Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Just watched the last of the DVDs that I rented. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Found the "making of" to be interesting with the story of the guy who had spent seven years trying to make it. And I also found the movie to be interesting and artistic. There were times when the art direction overtook the story and became distracting, but as a general rule I found the aesthetic of the movie beautifully done. I respected the work of the artists. Also in general the story was reasonably good. Jude Law was amiable enough in the role. Enjoyable even, but he isn't Harrison Ford. It would have been better with a young Harrison Ford. Jolie was enjoyable in her bit part. You could see the sparkle of someone having fun. Gwennyth Paltrow, however, was leaden. Just, positively leaden. Please, no one ever cast her in a action role ever, ever again. The woman cannot run in a way that isn't distracting to the movie. Also, Paltrow is no Kathryn Hepburn, Roslyn Russel, or Irene Dunn. Hey, I love those 1930's bantering relationships on screen and Paltrow just didn't pull it off. She didn't have the arch wit, the fun and delight in the banter. Her banter plodded along. Banter shouldn't plod. She didn't pull off the perky, plucky heroine. She just seemed like a stiff snot of a girl in the role. She had the 1930s "look" but not the soul or the elan for the role. Please, Hollywood, keep her in deadly earnest dramas from now on.

On a different note, Oxygen is running some costume drama movie, and Adrien Brody looks quite in keeping with 1790s. He would make a pretty good Valmont.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Just watched the last of the DVDs that I rented. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Found the "making of" to be interesting with the story of the guy who had spent seven years trying to make it. And I also found the movie to be interesting and artistic. There were times when the art direction overtook the story and became distracting, but as a general rule I found the aesthetic of the movie beautifully done. I respected the work of the artists. Also in general the story was reasonably good. Jude Law was amiable enough in the role. Enjoyable even, but he isn't Harrison Ford. It would have been better with a young Harrison Ford. Jolie was enjoyable in her bit part. You could see the sparkle of someone having fun. Gwennyth Paltrow, however, was leaden. Just, positively leaden. Please, no one ever cast her in a action role ever, ever again. The woman cannot run in a way that isn't distracting to the movie. Also, Paltrow is no Kathryn Hepburn, Roslyn Russel, or Irene Dunn. Hey, I love those 1930's bantering relationships on screen and Paltrow just didn't pull it off. She didn't have the arch wit, the fun and delight in the banter. Her banter plodded along. Banter shouldn't plod. She didn't pull off the perky, plucky heroine. She just seemed like a stiff snot of a girl in the role. She had the 1930s "look" but not the soul or the elan for the role. Please, Hollywood, keep her in deadly earnest dramas from now on.

On a different note, Oxygen is running some costume drama movie, and Adrien Brody looks quite in keeping with 1790s. He would make a pretty good Valmont.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Just watched the last of the DVDs that I rented. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Found the "making of" to be interesting with the story of the guy who had spent seven years trying to make it. And I also found the movie to be interesting and artistic. There were times when the art direction overtook the story and became distracting, but as a general rule I found the aesthetic of the movie beautifully done. I respected the work of the artists. Also in general the story was reasonably good. Jude Law was amiable enough in the role. Enjoyable even, but he isn't Harrison Ford. It would have been better with a young Harrison Ford. Jolie was enjoyable in her bit part. You could see the sparkle of someone having fun. Gwennyth Paltrow, however, was leaden. Just, positively leaden. Please, no one ever cast her in a action role ever, ever again. The woman cannot run in a way that isn't distracting to the movie. Also, Paltrow is no Kathryn Hepburn, Roslyn Russel, or Irene Dunn. Hey, I love those 1930's bantering relationships on screen and Paltrow just didn't pull it off. She didn't have the arch wit, the fun and delight in the banter. Her banter plodded along. Banter shouldn't plod. She didn't pull off the perky, plucky heroine. She just seemed like a stiff snot of a girl in the role. She had the 1930s "look" but not the soul or the elan for the role. Please, Hollywood, keep her in deadly earnest dramas from now on.

On a different note, Oxygen is running some costume drama movie, and Adrien Brody looks quite in keeping with 1790s. He would make a pretty good Valmont.