Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Gotham City isn't protected by Batman in this world of tomorrow. Instead, the city turns its eyes to the Sky Captain, Joe Sullivan (Jude Law). Large robots are soon seen in the sky and descend to steal the city's energy generators. Reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) gets clues as to why they're here and teams up with her former lover Sullivan to track down their true motives. It seems scientists are being kidnapped who were all part of a secret German project during World War I. With only the name Totenkopf and a smart know-it-all in Giovanni Ribisi to track down the robots' signals, the two must travel to Asia to find the scientists and try to stop whatever dangerous scheme Totenkopf is up to.

The film is admittedly a mixed bag. I applaud Kerry Conran's vision to use CGI throughout the entire film, creating a fantasy world that dazzles the eyes with life in the past. But the story could use a little work. Paltrow's performance in the beginning became more of an annoyance with every line she said. It's amazing her character could co-exist with Joe for so long in the film. Like a plane taking off, the trip to Asia and the ensuing events, including an encounter with Angelina Jolie, becomes a high note of the film. But the ending is too non-sensical for even the imagination to handle and its attempts to keep our attention through humor falls short. 2 stars