I am very confused about my feelings for Elysium. It really seemed to
give me everything I expected to get out of it. The action was reserved
and not overdone. The emotional edge was a little weak. We still care
about these people, but not to the point that we are going into tears
over them. We hope things work out. The villain(s) are good enough. I
gave this film a 4/5. If it deserves anything else, it deserves to go
half a point higher.
Visually, the film is top notch. Nothing looked fake or CGI'd, though a lot of it was. Elysium itself looked great and Los Angeles looked bombed out, but still good. There was nothing there we haven't seen before in these type of film. Sand, dust, graffiti, and partial structures. Maybe I like Elysium more than others because I can see a version of this happening. The most far-fetched idea is the healing chambers. We don't possess that technology and I don't think it is from lack of funding; this is something the wealthy have no say about. The trailer does a great job of laying groundwork for this film. Matt Damon gets exposed to radiation and has days to live. His childhood sweetheart has a child this is dieing of leukemia. The hospitals are completely overrun with the sick and the even sicker. The only option for anybody with terminal illness is the healing chambers on Elysium. That is the main plot in simple sentences.
Elysium is the name of the structure that was built out in space by the wealthy to house them separately from the rest of the less fortunate. If these times did exist, Elysium is the place you would want to go, but most of us would not make it there. It is a very controlled population and it is built with defenses to keep anything away from it. Jodie Foster plays Elysium's Secretary of Homeland Security and it is her that seems to decide what comes into Elysium.
The whole plot of how and why I will leave out of this review. Everything makes basic science fiction sense. The weapons are spectacular. There is almost a new weapon every action sequence. As far as action junkies are concerned, there are 2 main sequences. The action is fast and it is well done, but outside of those two scenes you will little else for you action fix. This is not Pacific Rim. It takes a good approach to its pacing. You never bore of what his happening, but you might not care as much as the rest of the theater. I loved all the scenes and all the characters. I had more fun at Pacific Rim, but this film has more going on and a more plausible situation.
Most of us can identify with the issues it brings: the separation of classes. We truly feel for the sick people on Earth because we are those sick people. So many of us are those people that can't afford to get sick because we will lose our job. We are those people that need to stay strong for our children. We are the parents who look out for kids until the end. We are the desperate citizens looking for the money and take dangerous jobs. We are the people who would fight to get to Elysium.
Visually, the film is top notch. Nothing looked fake or CGI'd, though a lot of it was. Elysium itself looked great and Los Angeles looked bombed out, but still good. There was nothing there we haven't seen before in these type of film. Sand, dust, graffiti, and partial structures. Maybe I like Elysium more than others because I can see a version of this happening. The most far-fetched idea is the healing chambers. We don't possess that technology and I don't think it is from lack of funding; this is something the wealthy have no say about. The trailer does a great job of laying groundwork for this film. Matt Damon gets exposed to radiation and has days to live. His childhood sweetheart has a child this is dieing of leukemia. The hospitals are completely overrun with the sick and the even sicker. The only option for anybody with terminal illness is the healing chambers on Elysium. That is the main plot in simple sentences.
Elysium is the name of the structure that was built out in space by the wealthy to house them separately from the rest of the less fortunate. If these times did exist, Elysium is the place you would want to go, but most of us would not make it there. It is a very controlled population and it is built with defenses to keep anything away from it. Jodie Foster plays Elysium's Secretary of Homeland Security and it is her that seems to decide what comes into Elysium.
The whole plot of how and why I will leave out of this review. Everything makes basic science fiction sense. The weapons are spectacular. There is almost a new weapon every action sequence. As far as action junkies are concerned, there are 2 main sequences. The action is fast and it is well done, but outside of those two scenes you will little else for you action fix. This is not Pacific Rim. It takes a good approach to its pacing. You never bore of what his happening, but you might not care as much as the rest of the theater. I loved all the scenes and all the characters. I had more fun at Pacific Rim, but this film has more going on and a more plausible situation.
Most of us can identify with the issues it brings: the separation of classes. We truly feel for the sick people on Earth because we are those sick people. So many of us are those people that can't afford to get sick because we will lose our job. We are those people that need to stay strong for our children. We are the parents who look out for kids until the end. We are the desperate citizens looking for the money and take dangerous jobs. We are the people who would fight to get to Elysium.
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