Elysium

Elysium. The film is the follow up to Neill Blomkamp who was my pick to direct the next Star Wars movie and after seeing this it just makes want to see his version more. Now what the film is about is about a earth in the next hundred years has become so over populated and polluted that the rich had to leave the planet. So with them needing a place to stay they built Elysium which is a space station with all this amazing stuff. Like clean air and nice lands and the most important thing free health care for all. I am not just saying health care that we have today but health care that can cure you if your face is blown clean off as long as your brain is still working. The film stars Matt Damon and Jodie Foster in the lead roles. Along with Sharlto Copley who is Blomkamp's Johnny Depp.

Now what I really liked about the film was this Blomkamp has a perfect style of film for this. This guy is a master of visual effects like they all look so great on top of good use of effects. He paced this film perfectly and the tone is also perfect. This film would not have worked without Blomkamp at the head of the film. This could have easily fallen apart. Now the acting in the film by the two leads were great. I mean Matt Damon was perfect in the role of Max and Foster I think was great not as good as everyone else but still very good. The one that steals the show in my mind was Copley he plays most likely the best villain of the summer. He is ruthless and crazy and tough as nails. He is everything you want in a villain character. This man sure can act and has a huge range. There is a lot of shakycam that comes with the Blomkamp style but its not bad and actually adds to the film. It helps you get sucked into the film. I makes you feel like your with Mr.Damon being shot at.

Now this film does have its fair share of problems. I think the biggest issue I found in this film was the script. The script needed to be more developed and need just in general more. Like this film needed to be to be a two hour movie not an hour and half. This film doesn't really let you get sucked into the characters and the story. It was far to focused on the symbolism and social problems of today to be a effect message. Like if they would have attempt to make the story and the characters better I feel that the message would have been a bit more impactful. Now with that I am going to give this film

3 out of 4 Ticket Stubs