.