CAPTAIN EO
A film commentary by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1992 Ken Johnson
20 min., not rated, Science Fiction/Musical Director: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is "Captain Eo," the leader of a space crew. They have messed up every mission given to them. If they mess up one more time, it will be their last mission.The crew is being sent to a planet to bring a gift of peace to the ruler of the planet. "Captain Eo" is playing, and has been for several years, at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. It is directed by Francis Ford Coppola, the director of THE GODFATHER trilogy, and is presented to you in the polarized 3-D technology.
I'm not writing a review on this film, per se, but just giving some comments on it. This film, I think, makes good use of the 3-D. It uses a few of the old 3-D tricks of shooting things out over the audiences' heads, but mostly the 3-D is used to give the film depth. This use of depth makes the film seem more realistic.
Since I first saw "Captain Eo" several years ago, Disney has added "in-theater effects." I feel that these "in theater effects" were a big mistake. Some of the effects are lights flashing in the back of the theater to simulate gun fire and smoke coming out from under the screen. I found the flashing lights to be very distracting and the smoke covered up part of the screen.
The film has a good message behind it, well, don't all Disney films. The message in "Captain Eo" was to have world peace. This message is presented primarily in song form. The songs are well done and are sung by Michael Jackson, who has a good voice when he uses it. The overall quality of the film is very good and I would suggest that if you are ever in Epcot Center you go and watch the film.
Ken J. blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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