SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW is a period film that transports us back to when the world was threatened by Nazi regime and war spreading across the globe. The film plays like 30s Saturday morning serial show incorporating elements of monster movies from the 50s and war adventures from the Second World War. Throw in the film noir feel of the 40s and you have an ultra modernistic film incorporating cinematic stylization from these past decades.

The CGI world didn’t really bother me as much as the cookie cutter, feel good way the movie pays off. I felt things were too tidy and neat and that the story could have used more edges to give it some texture of reality.

Also the acting seemed by the numbers with no real emotional depth. This may have come from the fact that actors were acting against blue screen and not real physical life. Or it could have been that Kerry Conran was so focused on getting the computer images right that he forgot to pay attention to the performances. Either way the acting is almost as false as the synthetic world that is around them.

I do think this film will gather a cult following, especially from the people out there who appreciate art because SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW deserves artistic merit. It took Kerry Conran ten years to develop the technology to make this movie. It may take that long to build it’s cult status.

The supplements include two commentary tracks, the first one featuring just Kerry Conran, where he covers a massive amount of technical info how he worked for ten years before being able to make this a feature film. He shot a short version of this film to develop the technology needed to prove to investors and the studio that it could be done. In the second audio commentary several key crewmembers join Conran to go over the making of the film. An 8-minute featurette features Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kerry Conran supplying comments about their involvement on the film.

There are also 3 theatrical trailers; two US/International trailers as well one for the Japanese audience.