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Along with Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy, The Rocketeer is a vastly underrated film that, despite the big time promotion by Disney, failed to capture a mainstream audience. Perhaps most people were too jaded to be sucked into the film's retro-optimism. Johnston and company really captured the vibe of the old pulp serials so well in this film -- the attention to detail is fantastic.
The leads are appealing and charismatic. There is a real chemistry between Bill Campbell and Jennifer Connelly -- they were a couple in real life at the time, which I'm sure didn't hurt.
As far as comic book adaptations go, The Rocketeer is quite faithful to its source material with the notable exception of the Disney-fication of Connelly's character which is understandable. Her more Betty Page-esque comic book counterpart might have given the film a problem securing a PG rating. No matter, this is a fine adaptation and one only hopes that Disney will replace this bare bones DVD with a lavish special edition as they have done with both Tron and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
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This movie has two of the most beautiful people to ever grace the screen: Jennifer Connelly and Billy Campbell.
Forget the story, forget the Nazis, forget the characterizations, this movie is about the beauty of the leads.
It's an okay movie, it's fun and the score is great but gosh those two.
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Being a fan of the Rocketeer comic book, I was looking forward to the movie and was not disapppointed. Being a fan of the 1930's, I thought the film did a great job of capturing the look and feel of 30's Hollywood and nightlife.
The movie also does a good job of capturing the feel of old movie serials and pulp magazines, both of which I am a fan. Jennifer Connolly is stunning in what I consider her first "adult" role.
The supporting cast is great. Alan Arkin plays a bumbling scientist type, right out of old movies. Timothy Dalton is fun as the smug, slimy Hollywood star, Paul Sorvino is perfect as a 30's gangster, and Terry O'Quinn, one of the great character actors of modern day, is wonderful as Howard Hughes.
A bit slow getting going, the action picks up and has a great climax fight atop a zepplin. Unfortunately, little was done with the DVD package so I am in no hurry to run out and buy it.
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I first saw this movie at the age of 4 in 1991 when it came out in theatres - I own the movie and I've loved it ever since. I find that with other movies, I get bored and can't watch them again, but with this movie, I can watch it over and over. I really recommend it!
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The Rocketeer should be way bigger than it is. It's got great art direction, great characters, great music, and one of the first performances of Jennifer Connelly. It's a very fun and well-done adventure film, the likes of which I've not seen elsewhere since.
Unfortunately, the DVD treatment given this movie is terrible. The image quality is mostly awful, especially during the early night scenes (testing the rocket). Check out the artifacting jumping across the night sky that should be a rich black. Bleh.
On top of poor image quality, there are no extras to speak of whatsoever. I'd love to see a Vista Series re-release of this, especially using the great art-deco illustration movie poster for the cover (instead of a stupid actor collage).
This is probably the best way to view The Rocketeer right now, but that's not saying much yet. Here's hoping this film gets the treatment it deserves.
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