Elysium
Elysium
R | 09 August 2013 (USA)
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In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

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alccshock

Our hero named max film in the year 2154 in a world that is transitioning away from this world and lives in a very bad state and living in their own space prepare a space run by the name of Elysium, Elysium the rich never not anyone from the world our hero a robot working in a factory, but there is a danger and an accident at work because of this disease is vital to the citizens of Elysium is available only to correct itself and it starts up with a device that needs to heal. The film wrapped me in labor, congratulations to the studio.

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suffocatingg

Movie lacks protagonist, side characters, plot, logic... need more? My patience.

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welshnew50

a legitimate sci-fi plot, is never an opportunity for nothing but the reinforcement of to-be-attractive changes in the individual after joining the military, and when taking a step back from the main CHR's perspective, only a few other things remain, that will keep expecting-more from their sci-fi fans, in watching this - some might be less exposed to some of the tech introduced in it, which is of some interest, but if familiar, this film is crammed with tired tension-building devices, simplified characters/relationships, and little OTHER, than a straightforward inequity/innopertunity base plot, to make people who have acted outside the law, feel better about themselves, when going beyond the family values they say are paramount, but not in people they exclude from deservedness, per religious impact-teachings.if that's your thing, then i guess it's a blast, and without too-complicated a plot , it keeps it's dynamics consistent enough, that you can concentrate on the action.acting-wise tho, practically no-one really seemed interested in their characters, with except perhaps the nurse... she was the only one not involved in killing others / being in a position of taking rather than sustaining life.the exploitation of the simplified emotions within it, for the impact-religious teaching claim, is quite obvious, not that I'm disagreeing with whether or not the inequity plot / innoppertunity plot, was undeserved.it was, deserved, but that's not a reason to only have two antagonists against it - gangs, OR, the then in-memory, to-be-kept-precious-in-memory religious sub-plot in the memory of the main character.it did not need to be there... neither did any gang content.it could've done just as well, with a RECLUSIVE, hidden, secretive, low-numbers Spider's den type source(ie, not easily-found, from continual partying),.. or, without the privitiva-contrast.it is no reflections-causing piece-du-renaissance , to contrast a poverty-end perspective, with the robotic natures of the two corporate/centralized control characters,..Also, the beleiveability of how easily/quickly, a "secretary" , with shoulder-pads to match , took over the entire society there, is quite pointless to re-assess - by this movie, all you need to do successfully pull off a cue, is have a bit of a i'm-determined so you have to do what i'm asking you to, because normally it's your father, or normally it's you who makes the decisions in this relationship , or, it doesn't matter if my suggestion is a bad one, i'm the under-represented gender in this workplace, you have to do what i'm telling you to, because its MORE than a suggestion - it's a direction... hmmmmphh!I'm a feminist, and are all for equity and gender-balancing ... but this was offensive in reverse...not against men/masculinity ... but offensive against anyone with any sense of just how easily taking over, really is-NOT.You could tell the anything-in-the-way to a heroic ending, directors/producers, really didn't CARE, about this film. Good enough to get a few teenagers and low-rank schmucks, for the bucks, was good enough for them.

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unbrokenmetal

This movie must have managed to annoy almost everyone. I'm surprised that it got any good reviews at all, because don't you all belong to at least one of the groups I'll try and describe in the following lines? First, the SF fans will be annoyed that the makers obviously don't take SF seriously. Whether you have a broken leg or suffer from leukemia - one touch with a ray of light and you're healed by the magical medical device on Elysium. There is not even a weak attempt to convince us a machine like that may exist. Even several centuries later on star ship Enterprise, a cure needed some time. Need more examples? How about the Exo-skeleton, some pieces of plastic glued on a guy's T shirt? This looked terribly cheap for a 100+ million dollar production. And it sometimes provides him with additional power, but sometimes not, depending on how long the fight scene should last. Or the ships that can fly to Elysium in a straight line with continuous speed, no matter whether they fly through the atmosphere at high gravity or empty space with no gravity. They have a year or two to prepare such a movie and don't research some basic physics? Second, the right wing audience is obviously annoyed (see some other reviews below) that a social message is shoved down their throats. Evil rich Americans in space versus nice poor Mexicans on Earth - the social painting in black and white is such a shame that the makers tried to hush it up at least a bit, letting Jodie Foster speak French in one scene for no reason, a PC kind of apology meaning: we didn't say they are all Americans. Still the message is so clumsy and plain that no-one missed it.Third, the left wing audience will be upset that the economic idea how everything will improve is ridiculous. Why should the supplies for a couple of thousand people on Elysium - every resource is hard to keep or produce in space - be sent to Earth for distribution among billions of people? That's one blade of grass for each person at best. And to heal every sickness with the magical device will take a million years, imagine the queue. Practically, you'd have to select again and pick some privileged people to get treatment and food... Back to start.Fourth, movie fans will remember many better movies on similar subjects, from 'Terminator' to 'Silent Running', and dismiss 'Elysium' as a mediocre attempt. In Hollywood blockbuster style, action won over the contents. The leading mercenary wears a samurai sword on his back although he normally doesn't need it; he prefers to shoot with rockets from long distance. He must have thought a sword looks cool. And that's what the movie achieved, it certainly looks cool with that huge space station and the many fights with explosive ammunition. But if you look for intelligent SF with some food for thought, better look elsewhere.

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