Elysium

ChrisMC · April 09, 2013, 04:33:13 PM

New Matt Damon Sc-Fi flick from the guy who made District 9, Neil Blomkamp. Looks really interesting, visually very cool. Every time I see stuff he does, I wish his Halo movie had gotten made.

http://movies.yahoo.com/video/elysium-trailer-200248321.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FzilnRyMWE8#!

Link is to Yahoo! movies and the Youtube is the Spanish version.

Rico · April 09, 2013, 04:58:58 PM

Looks great! I've been seeing little bits and pieces from this. Trailer is cool!

Praxis · April 10, 2013, 05:05:32 AM

WOW. This looks SO friggin' awesome.
I thought District 9 was fantastic; I'll watch anything this guy does now. And Damon and Foster?! Rejoice.

Rico · July 09, 2013, 07:16:20 PM

http://www.welcometoelysium.com/

Bromptonboy · July 10, 2013, 05:16:12 AM

Should be good.

Bromptonboy · August 09, 2013, 03:23:08 PM

Saw this today in a matinee. Cool special effects. I saw a regular 2D version.

I enjoyed it but..
[spoiler]I found it to be too preachy - and to be an allegory for the whole 'occupy wall street' thing, and immigration bill. I'll be interested to see what others think. Still glad I saw it.[/spoiler]

Bryancd · August 09, 2013, 03:29:53 PM

Quote from: Bromptonboy on August 09, 2013, 03:23:08 PM
Saw this today in a matinee. Cool special effects. I saw a regular 2D version.

I enjoyed it but..
[spoiler]I found it to be too preachy - and to be an allegory for the whole 'occupy wall street' thing, and immigration bill. I'll be interested to see what others think. Still glad I saw it.[/spoiler]

I'm looking forward to seeing it on Monday...
[spoiler]But that is his style, I mean District 9 was just as preachy and heavy handed in its allegories.[/spoiler]

Rico · August 11, 2013, 01:53:28 PM

Enjoyable movie. Amazing visuals - really incredible! I saw it on a really big screen and that made the views of Elysium amazing. As far as the story goes,....

[spoiler]I just found it a bit predictable and one-note. Also, I kind of have trouble with the amazing tech shown on Elysium not being able to be used in some way to help Earth in general - it kind of doesn't add up. Matt Damon was good, but again the story was pretty basic. I'm still glad I saw it just for the amazing visual effects alone. But not a lot new to say in this movie.[/spoiler]

Bromptonboy · August 11, 2013, 04:34:40 PM

I was thinking the same thing Rico:

[spoiler]Why would they have all those automated ambulances ready to go to Earth yet not use them. YOu are spot on about the visual effects. I saw it on a smaller screen, so it must have been better on a large one. As you say, it was predictable - yet fun to watch.[/spoiler]

Bryancd · August 12, 2013, 02:05:56 PM

Huh...

[spoiler]Well, what should have been a unique and interesting movie was remarkably dumbed down and one note. The story was one note, the characters were one note, the action sets were one note. And it wasn't a very good note. This is yet another film this summer that looks great, like Oblivion and Pacific Rim, but fails to deliver. Going with the absurdly heavy handed story telling of the 1% vs. the 99%, at the end of the film, they are all just douchebags. Every character was a simple archetype, the worst offenders being Kruger and Jodi Foster. Both make HUGE efforts to chew up scenery but come off looking like absurd. The only one to escape this is Damon, who is pretty solid and clearly giving it his best. The action was so rote, the slow mo old and tired, and what's with the technology?! Late 21st Century and they can do stuff that is out of control and yet, as Rico mentioned, can't square away shit on Earth? WTF?[/spoiler]

Rico · August 12, 2013, 02:12:33 PM

What did you think of the visuals of Elysium Bryan? What type of theater did you see it in?

Bryancd · August 12, 2013, 02:22:46 PM

Quote from: Rico on August 12, 2013, 02:12:33 PM
What did you think of the visuals of Elysium Bryan? What type of theater did you see it in?

Visuals were terrific. Like I mentioned, between Pacific Rim, Oblivion, and Into Darkness films this summer look amazing. I saw it at a DLP theater.

Also..
[spoiler]Also, did anyone get the impression that Jodi Foster somehow knew Max? There was that scene where she see's him qausing mayhem on the video feed and he is identified and she has a reaction shot....that went no where. Maybe a dropped storyline to explain why Max is such a bad ass beyond being a car thief?/spoiler]

Bromptonboy · August 12, 2013, 06:05:51 PM

[spoiler]I think you must be right since I recall the factory owner - programmer guy taking note of Matt's character as well. There must have been something on the cutting room floor that would explain. I wanted to like this film but was groaning from the lack of subtlety.[/spoiler]

Bromptonboy · August 13, 2013, 05:05:16 AM

I can't help but notice that our membership doesn't seem to be rushing to see this one..

Bryancd · August 13, 2013, 06:31:07 AM

$30M opening weekend would seem to indicate no one is rushing out to see this...