The Rocketeer (1991)
A young pilot stumbles onto a prototype jetpack that allows him to become a high flying masked hero. (imdb)
Genres: Sci-fi, Family/Kids, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Directed By: Joe Johnston
Written By: William Dear, Dave Stevens, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo
Starring: Paul Sorvino, Timothy Dalton, James Handy, Jon Polito, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Miranda, Alan Arkin, Bill Campbell, Eddie Jones, Margo Martindale, Ed Lauter, Tiny Ron
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1. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 34 stars)
2. Superheroes (public: moderated by mpowell - 27 stars)
3. Based On Comic (public: moderated by mpowell - 16 stars)
4. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
5. Feel Good Movies (public: moderated by Midaso - 10 stars)
6. Failed Franchise Attempts (public: moderated by Hailey - 4 stars)
7. Disney+ (public: moderated by saudade - 3 stars)
8. The AV Club: My Year of Flops (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 2 stars)
9. Half in the Bag (public)
10. James Horner (composer) (public: moderated by djross)
11. Nostalgia Critic - Disneycember (public: moderated by Phantom Nook)
12. Coheed's Films I Need To See Or Try To Track Down (private: Coheed - 3 stars)
13. mwgerb's Netflix Instant Queue (private: mwgerb - 2 stars)
14. 1991: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
15. My Favorite Superhero Movies (private: Boxcars)
16. Movie Collection (private: BeeDub)
17. Unseen (private: Walser14)
18. to-do (private: chxflx)
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I used to love its ADs in my comics ( we were considered the right target audience, but we were not actually). IT is too sterile to be good and the effects aged really bad; seeing a young Jennifer Connelly was worth it though; I couldn't help myself imagining the girl here as the character in the Requiem for a Dream...
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| May 19, 2020 | TSARK | 60 34% |
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| May 19, 2020 |  |
glumpy_99 | 90 78% |
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Utterly charming throw-back to whiz-bang sensibilities thankfully takes its naïve story and tone with a resolute seriousness - an ounce of ironic distance would have been fatal here, though Dalton's hilarious hambone of an Errol Flynn impersonation comes close! Oodles of fun all the way if you can meet it on its own terms, with Campbell and Connelly perfect as the wide-eyed innocent heroes, and a fine supporting cast (including Ron's "Dick Tracy"-like henchman) are equally fine.
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| May 10, 2020 |  |
anarchistica | 52 33% |
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This is basically an offbrand version of Indiana Jones - they even fight nazis on a zeppelin. The movie has some charm but too many flaws. The weird prosthetics on faux-Jaws are especially off-putting. The music is distracting, it's constant and sounds like someone imitating John Williams. The plot is boring, Campbell is only semi-convincing and did we really need an explicit shot of 21 y/o Jennifer Connelly's cleavage? She and Dalton are great though and almost make this worth watching. Almost.
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| May 03, 2020 | dgrissen | 82 47% |
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psim | 75 49% |
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An enjoyable adventure film that I might have loved as a kid. Timothy Dalton has almost as much fun hamming it up here as he has in Hot Fuzz. There's a scene featuring both Terry O'Quinn and Alan Arkin with full heads of hair. It's weird!
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twillis | 90 91% |
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This is the kind of movie that would be challenging to study and figure out what's keeping it from being more exciting than it is, b/c technically there's nothing really wrong w/ it. My best guess? Until the Nazi plan is revealed, nothing feels at stake. The Apple Pie Americana vibe only reinforces the idea that the heroes won't die. The relationship w/ Connelly (who's stunning) is also never in doubt either & worse, it doesn't even really have an arc - they start off in love.
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limbodog | 40 12% |
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Very enjoyable tale of a man who uses modern technology to beat the bad guys and save the day.
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Second rate Spielberg knock off, no doubt. But by the rate the genre has degraded of late, this still rates above average.
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(Viewed in 2012): The Rocketeer may have been released in the wake of Batman, but it's really a throwback to an earlier, much less cynical time in American mass entertainment where both the heroes and villains were two dimensional and the sentiment bordered on jingoism. Campbell and Connelly are bland but likeable, and Dalton is at his scene chewing best as the pompous Errol Flynn like baddie. The period of early aviation is lovingly recreated, and Horner's score is appropriately rousing.
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Captain America: Flying Edition. Loved it as a kid, still fun now. Jennifer Connelly kick-started my puberty.
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