“They’re a hundred yards away!”
October 10th, 2004
Erin and I went to see Sky Captain today, finally. The theater was utterly deserted; clearly the demand for this picture has dropped to zero. It’s a shame—this was a great movie, far far better than you’ve heard. And you won’t see its equal for years, if ever. Erin reflects further on this:
So, in a few summers, we’ll get another Spiderman, we’ll get another Jerry Bruckheimer explos-a-thon (National Treasure 2, anyone?), we may even get another Mummy movie. But there won’t be a Sky Captain and the Search for Freedom or anything like it.
If you’ve seen the film, the relevant IMDb trivia page is good stuff. (I’m glad they changed the movie’s title, for instance.)