The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 119: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Added 2025-01-06 23:14:15 +0000 UTCBuckle your seatbelts, and secure your airpods, as the Watchcast kicks off its month of Jude Law-flavored sci-fi with the rip-roaring (and entirely blue-screened) adventure of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow!
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 119: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
(00:00:48) - Intro.
(00:03:00) - Some words about our reason for the season: Jude Law
(00:05:00) - And some words on his co-star here, Gwyneth Paltrow.
(00:06:21) - Sky Captain was the harbinger of blockbuster filmmaking techniques to come.
(00:17:21) - Our first time filmmaker Kerry Conran and how he got this thing made.
(00:29:47) - Raising the dead digitally.
(00:36:36) - Vinny wants to know where Giovanni Ribisi went before we go to break.
(00:38:12) - Break!
(00:38:31) - We're back! And Alex has one more note about Conran before we jump in.
(00:39:30) - OK, now let's launch into the film proper.
(00:43:19) - The state of the world, and Totenkopf's plan.
(00:48:17) - Some directorial issues in this opening sequence, but we love the spirit of it.
(00:55:08) - Our dyspeptic pilot, and the ongoing issue of giant robot attacks.
(00:58:15) - The hunt for Totenkopf begins.
(01:01:07) - The robots assault the base.
(01:06:12) - To Nepal!
(01:16:05) - A threesome joke! And a man horribly scarred by nuclear experimentation.
(01:20:36) - Alex's least favorite dialogue of the movie.
(01:22:31) - Here comes Angelina Jolie.
(01:27:13) - Sure, Atlantis can just be here. Why not?
(01:29:00) - Dr. Totenkopf's Island of Dr. Moreau.
(01:33:49) - Totenkopf's lair, and our special guest actor!
(01:37:57) - The slightly limp final action sequence.
(01:40:48) - Lens cap.
(01:42:16) - Final thoughts.
(01:48:19) - Some notes on our film for next week: Repo Men!
(01:51:32) - Outro.
Comments
Oh man Repo Men is great
Blacklab
2025-01-19 19:18:09 +0000 UTCAlways wanted to see this, nice to finally sit down for it. Really fun movie with some awesome scenes. And boy, we need an Angelinaissance. She shows up for 10 minutes, owns the entire movie with brilliant Jude Law chemistry, then flies off. Instant charisma, instantly takes charge, just a powerhouse. She's also one of the best parts of Eternals. I know the Tomb Raider movies are bad but time to watch them again, I guess. Since her image is one of the main parts of the marketing, I was shocked how she's basically a cameo.
csl316
2025-01-15 02:04:55 +0000 UTCNow I want to pursue a writer/director career just to make Sky Captain and the Hand of Death a real movie, or the alternatively titled Sky Captain 2: This Time, It’s Practical
Forrest Sarles
2025-01-14 13:30:48 +0000 UTCincredible opening 😂
Tom DiGrazia
2025-01-09 00:23:16 +0000 UTCVinny's voicing the same Jude Law sentiment I had for years, he's a literal class act-or
Viddy
2025-01-08 19:30:38 +0000 UTCOh also Jude Law was in a fantastic HBO Max miniseries a couple years back called The Third Day. Might be my favorite thing he’s ever done and no one talked about it.
Brad Arnold
2025-01-08 01:38:06 +0000 UTCGiovanni Ribisi’s mom was one of the bigger Scientology recruiters in Hollywood for a while. She was a well connected acting manager who would funnel potential clients into the church. I don’t know what she’s up to these days. Looks like she still reps Elizabeth Moss and Scott Adkins but that’s it? I know she was the one who got Jason Lee’s career off the ground back when he was a Scientologist.
Brad Arnold
2025-01-08 01:34:41 +0000 UTCThe only two things I remember about this is Angelina Jolie with an eyepatch in a British zeppelin and thinking neither the P-40 or anyone would survive hitting the water at that angle or speed.
swiftdraw
2025-01-07 22:35:27 +0000 UTCGiiovanni Ribisi also does work as a Director of Photography. Go watch "Strange Darling" if you haven't already.
Raymond Terry
2025-01-07 01:32:11 +0000 UTCRibisi was the Director of Photography for Strange Darling from 2024.
dvdwalker8
2025-01-07 01:06:04 +0000 UTCHopefully the 2025 of Tomorrow (today) will fair better than this
Zeemod
2025-01-07 00:02:36 +0000 UTCHaha they totally have the same conversation I had with myself about that.
Michael Polston
2025-01-06 23:30:58 +0000 UTCMan as a fan and cosplayer of steampunk, I really tried to convince myself of the positive aspects of this back when I first saw it. Technically this would be more diesel punk, approaching atom punk with some of the robot if you were to get into subgenres but I admire all those anachronistic ____-punk subtypes. I do accept that its VERY flawed. I can admire the attempt to make it like a 1930's serial adventure with each scene being wildly different. But it also makes everything just feel ADHD when stitched together. And yeah, the sepia smear...
Michael Jacobson
2025-01-06 23:28:22 +0000 UTCDon’t know if they’ll mention this but I couldn’t help but think that this looks like a 2004 PS2 game or an early XBox 360 game. Same color palette, same weird “this lens is covered in Vaseline” look.
Michael Polston
2025-01-06 23:21:08 +0000 UTCI watched that new movie The Order last night and Jude Law was fantastic as the lead FBI agent.
Thom Konan
2025-01-06 23:20:31 +0000 UTC
