The film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - Essay Example

Overview of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Introduction: The movie Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a movie for kids and teenagers in between the age of eight and eighteen with all the robots attacking and action hero’s saving the day. I was looking forward to seeing the movie because I thought it might have nice action scenes but when I saw it, it was something I was not expecting. The story is confusing and inevitably boring. The motion picture includes a massive cast comprising of Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili, and Sir Laurence Olivier.

The motion picture comes into view in a stylized edition of the 1930s which is a plot where the entire world is on a big screen. About the movie:The movie is about a person named Joe "Sky Captain" Sullivan (Jude Law) who is a sturdy explorer and comes to save the city in his personal aircraft at the time when the people need him. Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) is an intrepid journalist for The Chronicle, as well as a Joe’s past lover. Dex Dearborn (Giovanni Ribisi) is Joe’s assistant and Franky Cook (Angelina Jolie), is the commander of British aircraft who provides a helping hand to Joe every time he needs it.

There are two bad characters in the movie, the first one is a strange Asian woman (Bai Ling), and the other one is an evil mastermind Dr. Totenkopf (Laurence Olivier).The whole movie revolves around the good and the bad people fighting and the battle starts when an army of colossal robots attack in Manhattan and start trampling with things all over the place. And then the hero Sky Captain enters and saves the day. It turns out that the assaults of the robots are associated with the disappearance of six famous scientists, a story that Polly Perkins is scrutinizing into.

All of the clues point to Dr. Totenkopf, but his place is unknown. When Dex is apprehended, Joe comes to a conclusion to go after him, and Polly makes a decision that she wont be left behind and goes along with Joe. Saving the world becomes an almost inferior thought then saving their friend. Usage of technology:The opening scenes of the movie are very fascinating as advanced technology is used which makes the movie more interesting to watch and much has been said about how the chief part of the movie was acted in front of blue screens (computer generated backgrounds were later added).

It is the first movie ever which is shot completely adjacent to a blue screen and the scenes were added later. The technology is used sensibly and in a positive way to make the movie more real to its viewers. Another very good way in using the technology and the best part of the movie is the additional digital improvement which permits the late Sir Laurence Olivier (who died in 1989) to give an act from beyond the grave. By means of metaphors from early on in his profession, Conran was able to digitally control Olivier into performing Dr.

Totenkopf. Conclusion:Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a very pleasurable movie for kids. The movie is a good example of good and evil and saving the world idea is something the kids especially interested in. The children can learn a lot of things from the movie like the importance of friendship, faithfulness, patience during harsh conditions, equivalent gender roles. The whole package, by the director, offers a lot to every viewer who takes a chance on the movie even though it has such an insipid title.

BIBLIOGRAPHY IMDB, Internet movie data base Inc (2006), Plot Summary for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, retrieved from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/plotsummaryWord Count: 614