Becky and I went to see the Return of the King again last night.  It was just as enjoyable as the first time, if not more so.  We live very near the Tinseltown North theater in Austin.  Although I'm sure it's not as nearly as nice as the ArcLight that Peter is always raving about, It delivers a very satisfying experience.  Except for the little girl chewing gum behind us.  LOUDEST...CHEWING...EVER!  Seriously, I think if there was a competition for loud gum chewing, she would have beaten even the steam-powered chewing machine invented solely for the purpose of chewing loudly.

Although the movie was fantastic and well worth discussion, there were some very interesting previews.  The one for Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow looked particularly interesting.  The story seems like a cross between Batman, The Rocketeer, The Shadow (knows), and Flash Gordon. (Ok, It's been ages since I've seen Flash, so I may be way off there.  It just brought it to mind.)  What really interested me was the visual style.  First, everything looks old, but futuristic at the same time.  Like how people in the 30s-40s may have envisioned the future.  The cinematic style is very much like an old school comic book and there is heavy use of digital grading to give the feel of black and white film, but with color.  Lots of contrast, lots of soft lighting from the back.  You don't get a really good notion of the style from the website, but watch the trailer and you'll see what I mean.