I can't help it, I love this movie! Absolute fun entertainment. For those who like to categorize everything; I'd call it Retro-Fantasy-Escapism-Action-Adventure with a touch of Sci-Fi. This movie perfectly captures the character of the old Saturday Matinée serials blended with comic book tone and pacing, combine Flash Gordon with Steve Canyon. Yes, it is simplistic, cheesy, campy, unrealistic, but - that's what its trying to be, give in to the fun. You know from the beginning that the good guys will triumph at the end and the world will be saved, but I purely enjoyed sitting back and watching how they got from point A to point B. What was a little surprising, in a good way, was the strength given to the female characters who are prominent factors in the action. At first I felt the CGI background and detailing was too obviously fake, but thinking of it as a live-action comic book, the underdone CGI seems perfectly suitable. No significant negatives for me, however in the flying scenes with Polly and Joe in the cockpit just cruising along and conversing, it seemed there should be some engine noise. Considering how this movie was made with all background and details added later, I feel the acting was incredible, they had no scenery to relate to in their actions. Not sure if this is exactly a spoiler; I've watched it on DVD several times, and at the end I don't see a lens cap, maybe just another instance of Joe continually bugging Polly? Or the movie maker trying to prompt saps like me into buying the DVD to go back searching for such tidbits? Well done, waiting for more!
