Rating  - Saturday Matinee
Just as I remembered it at the theater.
Having grown up in the lead generation with television, I have a great fondness for the the movies, and movie serials of the late 1930s and early 1940s (Flash Gordon, Don Winslow of the Coast Guard, etc.) which were pretty much all that was available in the way of TV programming then.
The Rocketeer reflects the simpliticy, moral values, and conviction to triumph over the Axis powers that drove these pictures. You knew if our fate was entrusted to a lanterned jaw hero in jodpurs, riding boots and a leather bomber jacket, everything would turn out right.
And unlike the orginal serials, the acting in the Rocketeer is pretty good. Timothy Dalton makes a particularly smarmy villian, and Alan Arkin a great 'Mr. Science' side-kick (look out Dr, Zarkov). Both leads are also very good.
While this was not the crispest DVD I've seen, I certainly found it more than acceptable.
Rating - Loved this movie
The movie was a favorite of mine during the childhood of my daughter. I had it on LASER DISC, and we watched it often.
The cast was terrific and the use of a resurrected Rondo Hatton "The Creeper" as the huge villain was brilliant.
I've always wished that Timothy Dalton would have done more Bond films and more swash buckler type films. He would have been great in The Princess Bride!
Jennifer Connelly is beautiful chubby or skinny, and Alan Arkin always turns in a great performance.
No doubt my rating and memories of this movie are influenced by the great times with my daughter.
The Movie gets a FIVE STAR from me.
The Transfer is VERY POOR and a POX on DISNEY. The LASER DISC is so much better in quality. No excuse for this.
I give it a charitable THREE STARS because DISNEY has enough problems with Hanna Montana's photos.
Overall FOUR STARS.
Rating  - A great movie
If you like fast-paced action movies this is your movie. Imagine a young man in the early 40s finding a rocket device and using it for good against evil. You've got a beautiful Jennifer Connelly and a very evil Timothy Dalton with a sprinkling of early mobsters. If you haven't seen this movie you're really missing a fantastic adventure experience.
Rating - Rocketeer DVD
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