Early reviews are in for Elysium; RT=66%

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So basically, plot-wise, weve got a mix of Metropolis and Pickup on South Street, but Blomkamp keeps things rousing, whether hes outfitting Damon and Copley with exo-skeletons for their inevitable showdown or introducing weapons that make robots explode in cool slo-mo fashion. One of Blomkamps most satisfying choices is too much of a spoiler to discuss, but it shows the kind of moxie that too few blockbusters possess.Alfonso Duralde of The Wrap

Yet if Elysium falls short as social commentary, as entertainment it rarely falters... As in District 9, Blomkamp shows a wizardly eye for visual effects, making sure CG images have the proper movement and texture to blend seamlessly with live-action and practical elements. Other craft work is similarly first-rate, including tyro composer Ryan Amons judiciously used basso profondo score.Scott Foundas of Variety

Instead, the film narrows into a series of standard gun battles, explosions, mad dashes, close calls, tough-guy fisticuffs, ridiculously fast downloading of massive computer files under maximum duress and, in the end, mawkish sentimentality. All the interest and goodwill built up by the sharply conceived preliminaries is washed away in a succession of scenes that feel crushingly routine and generic, not to mention guided by ideological urges.Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter

I like my movies without blatant political themes.

I like my movies without blatant political themes.

Storm_Marine

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I like my movies without blatant political themes.

DevilMightCry

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I like my movies without blatant political themes.

YoshiYogurt

im probly not gonna see it. doesnt really catch my interest. and bald does not suit Damon at all.

however, i get the urge to play some Mass Effect everytime i see the trailer on tv.

56% now...

Yikes. I thought it would be better than Oblivion.

56% now...

mitu123

Another movie with political undertones by Damon, but unless it is blatant it doesn't look that bad by the trailers.

What's with all the disdain for political/social indertones in movies? They're some of the most effective themes in literature/cinema (and something that science fiction in particular tends to do very well).mattbbpl

[QUOTE="mattbbpl"]What's with all the disdain for political/social indertones in movies? They're some of the most effective themes in literature/cinema (and something that science fiction in particular tends to do very well).YoshiYogurt

Maybe that's part of the problem with this Generatio. They get education from the movies. DevilMightCry

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="mattbbpl"]What's with all the disdain for political/social indertones in movies? They're some of the most effective themes in literature/cinema (and something that science fiction in particular tends to do very well).DevilMightCry

Yeah well the script was awful.

Does it still have the scene with the kid pointing at Elysium and asking a nun what that is?

His next movie, Chappie, sounds more interesting and Yolandi Visser is in it so it's automatically 10/10.

It looks interesting and I really wanted to see it. The RT score kind of lowers my expectations though. 

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"][QUOTE="mattbbpl"]What's with all the disdain for political/social indertones in movies? They're some of the most effective themes in literature/cinema (and something that science fiction in particular tends to do very well).DevilMightCry

:lol: Thats rich coming from you of all people.

50% now, my guess is that it'll get in the 70s at least.

This is pretty saddening.

I'm still looking forward to it. Should be entertaining. Doubt it'll have a lot of lasting value, but I'm expecting a good spectacle.

The comments on the film being heavy-handed don't surprise me. District 9 was about as subtle as a brick to the face.

Probably still better than District 9.

I loved D9, Neil has an eye for visuals and knows how to use CGI effectively.

But, when it comes to social commentary he's one of the least subtle directors I've seen and I don't like it when movies beat me over the head with their message.

I'll definitely go see it, my last eyegasm was Pacific Rim and I'm in dire need of another. 

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"][QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"] Conservatives don't want people to be educated or get ideas . /half sarcasmsSubZerOo

:lol: Thats rich coming from you of all people.

This movie is another rip off of 1984.

When I heard the phrase "override their whole system" in the trailer, my heart sunk.Cube_of_MooN

Thank you.

Why all the Matt Damon hate? He didn't make the movie, Neill Blomkant did....

And since I hated D9, I can't say I'm surprised. I think it will go below 50%. 

Why all the Matt Damon hate?  

Samurai_Xavier

Oh welp, Snowpiercer might become the best sci-fi movie of the year, then. Great movie. funsohng

You've seen it?

Damon perfectly fits the liberal, elitist Hollywood stereotype. I probably couldn't stand to watch anything with him in it.

i dont care what it gets on RT.. im gonna be seeing it opening day. it has Sharlto Copley and Matt Damon in it, thats good enough for me

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[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"] Maybe that's part of the problem with this Generatio. They get education from the movies. DevilMightCry

:lol: Thats rich coming from you of all people.

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[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"] Maybe that's part of the problem with this Generatio. They get education from the movies. DevilMightCry

:lol: Thats rich coming from you of all people.

I don't approve of blatant political statements and influence from either side infused into movies. You're not "thinking", and forming ideas. You're absorbing seeds of someone else's opinion as your own.

While some movies may be less subtle than others in their exposition of a political view, almost any movie could be regarded as a polemic.

For example:

Smurfs 2 is set in the US, but it doesn't show the grinding poverty of America's poorest.  Doesn't that make it implicitly a pro-capitalist, pro-free-market polemic?

Wasn't Schindler's List a brazenly anti-Nazi polemic?

Isn't any war movie in which the US is the protagonist necessarily a pro-US-military polemic?

[QUOTE="funsohng"]Oh welp, Snowpiercer might become the best sci-fi movie of the year, then. Great movie. sammyjenkis898

You've seen it?

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[QUOTE="funsohng"]Oh welp, Snowpiercer might become the best sci-fi movie of the year, then. Great movie. funsohng

You've seen it?

[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]

[QUOTE="funsohng"]Oh welp, Snowpiercer might become the best sci-fi movie of the year, then. Great movie. funsohng

You've seen it?

There's nothing inherently bad about political or moral statements in films.

but when the viewer is repeatedly hit over the head by the obvious and unsubtle message, I get annoyed. Sci-Fi is a great vehicle for social commentary, but it's these days, the commentary lacks insight and nuance.Rhazakna

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Why all the Matt Damon hate?  

Master_Live

So? He did not make the movie.