Posted on 08/08/2013 10:55:21 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Hollywood Reporter calls it a “politically charged flight of speculative fiction.”
Newsmax refers to it “sci-fi socialism” and “political propaganda.”
Variety said its one of the “more openly socialist political agendas of any Hollywood movie in memory, beating the drum loudly not just for universal healthcare, but for open borders, unconditional amnesty and the abolition of class distinctions as well.”
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Blomkamp, who rose to fame with the Oscar-nominated sci-fi hit “District 9” in 2009, said his highly-anticipated film has no agenda whatsoever, and claims he isn’t a political filmmaker.
“’Elysium’ doesn’t have a message,” Blomkamp told Wired Magazine, saying he found it unfortunate that critics were drawing parallels between his movie and the Occupy movement, a phenomenon he says wasn’t even a consideration.
The film’s star Matt Damon, too, insists that “Elysium” is not trying to push any political buttons.
“I don’t think it is trying to say anything. It just presents the issue – the distinct difference between the haves and the have nots,” he told FOX411 while promoting the flick. “A science fiction film will work if it is a whole new world, but speaks to the world that we live in, but not in a heavy-handed way. The first order of business for a big summer popcorn movie is to make a kick-ass movie with great action.”
Set in the year 2154, “Elysium” imagines a world where two distinct classes remain. There is the overpopulated, crime-riddled, poverty-stricken slums of Earth, and then there are the excessively wealthy who reside on Elysium, a slick, mind-blowing man-made space station that comes complete with a cure for every illness, and humans and robots that stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyles of Elysium’s lucky few.
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I watched the first 15 minutes or so of District 9 and tossed it...thought it sucked.
Like Maaatt Daaaamin would be in a movie without a political agenda?
Gimme a freeeeeeeeaking break!
Matt Damon is one of the lowest of the low.
He’s a well paid Socialist’s Socialist scum.
“MAAATT DAAAMONN!”
It was dumb.......
*shrug* I liked it.
Matt Damon is now moving to Elysium.
aka Beverly Hills
OTOH, I run the Sharknado! ping list...
They have been deluging the TV and cable with ads for this POS. Something tells me it will tank like an anvil in an ocean...............
Since when hasn’t Follywood pushed a political agenda? These over-paid, under-talented Leftists are so wrapped up in their closed minds that they can’t recognize their moral and philosophical degradation.
No bias there.
District 9 was awesome!
This thing is going to bomb. Badly.
I watched the trailer for it and it looked dumb and boring
to me.
Statist worldview clouds the thinking in Hollyweird.
Hollyweird can’t conceive of anyone not sharing its vision of history’s march to the socialist worker’s utopia.
It was a snoozer.
Among whom are the excessively wealthy no-talent actors, the excessively wealthy sleazoid rappers, etc...but I guess they don't count as "excessively" wealthy, in their own minds.
Awesome! I can't wait to not see it!
Something this important should have cost a large personal fortune to make and market, and I hope it is an epic and spectacular fail for all involved.
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