New Landmark

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2005)

Thank God. It's about time we see another landmark film on the big screen. One of the first great landmark films since The Matrix brought "bullet-time" main stream. Sky Captain was digital, yes - but the narrative structure and "stunningly artistic frames, each as though they were painted from one of Miller's comics" is certainly a break-through for the artistic interventions that digital cinema can bring to the industry.
It is almost unfortunate that the pervasiveness of the visceral nature of the film will prevent many from entering the theater (and hopefully not distracting those that do attend from the inherent beauty), but I would not have wanted Frank Miller's stories portrayed any different.
As a side note, although I have written about how the film correlates to Miller's comics and stories, there is absolutely no need to know anything of the original comic books and literature to understand and enjoy this film.