Sky Captain and the World of Other Movies

Pretty to look at, both the astonishing visuals and the two most gorgeous leading actors around (my hetero man-crush on Jude is well under control, thanks). But the plot borrows from way to many other films:

Comic relief overweight Arab sidekick straight out of Raiders? check.
Ship chase through narrow passageways straight of Jedi? check.
Rich evil genius with plot to wipe out mankind and start civilization from scratch by rocketing off earth just like in Moonraker? check.

And the dialogue could've used a polish. Seriously. In a scene where a plane dives under the sea:

Polly Perkins (Gwynnie): We're underwater.

No shit.

Entertaining, but mostly only worth watching on the big screen for the efx.