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It's a real pity that some people are so clever, so articulate, that everything they see must must be pulled apart and analyzed to the nth degree, ultimately destroying their own, (and others) enjoyment of something that is meant to be pure escapism, what sorry, sorry lives they must lead. I love the way they pick the crap out of a movie, saying, Oh they should have done this or that, or the acting was....., using words you need a dictionary to understand, Yes everybody thinks they're really clever.

Sky Captain would have to be one of the most fun works of art I have ever seen, so damned clever in it's execution. Yes the acting and overall feel was very typical of the old one reeler's we used to watch at the cinema's, when we were kids, but that is exactly what they were shooting for. I didn't like Jude Law much until I saw this, and Gwyneth Paltrow, well she is just eye candy. Angelina Jolie made the most of every frame she was in, making her part unforgettable, everyone looked like they were having fun.

It's not everybody's cup of tea, but then I didn't like Star Wars very much, proving that you can't please everybody, and I am a very big Sci-Fi fan, but this movie has passion written all over it. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong), that it was the first of it's kind (to completely use green screens), going places and doing things that that hadn't been done before, so it was largely experimental.

Sky Captain is a triumph, a hell of a lot of fun, brimming with innovative and clever ideas, something to help forget the world for a couple of hours, good clean family viewing.

It has one of the all time best endings.

Do yourself a favor, don't analyze, just watch and enjoy.

Oh, and one more thing, to the clever critics, instead of criticizing other people's work, get out there and show everyone how it's done. We should be praising their genius, and encouraging them onwards.

A very fat 9 out of 10.

Within the first few minutes you know this is going to be something you wish you never started, a couple of Russian MIGs fly within 20 feet of the deck of an American Aircraft carrier, and all these ladies are standing around mass debating over what color nail polish goes with their F18's, "oh look Russian MIGs, to our F18's girls" and the music goes...na na na na na na na na Top Dumb. A few minutes of stock footage follows showing some aerial combat, that doesn't seem to match what is taking place, so much banter and arguing about tactics, "you go left, I'll go right, you dive and we'll sneak up behind them....but you'll kill us all..no, no trust me" a verbal high 5, "girl power (to the tune of ghostbusters) but alas... one gets hit by a Korean missile,Then a bunch of dialogue from a bunch of people in a war room that is so dumb an inaccurate, that you have to wonder how dumb the enemy is if these guys are a superpower. And then it just goes downhill from there.

None of the cast look like they have any military experience or for that matter acting experience, dialogue is best listened to with the sound off, and best watched while you're doing something else a long way from the TV.

A very good movie for the brain dead!

I like a good western, but this wasn't one of them, there was varying levels of acting skills, the camera work looked to be done by trainees, the dialogue probably written by the same guys, the sets looked like a studio backlot, their clothes were too clean, the makeup and blood was unconvincing the wardrobe department had no idea about making a western look authentic, I mean if your going to make a western at least try to do your best. I would probably have given this another point if it didn't have Butch Cassidy in the title, and they had gone for an original story. There are many western books and stories out there that deserve to be made into movies, so why do another Butch Cassidy movie, it's been done to death, and this one rates very low against all the others.

Overall, if you looking for a good western to watch on a rainy Saturday Afternoon.....this ain't it!!