Elysium (2013)

It's called Elysium but most of the time is spent on earth. Much more than I expected. I wanted to see more futuristic aspects; more healing, more gadgets, more space ships...just more. When they finally show a little bit of Elysium, it just looks like a typical high society suburb. The landscape and architecture is severely disappointing.

Matt Damon seems underutilized. He didn't kick ass the way I expected. Maybe the Bourne series has affected my view of him. Mostly he was simply unconvincing. He isn't the tattooed car thieving type and he doesn't try very hard to convince you of it either. On the petty side, he is clearly muscular without clothes, but in clothes he looks chubby.

Jodie Foster as Delacourt is not intimidating and her accent is a bit wonky. She's okay but Cate Blanchet would have killed it.

Overall this movie is kind of gross, perplexing, and boring. The ending picks up a little but then leaves you dry and unfulfilled.

There are a lot of aspects that aren't explained and therefore you end up with a laundry list of questions.
Here are just a few, which include spoilers...

1. What the hell is on their faces? Sometimes you think they're accessories, but other times it seems to have a purpose. It's never addressed in any way.
2. Why does anyone on Elysium lock their doors?
3. Where are the Med-Bays/magical MRI-esque healing machines manufactured? There are a lot of things that need to be assumed and one of those things is that Elysium needs Earth's residents to produce everything they use. If that's the case, why do the residents need to attempt to crash land onto Elysium to use a Med-Bay?
4. With Med-Bays keeping people alive, how do they control the population on Elysium?
5. Is everything on Elysium indestructible? If not, who fixes it?
6. They quickly mention Elysium is for the rich while Earth is for everyone else. What about the smart people? Not all smart people are rich and the rich people have to be dumb as bricks to leave the smart people on Earth.

Oye...you get the idea.

This movie is a massive question producing machine. If you approach the story with the mind of a 10 year old, you'll be entertained. Otherwise, move on.

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535108/