Sky Captain and the World Tomorrow
Fucking. Awesome.
(See, I had free passes on Tuesday to the preview screening of the flick at the Cinerama in Seattle...)
The film looked beautiful. More than any other "genre" film that's come out over the past few years, this one has got to be the closest to getting that 30s/40s serial feel with 21st Century production values and the 60+ years of movie making lessons therein. The film looked BIG, but wait: There was a Q&A with the director, Kerry Conran, afterwards. One of the questions was the cost of the film. Someone asked if it was $50 mil, the director's reply was "I wish we had that much money." Definitely one of the most entertaining Q&As I've ever been to. Lots of scifi geek Easter eggs, but there isn't that "Ooo! Look how clever I am" attitude or "BUY OUR STUFF" feel either (hell, they've only recently signed a merchandising deal and it's going towards the collectors' side of things). One hell of an adventure.
I. Love. This. Film. Needless to say, my head exploded when I found out that it is Kerry Conran that's doing the "John Carter of Mars" films next. YAY!!!
Nice 40s fashions, cool surprises, and I actually liked Gwyneth Paltrow.
Plus: ROBOTS!!!
I feel Geektastic!!!
Fucking. Awesome.
(See, I had free passes on Tuesday to the preview screening of the flick at the Cinerama in Seattle...)
The film looked beautiful. More than any other "genre" film that's come out over the past few years, this one has got to be the closest to getting that 30s/40s serial feel with 21st Century production values and the 60+ years of movie making lessons therein. The film looked BIG, but wait: There was a Q&A with the director, Kerry Conran, afterwards. One of the questions was the cost of the film. Someone asked if it was $50 mil, the director's reply was "I wish we had that much money." Definitely one of the most entertaining Q&As I've ever been to. Lots of scifi geek Easter eggs, but there isn't that "Ooo! Look how clever I am" attitude or "BUY OUR STUFF" feel either (hell, they've only recently signed a merchandising deal and it's going towards the collectors' side of things). One hell of an adventure.
I. Love. This. Film. Needless to say, my head exploded when I found out that it is Kerry Conran that's doing the "John Carter of Mars" films next. YAY!!!
Nice 40s fashions, cool surprises, and I actually liked Gwyneth Paltrow.
Plus: ROBOTS!!!
I feel Geektastic!!!
sydni:
yay!!! i still need to go see it. I will take your journal as a reccomendation.....
sydni:
are you in the SGseattle group???