Sky Captain meets Agent Smith aka sterilised Hellboy

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2011)

Let me confess that I have never red a comic book. The reasons I went to watch it were: 1) I wanted to see smth. easygoing on a big screen (in order to assess the remaining shortcomings of my home rig, and 2) Since I heard Dennis Hopper uttering words: "...Do you know who this is, man? This is Captain America...", I knew I have to know what that is. Not knowing the comic effectively disqualifies me in the eyes of many; however, we are talking about movies here, therefore I will write a couple of sentences. The movie heavily resembles "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow". It has much higher budget, a bit weaker cast, and it is not as aesthetically accomplished, but plot details aside, Captain America is a brash echo of the Sky Captain. The Comic books, however, preceded the Sky Captain movie, - nevertheless, it was questionable to use cliché aesthetics. Speaking of the cast, Hugo Weaving is really good as long as he is allowed to use his face, and a letdown once the stupid mask replaces it. The lady ... sorry, I have almost forgotten her. The Captin himself - it could have been worse, but given the considerable flatness of the character, I think he did a good job. But the best friend ... sorry, he did not persuade me. The movies as a whole was rather boring. Too predictable even for a person who is not familiar with the comic book. And the generous amount of CGI. Explosions, - tons of them, and so boring. I felt I was aging.