I saw it too. Basically it is a ripoff of a single Star Trek episode from 1969, with other complexities added into it.
Posted on 08/10/2013 7:32:12 PM PDT by beebuster2000
Just saw it mid day saturday. theatre was pretty crowded but not packed.
i kind of liked it. damon was good as low level criminal that gets into a big big mess. Jodie Foster was really good as the evil b*&%h that runs the space station habitat. For reasons never explained she speaks French, and has some odd kind of French accent. Aside from that she fills the roll. She also fills out her tight skirt, looks like Ms. Foster has ballooned a little. Might have gone another way on the rear tight skirt shots. Double wide.
Lot of stuff ripped off from other Sci Fi, like Larry Nivens Ringworld, and all the exoskeleton and mean robot stuff from a zillion other films. Plus a major rip off from Johnny Mnemonic about loading big data into the brain. Kind of a rip of Iron Man too in a way, but it still hangs together.
Ending isnt too surprising, i wont give it away.
The guy who starred in District 9 plays the bad guy and he is really good. Lot of cool miltech scenes and hardware. Fight scenes, but not too many.
Special effects and visuals were outstanding.
All in all, if you are a sci fi fan, a must see. But then I liked Oblivion, so there you go.
Oh, and the "political agenda"? Thats BS, there isnt any, its strictly the usual down and outs against the haves, no big deal, no more than Les Miserables or any other film like that. No biggie, not in your freeper face thats for sure, IMHO.
waiting for it to come out on dvd
Damon is a liberal, he doesn’t need any of my money.
waiting for it to come out on bittorrent
I'll stick with THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, although that was agitprop too. Whaddaya gonna do?
Are the illegal aliens not working in the future, too?
“waiting for it to come out on dvd.”
I’m waiting for it to come out too, so I can ignore it AGAIN.
Feels good to ignore Maaaaaaatt Daaaaaaamon.
“Matt Damon” montage from TEAM AMERICA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnPWJOJYVKc
Is there a good guy?
Sorry, I don’t waste my money supporting Marxists.
yeah, but i hate that liberal puke Damon and Foster said there is a political message. Not for me but it’s your money. Maybe I’ll give it a shot if it’s uploaded on torrent..
damon is the sort of good guy, but the tech guy who runes the raid on the space station is also a good guy.
Yeah and you just gave $10 apiece (more if you bought concessions) to the Hillary for President campaign fund, and to every liberal politician’s campaign.
believe me, there isnt any poltical message, its just a sci fi movie.
unless you think star wars was political.
I would say no, but i can see some of the true hard asses on this thread might think so.
I will go see it, but just went to see Two Guns today with the family and it was EXCELLENT. Next week is Jobs and The Butler and perhaps this one you went to. Not sure yet. Depending on family obligations and events.
I saw it too. Basically it is a ripoff of a single Star Trek episode from 1969, with other complexities added into it.
I would say no, but i can see some of the true hard asses on this thread might think so.
I hate the movie threads. The high and mighty come out and say they won’t see the movie, but I bet most will sneak and see it and just tell us they won’t. How else did it make 11 million on Friday a lone. Trust me FREEPERS are seeing it too.
Technically cool, but yeah, the basic message was, “Open the borders to ALL comers, and give them free health care...”
Elysium is the USA, the place all the earthlings yearn to g, but can’t, and poor Earth is Mexico.
It’s very, very clear.
Does it surprise you that this comes right as all the amnesty stuff is being set up...?
If my GF says yes to watch it, i’ll give it a shot but she’s paying. BTW, I respect your opinion as I always appreciate different perspectives coming from Freepers. Thanks for the honest review, bro.
There's always Torrents.
I saw it, but lied and told the cashier lady I intended to see some kiddy movie.
I do that every time as a weird form of activism.
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