What I liked about this movie:
It was reminiscent of Neill Blomkamp's earlier movie, District 9, which was one of my favourite movies in 2009. Elements that were shared were the look of the technology, the darkness & chaos, which Blomkamp seems to be attracted to or inspired by. I also loved the character of Sharlto Copley, South African actor that has a Mad Max vibe to him in this movie. Well, the whole movie has a strong Mad Max vibe to it... Visually, another good note were the contrasts between Earth and Elysium, albeit it felt very 2-dimensional, there was not much subtlety to these differences.
I liked both the action, the comedy, and the flow of the story, which kept me engaged throughout, more so than Pacific Rim did for instance.
What I disliked (SPOILERS):
As noted, the 2-dimensionality was a bit problem, I thought. This was prevalent both for the characters and their motivations, and the overarching issues and reasons for why they existed. Unanswered questions include:
It was reminiscent of Neill Blomkamp's earlier movie, District 9, which was one of my favourite movies in 2009. Elements that were shared were the look of the technology, the darkness & chaos, which Blomkamp seems to be attracted to or inspired by. I also loved the character of Sharlto Copley, South African actor that has a Mad Max vibe to him in this movie. Well, the whole movie has a strong Mad Max vibe to it... Visually, another good note were the contrasts between Earth and Elysium, albeit it felt very 2-dimensional, there was not much subtlety to these differences.
I liked both the action, the comedy, and the flow of the story, which kept me engaged throughout, more so than Pacific Rim did for instance.
What I disliked (SPOILERS):
As noted, the 2-dimensionality was a bit problem, I thought. This was prevalent both for the characters and their motivations, and the overarching issues and reasons for why they existed. Unanswered questions include:
- Why did Elysium exist and why were they segregated from Earth?
- What were the reasons for Jodie Foster's character to stage the coup? There was some indication about her wanting to protect her family/way of life, but also just a psycho attitude to things.
- Just the general origin part of things was lacking.
Regarding origin, you can perhaps argue that this is just Neill Blomkamp's style; he didn't present much of an origin for the aliens in District 9, it felt more like a slice out of life / the madness. I remember feeling like I really wanted a sequel out of District 9, and for this one I could use a prequel or director's cut with more insight.
Overall:
I like Science Fiction and consider this one B+ category in this genre. SciFi is about presenting a future scenario, an alternative scenario, or a logic to it. Arguably that last part is optional; if all things were easy, we'd behaving flying cars and reporting ourselves into space stations left and right...
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