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Elysium (2013)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
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Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 109 minutes
Actors
Matt Damon | Jodie Foster | Sharlto Copley | Diego Luna | Wagner Moura | Alice Braga | William Fichtner | Jose Pablo Cantillo | Faran Tahir | Maxwell Perry Cotton | Brandon Auret | Josh Blacker | Emma Tremblay | Adrian Holmes | Jared Keeso | Michael Shanks | Carly Pope | Ona Grauer | Terry Chen | Chris Shields | Christina Cox | Derek Gilroy | Yolanda Abbud L. | Claire Smithies | Tiffani Timms | Stephen Chang | Fraser Aitcheson | Angelina Pratap
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/09/2013 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2.5 stars |
| (Average) 2.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
ELYSIUM: the most disappointing movie of summer 2013. It looked like it had so much potential, but it was a fragrant perfume of bullshit.
There were so many plot holes it was maddening. Why would Jodie Foster spend all that time organizing a coup and then just give up when she’s stabbed in the neck? Why would they build a giant space station to rule over earth and not build a defense system, instead relying on a psychopath with a rocket launcher? Why does a data dump kill you but blowing off your face doesn’t? Why would the CEO dump the data to his head knowing that he would die by dumping the data? Why are the IDs so easy to replicate? If they are so easy to replicate, why hasn’t Elysium changed IDs? How did Spider know what the data was just by looking at the data stream?
Stupid stupid stupid.
On the other hand, it looked fantastic.
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