Re: Elysium
It's interesting to see how different people's reactions are.
The movie was okay. I can't put my finger on it, but something was off or missing about the movie. Maybe it's the fact that we get so little time relishing this futuristic world. Everything felt so rushed. Yes I know Max has five days to live, but it seemed like Blomkamp didn't allow his characters more than a second to think/talk about their predicaments. I mean Delacourt and Spider and Diego Luna did get a couple of random close-ups but mostly fell flat.
FinalAct, you're right that on paper the stakes are all there, but watching the movie, it feels like that's not enough.
Fwiw, the things I enjoyed the most, were Jodie Foster and William Fichtner and Krueger--but only until the moment before he gets to Elysium. They were fun and I wish Blomkamp had developed their characters more. In fact, I wish we had spent more time on Elysium and had none of the very on the nose flashback scenes. Those just seemed to drag everything down.
It's interesting to see how different people's reactions are.
The movie was okay. I can't put my finger on it, but something was off or missing about the movie. Maybe it's the fact that we get so little time relishing this futuristic world. Everything felt so rushed. Yes I know Max has five days to live, but it seemed like Blomkamp didn't allow his characters more than a second to think/talk about their predicaments. I mean Delacourt and Spider and Diego Luna did get a couple of random close-ups but mostly fell flat.
FinalAct, you're right that on paper the stakes are all there, but watching the movie, it feels like that's not enough.
Fwiw, the things I enjoyed the most, were Jodie Foster and William Fichtner and Krueger--but only until the moment before he gets to Elysium. They were fun and I wish Blomkamp had developed their characters more. In fact, I wish we had spent more time on Elysium and had none of the very on the nose flashback scenes. Those just seemed to drag everything down.
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