Factual error: At the very end, Polly Perkins takes a spectacular picture, using the very last shot on her only roll of film. When Sky Captain tells her she left the lens cap on, she is mortified. But she would certainly know that on her Argus 35mm camera, all she had to do was remove the lens cap and retake the shot. Unlike modern idiot-proof cameras, hers has no mechanism to prevent double-exposures.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Ending / spoiler
The evil mastermind Dr. Totenkopf died twenty years ago. The mysterious deadly sidekick is a robot that's been carrying on his project until the end. Totenkopf's plan was to carry all animals (like Noah's Ark) in a rocket that would kill everyone on Earth and give humanity a new start; the two tubes that Polly had were "Adam and Eve" and without them, the project could not continue. Joe and Polly stop the rocket from killing everyone on Earth. Polly uses her last camera shot taking a picture of Joe and he says "You forgot to take off the lens cap."
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Trivia: Totenkopf (German for "death's head") is a military insignia featuring a skull above crossed bones and that the lower jaw bone is absent. Today the insignia is particularly associated with Nazi Germany's elite soldiers who served in the 3rd SS Panzer Division (Death's Head Division) in World War II, but it has its origins in cavalry of the Imperial Prussian army.
Question: Roughly what percent of this movie was actually real as opposed to CGI?
Chosen answer: About 95% is CGI. The only real part of the movie was the actors themselves (and small objects they handle), with the exception of Dr. Totenkopf, portrayed using archive footage of Laurence Olivier. Everything else was CGI.
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