Utterly Dissapointed with Elysium.
Plot holes all over
If Earth is an over-baked wasteland, and the population is STILL increasing how are they not dying left right center from hunger, cancers and every other diseases. I mean they whole planet is an effective slum, which means no clean water and bad sanitation.
The rich has abandoned Earth and lived in orbital paradise, yet amid the chaos on Earth they can still establish giant factories where pockets of people are still willing to work for minimal wages while feeding the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I have seen revolutions and wars started for less.
Why go through all the trouble to smuggle so many people to Elysium only to be caught and deported the moment their shuttle lands? And how can they avoid detection with all the radars detecting EVERY single shuttle approaches to Elysium? It's not like those dirty smelly refugees can blend in with the rich locals? Makes no sense.
Worst performance by Matt Damon who is starting to remind me of another Bruce Willis. Jodie Foster is a Secretary yet she has so much executive powers compared to the President who must be sleeping cos he only knows about the incident much later, and still did not strip her of her position?? Really!!!
Overly jerky cameras during action sequences. Did Blomkamp not learn from Transformers? Even Michael Bay did.
Agent Kruger (Sharlto Copely) has this really goofy accent that just does not sync on being a bad ass mercenary with me. He had his face blown off, which I presumably would kill anyone. Yet a re-animation machine re-builds his face and amazingly was brought back to life through defibrillation after being dead for how long again???
Too much focus on the effects and set. Overly draggy and inconsistent directing that fails to establish any of the characters other than as Hollywood cliches. At least in 'District 9' I actually felt sympathy for the 'alien prawns' and the reference to the aparthied was awesome. Sharlto Copely's character as a cold MNU agent turned hero was a revelation twist to stereotype anti-heros. Had high hopes for 'Elysium-Blomkamp' who I thought would be a genuine talent. But seems like his been Hollywood-sanitized.
Plot holes all over
If Earth is an over-baked wasteland, and the population is STILL increasing how are they not dying left right center from hunger, cancers and every other diseases. I mean they whole planet is an effective slum, which means no clean water and bad sanitation.
The rich has abandoned Earth and lived in orbital paradise, yet amid the chaos on Earth they can still establish giant factories where pockets of people are still willing to work for minimal wages while feeding the lifestyles of the rich and famous. I have seen revolutions and wars started for less.
Why go through all the trouble to smuggle so many people to Elysium only to be caught and deported the moment their shuttle lands? And how can they avoid detection with all the radars detecting EVERY single shuttle approaches to Elysium? It's not like those dirty smelly refugees can blend in with the rich locals? Makes no sense.
Worst performance by Matt Damon who is starting to remind me of another Bruce Willis. Jodie Foster is a Secretary yet she has so much executive powers compared to the President who must be sleeping cos he only knows about the incident much later, and still did not strip her of her position?? Really!!!
Overly jerky cameras during action sequences. Did Blomkamp not learn from Transformers? Even Michael Bay did.
Agent Kruger (Sharlto Copely) has this really goofy accent that just does not sync on being a bad ass mercenary with me. He had his face blown off, which I presumably would kill anyone. Yet a re-animation machine re-builds his face and amazingly was brought back to life through defibrillation after being dead for how long again???
Too much focus on the effects and set. Overly draggy and inconsistent directing that fails to establish any of the characters other than as Hollywood cliches. At least in 'District 9' I actually felt sympathy for the 'alien prawns' and the reference to the aparthied was awesome. Sharlto Copely's character as a cold MNU agent turned hero was a revelation twist to stereotype anti-heros. Had high hopes for 'Elysium-Blomkamp' who I thought would be a genuine talent. But seems like his been Hollywood-sanitized.