Elysium

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Mate P Elysium is a surprisingly decent movie with a predictable story, but great visual effects and cinematography. The writing is flawed. The dialogues sometimes feel unnatural and there are no outstanding ones. The characters are not layered, but still enjoyable. The story is predictable and cliched, but the plot never felt flat. The visuals were that surprised me. The cinematography was engaging. There were tons of shaky, hand held closeups and I loved them. There were only a few fight scenes where I was frustrated with the way they shot and edited it, because I couldn't see anything. The visual effects looked unexpectedly great. Elysium is the kind of movie I went in thinking it was bad, but it actually turned out to be a decent movie. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/13/24 Full Review john S Very underrated, Matt and Alice perform rally well and one of my favs about this post tecno apocalipse movie Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Daniel w One of the best scifi movies. Same quality as district 9 this director is one of my favorites. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Giovanni C Un film imbarazzante, per niente credibile, sia dal punto di vista della sceneggiatura che dal punto di vista della recitazione. Tempo perso, così perso da spingermi a registrarmi su rottentomatoes e scrivere questa recensione. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/26/24 Full Review Blu B This should really be called District 9 - The Bourne Hybrid because that's basically what this is. It's ok all around but has quite a few issues. First off Max is an interesting character but they don't give him any interesting supporting cast. Everyone else is very one dimensional and gets forgotten about for long stretches so there really isn't any investment in anyone for sustained periods. The villians aren't that good especially Foster with the weird accent and honestly her character felt completely pointless in a sense because her & Damon don't even meet once in the film. You could've just had one scene with her killed and that's it. Her whole sideplot of wanting a coup feels unneeded and you could've found a much less complicated way to set up the data McGuffin. Second, and arguably the biggest problem is there is not enough substance and too much action. This is filled in the middle and end especialy with action scenes that are fast edited with shaky cam that feels like I'm watching a Borune movie. There isn't any substance and we really never explore Elysium on a deep level like seeing regular people or the way of life on there for more than a second really and is a huge letdown. It's arguably the most interesting part and really is never explored. What is explored is a earth that is almost an EXACT copy of District 9 so much so that if you told me this was a sequel to it, I'd 100% believe it. And the problem is the Borune style fights, and the district 9 asetics never really meld into anything unique or solid. This can get boring to look at points despite looking pretty cool in the first third. But the shaky cam, fast editing, dull lifeless lighting at points just doesn't work at points. Sometimes the action is cool but it just either drags on or becomes inconsistent to look at. This really is a Action Movie first and a Sci-Fi movie second it feels like. But it follows the core setup of District 9 almost to a tee so much so it's almost impossible not to compare the two and wonder why am I not watching that one instead. This needed to be it's own thing without copying District 9 too much, have more interesting side characters, and have a lot more slow moments to explore the world of Elysium and not the slums. After all Elysium is the main draw here and what sets this apart. Unless your a big Matt Damon fan who is alright here and doesn't have much character development in the second half, I can't recommend this to many. Just watch District 9 instead or a better Sci-Fi action flick like Edge of Tomorrow. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/13/24 Full Review Chris R When I first saw it, I really did not understand or appreciate what the movie was going for. After watching it again, I think this will go down in history as the most misunderstood and undervalued sci-fi epic since the OG Blade Runner. Blomkamp is a visionary and the production value + story is insanely good once you get on its wavelength. An all-time classic for me. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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