This looks like it could have been either a remake of an 80’s scifi film, or a
video game. But it was still cool.
Elysium, directed by the guy who made District 9, takes place in the future, where earth is crappy, and the rich people live in a space station called Elysium. It reminds a lot of people I know of the citadel from the Mass Effect game series. In this space station, people are living the good life. Fancy houses, fresh, clean air, and healing beds that can cure any disease, sickness, and physical injury. Too bad we’ll all be dead by the time we get that in real life. Anyway, Matt Damon plays a bad@$$ that gets screwed up with radiation, has about 5 days to live, and decides he wants to infiltrate Elysium to fix himself.
Firstly, the world in this movie is really engrossing. All the robots, ships and technology are fun to see. Of course not everything is like the Jetsons, all fine and dandy, oh no. It’s the futuristic earth how almost every movie portrays it, all poor and crappy. With this crappy earth, we have vessels for political issues and social messages. To some, it might be a little forced, but for others, like me, it’s not too bad.
As far as the acting and characters go, they’re done pretty well. It’s obvious that Matt Damon is awesome, and the villain is pretty menacing He’s not the kind of crazy where it’s funny and entertaining, he’s just a sick, twisted psycho with a substantial amount of firepower. He even uses a sword! Nobody uses swords these days, but apparently they get popular again in the future. Great. This guy does a great job at playing an insane person, and I would like to see him in more movies.
Jodie Foster is alright. She plays a good, mean lady. She doesn’t like the way the president is handling things, and when citizens from earth infiltrate Elysium out of desperation to use the healing beds, she’s afraid that they’re doing it as an act of war. And this brings up a big question that could be considered a plot hole.
Elysium, directed by the guy who made District 9, takes place in the future, where earth is crappy, and the rich people live in a space station called Elysium. It reminds a lot of people I know of the citadel from the Mass Effect game series. In this space station, people are living the good life. Fancy houses, fresh, clean air, and healing beds that can cure any disease, sickness, and physical injury. Too bad we’ll all be dead by the time we get that in real life. Anyway, Matt Damon plays a bad@$$ that gets screwed up with radiation, has about 5 days to live, and decides he wants to infiltrate Elysium to fix himself.
Firstly, the world in this movie is really engrossing. All the robots, ships and technology are fun to see. Of course not everything is like the Jetsons, all fine and dandy, oh no. It’s the futuristic earth how almost every movie portrays it, all poor and crappy. With this crappy earth, we have vessels for political issues and social messages. To some, it might be a little forced, but for others, like me, it’s not too bad.
As far as the acting and characters go, they’re done pretty well. It’s obvious that Matt Damon is awesome, and the villain is pretty menacing He’s not the kind of crazy where it’s funny and entertaining, he’s just a sick, twisted psycho with a substantial amount of firepower. He even uses a sword! Nobody uses swords these days, but apparently they get popular again in the future. Great. This guy does a great job at playing an insane person, and I would like to see him in more movies.
Jodie Foster is alright. She plays a good, mean lady. She doesn’t like the way the president is handling things, and when citizens from earth infiltrate Elysium out of desperation to use the healing beds, she’s afraid that they’re doing it as an act of war. And this brings up a big question that could be considered a plot hole.
Why exactly do the officials of Elysium not share the healing technology with the people still living on earth? Is it an issue of money? It’s not exactly explained why. Yes, people do need money for tickets to Elysium, and possibly more to rent a healing bed. But at the end, after things that I won’t spoil happen, the robots take a bunch of ships down to the surface to help everyone. Clearly, there is enough beds, and enough energy to use those beds for everyone who needs them. In fact, I’m not entirely sure how much energy it takes to use them. It takes only a few seconds, and there is no indication of a lot of energy being used, so I don’t know what the deal is.
Other than that, I don’t have much else to say about this movie. The CG is actually some of the best I’ve seen. It looks real, and when I can look at the robots and ships and think that it’s something really in front of the camera, It deserves a few points.
If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a watch. Not exactly the best recent sc-ifi, but it still isn’t the worst.
FINAL RATING: 39 / 50: PSYCHO WITH A SWORD APPROVES!
STORY: 4 / 5
ACTING: 5 / 5
CHARACTERS: 4 / 5
VISUALS: 5 / 5
ACTION: 5 / 5
SOUNDTRACK: 3 / 5
TONE: 4 / 5
ENJOYABILITY: 4 / 5
REWATCH VALUE: 3 / 5
OWNING VALUE: 2 / 5
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