Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow remixed by Jorge
by Jorge
What is it about? This was made to bring the ol’ Cap to the new millennium. Tighter pacing, jettison what doesn’t work or slows down the movie and torpedo glaring logic holes, painful romantic chemistry and humor that falls flat.
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(11 votes, average: 7.82 out of 10, rated)
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Film studio: Paramount Pictures
Original Film Released: September 17, 2004
Date Funedit Released: February 2007
Original Runtime: 1 hour 46 mins. DVD version
Funedit Runtime: 1 hour 9 mins.
Amount of time Cut/Added: You do the math.
CONCEPT
The visual success of this film deserves that first time Director Kerry Conran be showered with all manner of accolades, but the most important things that make a movie great are missing.
Half of “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” is a film of breathtaking vision and craftsmanship, a work of art that both summarizes the early history of cinema and takes it brilliantly, shimmeringly forward.
The other half is not. Ultimately the movie is immensely stylish, fantastically retro-looking, and an utter bore.
Cuts removed/added/extended:
- - Moved the opening titles to the end. Now the film starts quiet and mysterious.
- - Deleted The hand crossing out names. Who is that? Totenkopf’s mysterious oriental agent is a robot. She needs a list?
- - Deleted Sky Captain holding a gun on Polly. If you’re going to point a gun at somebody, you better shoot.
- - Deleted Polly being a klutz, always doing the wrong thing. Now she’s a competent reporter.
- - Deleted the bickering and snipping that was supposed to pass for romantic chemistry.
- - Deleted scenes of Dex for pacing.
- - Deleted any dialogue meant to be funny that wasn’t.
- - Deleted any dialogue were a character says “I’m going to do…” Now they just do it.
- - Kaji has a mind of his own. He speaks without being prompted by Sky Captain.
- - Added scenes from original 6 min. movie into robot sequence. 15 secs. Added tint.
- - Added deleted scene “Totenkopf’s Torture Room” with music from “The Ring” 1 min. 6 secs.
- - Reworked the end credits. New end credit sound track also RemiXed by Jorge.
- - Added surprise ending after the end credits. You must watch till the last frame.
DVD – Features:
Menus
Bonus
Scene Selection Menus
presented in 1:85:1
No subs.
Conceptual improvements/advancements of edit over original: “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” is based on the popular serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Written and Directed by Kerry Conran, This homage to serials is far too faithful to its origins. Conran gleefully adopts the logic holes, adolescent romantic attitudes, discontinuities and plot conveniences that were standard in movie serials because of low budgets, fast shooting schedules, simplistic scripts and the nature of their intended audience. So we get gorgeous special effects, cliffhanger action sequences as well as stilted dialogue, flat script, negligible plot, missing details, inaccuracies and a lack of continuity.
Sky Captain started in the very best way a movie can: with a vision and a passion. Kerry had been making this movie for 6 years, in his computer, all CG. And he was making it all on his own. I find that kind of dedication admirable. I always want people like this to succeed with their projects, for the results of their up-late-at-night-after-work machinations to become interesting, wonderful movies. It’s too bad this one falls short of the mark.
TOMB RAIDERS OF THE OZ SPACE ARK vs THE MAD SCIENTIST’S DEADLY ROBOTS ON MONSTER ISLAND! Although the movie had high box office expectations, opening at #1 on its September release date, the movie was a flop at the box office grossing only about $37 million in the United States from a reported $70+ million budget. Critical reviews, while largely positive, still didn’t drive audiences to the theatre. The film garnered positive reviews with 73% of national film critics praising the film. I guess audiences weren’t really clamoring for a painfully authentic and derivative movie serial from the 1930’s, no matter what the critics said.
SCHEDULE
planning: Thought about it a lot.
editing: 3 weeks
sound editing: as I went along.
trailer: 3 days
DVD layout and features: 1 week
The Unexpected: Compression and audio challenges 1 week.
persons involved: Just me.
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From the Forum:
bionicbob says
“THRILLS!
CHILLS!
SUSPENSE! DANGER! ADVENTURE! CLIFFHANGERS!
Ahhh…. the good old chapter serial…. when I was a kid my local television station used to air these (Flash Gordon, Rocketman, Buck Rogers etc) every early morning before I rushed out the door to catch the school bus. I used to love these daring escapades from yesteryear. When SKY CAPTAIN was first released a few years ago, I was very excited by all the promos and hype. Unfortunatley, I found myself somewhat disappointed with the released product. The movie was very faithfull to the old chapter serials (loaded with lots of hidden easter eggs for the old time fanboys) and that was both its strength and weakness. The storyline and characters were iconic chiffhanger material, the visual effects were breathtaking but the pacing was incredibilily slow and the acting was wooden and unemotional at times (a curse of many heavy CGI movies these days) leaving me as an audience member at times both bored and disconnected with what was happening up on the silver screen.
But here comes Jorges remix of SKY CAPTAIN and all that has changed. His edits on SKY CAPTAIN I found to be masterful and smooth. A really great fan edit to me is when you watch it and don’t notice anything is missing. Jorge has succeeded in doing this for the most part. The story is completely intact (amazing when I believe he edited out over 20 (???) minutes of the original movie) but moves at a much faster pace, the lead characters come across much more likeable, and all the unnecessary exposition or awkward character moments have been removed, making for a much more enjoyable movie experience!
If I had to quibble, the only shot I missed from the entire movie was the “Calling Sky Captain”/radio tower emitting signal waves sequence. While it does nothing to move along the plot, I always thought it was a really cool sequence and connected it nicely back to its old time cliffhanger roots.
But that aside, I can not recomment Jorges remix of SKY CAPTAIN highly enough…. it is an excellent and entertaining fan edit!!! “
Review by killbillme — May 9, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
From the Forum:
f1209 says”I’ve just watched this and thought I’d let you guys know what I thought.
I liked it. A LOT.
Video quality is great, with a high bitrate throughout.
I wish the audio was 5.1 but I can settle for the 2.0
The editing is great – no problems in video or audio, except at 0:33:00 when Polly is lying in the snow – there is an audio dropout. It was more noticeable when I played it off my burned DVD as opposed to when I played it from the hard drive, but still there nonetheless.
The pacing is tighter, moving from action scene to action scene quickly.
Polly is a much stronger character, a shame there was no way to lose the 2 ‘dopey’ moments (lens cap at the end, and her stumble on the island).
Overall, just great FUN. Despite its flaws, I liked the original of this movie, and Jorge’s remix is nicely done, and I didn’t miss the edited out bits. The integration of the torture room, and the robot is seamless.
The end credits are nice, with the remix music, as is the surprise at the end.
Well done Jorge. I look forward to your other remixes.”
Review by killbillme — May 9, 2007 @ 4:53 pm
From the Forum:
dasjr wrote: “I must say, I tried to watch Sky Captain about a year ago (I bought it) and we couldn’t make it more than a third through, then forgot about it. The pacing in this edit, however, was excellent. Having just finished all THREE HOURS of Pirates 3 in the theaters before seeing this at home, I welcomed seeing a movie that was able to say what it needed to in UNDER 90 minutes! My only true quibble was the disappearing/reappearing music just before Jude Law collapses in the snow (before the Shangri-La scene). Otherwise, you’re golden with this. I like what I’ve seen so far of Hellblazer, too.”
Review by killbillme — June 5, 2007 @ 3:58 am
From the Forum:
Foster on Film says “Slow and steady, I’m reviewing the fan edits. This time it’s Jorge’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Remixed. Take a look at http://www.fosteronfilm.com/fanedits/skycaptainfe.htm.”
Review by killbillme — June 5, 2007 @ 4:14 am
Got problem with the RS files. There are two 20.rar files instead of just one. If the first is downloaded, the second wants to replace it. This needs to be fixed please. Thank you.
Review by phaota — July 16, 2007 @ 5:10 am
Many people told me this film was crap. I recall that I started to watch it, but either I got too bored or was too drunk to continue.
So ultimately – I’m approaching this film as something new – I recall nothing from the original.
First impressions – high octane, fast-paced film that does a whole story in 69 minutes. Pretty well.
Technically – seemless, as mentioned in another comment – there’s one scene after Shangri-La – an explosion where the sound cuts out and back in again – other than that – brilliant.
This ‘feels’ somewhat like an episode of some series that would have aired once. Because it’s that short. It builds and ends well however.
As a standalone film, there’s no character development or anything – is this a fault of the film in it’s original form? It’s possible the 40 minutes that are skipped are character building.
The final ending. Where has this footage come from? It feels a little out of place given the CGI feel of the film.
Anyway – it’s fun and fast, presumably unlike the original. I like it, as it performs well, tells a quick story and delivers well, but if I have to review as a film – it’s crap, no character development or backstory.
Jorge – once again, good editing!
Review by white43 — March 23, 2008 @ 12:49 am
I must disagree with the comment that says the video quality is great. It is good but there is plenty of artifacting, especially noticable in this movie with it’s monotone color. I found it very distracting. I suspect it is a result of compression. Is there any chance of getting a DVD9?
Review by blackhawk — April 27, 2008 @ 3:53 am
skycaptain: now without all the bore!
wow, ok so the pacing on this is much improved, and perhaps a little TOO fast now. perhaps fleshing out some of the transitions would work a bit better. what i DO like is that you weren’t afraid to cut this down to ~1 hour. frankly, most movies don’t have to be 2 hours long… and this is a welcomed change. i think this is a fun adventure story WITH a style all of its own and is just as entertaining as it is inventive.
entertainment 4/5
fanediting 4.5/5
video 4.5/5
audio 4/5
original 3/5
fanedit 4/5
4/5
Review by joebshmoe — February 13, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
Beautifully done. Such a visually amazing film deserves more respect for its charcaters and this edit delivers. It’s also tight and well paced. Less is more, to be sure.
Review by spicediver — June 22, 2009 @ 9:51 am
I’ve always enjoyed the original movie, but found it a bit quiet, for lack of a better term. It has always felt weird to me. It still does in Jorge’s edit, but less so. He did a great job trimming the fat and improving the pace. I think I miiiiiiiiight still play the original if showing it to someone for the first time (depends on the person), but this is an excellent alternate version that I would probably grab if I felt like watching some Sky Captain action. Anyway, nicely done. I give it 8/10.
Review by Ripplin — October 27, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
Sorry, but I don’t like your edit of “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. I love the original, and there is not really any way to improve it. Your edit takes everything good out of “Sky Captain”, the humor, romance, and character development, and makes it into a mindless blockbuster type film. Picture quality, 4/5, audio 4/5, improvement, 0/5.
Review by hbenthow — May 17, 2010 @ 5:52 pm