Elysium: just saw it, and liked it

self | aug 10, 2013 | beebuster2000

[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.

[ansel12]

Some day I will see it in the library collection of DVDs.

[Thorliveshere]

You know, the old staple of “haves and have-nots” has become so common place in sci-fi films, it’s not even considered political anymore, no wonder Damon thought it wasn’t political.

At any rate, I’ll still wait till video. If it’s low on action (which I heard it is), I’m in rush to see it. Damon is a big negative for me. I waited many years for the Bourne Trilogy to get to video, I can wait for this.

[Kickass Conservative]

The original still had the coolest Robot and the coolest Spaceship IMHO.

I loved the scene with all the Doctors at Walter Reed talking about the miracle healing “salve” that Klatu gave them while they were sitting there smoking unfiltered Cigarettes.

[gotribe]

They ripped off Ringworld? Bummer.

[ThomasThomas]

They still make DVD’s?

[napscoordinator]

Cuba Gooding Jr is in it. He was great in Men of Honor and Jerry Maguire. I heard that Jane is in it for about 10 minutes. The movie is about an African American Butler that served 10 Administrations. It is going to be a great movie. Most likely sweep the Oscars next year. It is a true story.

[ansel12]

Your library is full of free DVDs and gets new ones all the time.

Some public libraries are starting to stream movies online, also.

[ealgeone]

The Cloud Minders

[Nuc 1.1]

Saw it today. It was O.K. It’s message is the haves and their servants (the military, CIA types) are evil. The poor, even thieves and killers are likable even noble. And the evil wealthy exploit and kill all their lessors. No message here, please move on.

[dr_lew]

Hope you mean the 1951 TDTESS with Michael Rennie instead of Kenau Reeves.

Fer sure. Heh, I read your note and thought, "Keanu Reeves? Never heard of it!" Then I looked it up and realized I saw it! I guess you could call that "forgettable".

[varyouga]

Lots of people are downloading online and watching without supporting Hollywood

[Dallas59]

Nope. Another White Liberal Guilt Movie:

"The film takes place on both a ravaged Earth and a luxurious space habitat called Elysium. It explores political and sociological themes such as immigration, health care and class issues. When asked whether the film reveals how he sees Earth turning out in 140 years, director Blomkamp responded "No, no, no. This isn't science fiction. This is today. This is now."

[vbmoneyspender]

Stream baby, stream: http://www.solarmovie.so/

[Dallas59]

In 2154, two classes of people exist: the wealthy, who live on an advanced space station called Elysium, built by the Armadyne Corporation; and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Jessica Delacourt (Jodie Foster), deciding to preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium at all costs, employs vicious South African mercenary Kruger (Sharlto Copley) to eliminate the illegal immigrants attempting to reach Elysium and use its advanced Med-Pods.

[Red Steel]

[dr_lew]

Thanks for your review, I loved that movie District 9 and flame me if you like but hubby and I really like Matt Damon, as an actor, esp. in the Bourne movies.

I saw the first Bourne movie, The Bourne Orgasm, whatever it was, and I was particularly irked by the scene on the boat where the African leader guy was the target and had this giant touching scene with his kids on his yacht. Right.

[Steve_Seattle]

I really don’t see the appeal of Matt Damon. I think he is kind of a boring actor.

[madison10]

I caught the liberal agenda just watching the trailer. How could you not see the propaganda?

[Steve_Seattle]

Hollywood is almost incapable of doing a really good movie. It is a case of garbage in (the beliefs and attitudes of the creators), garbage out. They are great at special effects, and that’s about it. Considering the huge amount of money spent, very little quality product is generated.

[Secret Agent Man]

i still don;t hand my money directly to these liberal losers.

besides it’s not like the storyline is super original or anything we haven’t read in the last fifty years of science fiction stories.