I swear I was ready to do it.
I took the Sky Captain anfd the World of Tomorrow DVD from the shelf, and I slipped the disc in my PC – and the frigging thing won’t run.
Not on VLC, not on Movie Player.
Now this is a true disappointment, because I wanted to watch it again, and then try and pinpoint what doesn’t work. Because admittedly this movie looks like a million dollars, it has a great cast, and it thoroughly bored me quite a bit¹.

The fact is that it should not bore me.
There’s action and adventure, super-science, evil robots out of an old Fleischer Superman cartoon… the opening scenes with the airship docking on top of the Empire State Building are breath-taking.
There’s a stellar cast, too!
So what’s the problem? Continue reading →