by Rommie » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:19 pm
I rather liked Elysium, but I think that was because I didn't go in expecting it to be the be all end all- excellent if you just think of it as an action flick though. (Well except the ending as the last minute was a pretty darn stupid ending.) Frankly most stuff is so scripted these days that I was just refreshed to see an original storyline with out the "mentor dies about 30min in," "not sure if the evil guy is evil, turns out he is evil and just pretending to help" etc "plot points."
What I think I liked most about it was how the director was awesome with District 9, but for Elysium he clearly had a blank check to do what he wanted. And frankly I loved seeing someone create a world like that.
Speaking of summer movies, anyone see the Steve Jobs one yet? Frankly if it's an honest story of his life it might be good (ie mentions how he really was a jerk and shows how it led to his undoing all those details- I'm not against a main character with exposed flaws), but if it's just the Cult of Jobs I'm not that interested.
Yes, I have a life. It's quite different from yours.