Warmth, Wonder, and the Wild Cinematic Shelf Life of 'The Rocketeer' Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's one of the most earnest and bizarre superhero movies ever made! Disney Wait a minute, the Rocke-who? If you’re a millennial of a certain age, you probably owe Joe Johnston a big ole thank you for defining your childhood. He’s the efficient, unpretentious journeyman director of The Pagemaster, Jumanji, and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Before that, he got his start in Hollywood as a concept designer on the original Star Wars trilogy. So maybe it’s no surprise that the guy behind Boba Fett went on to make a whole movie about a jet pack-sporting superhero. And maybe it’s also no surprise that the guy who worked on projects like