Elysium

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:58 pm

Next movie from Blomkamp, the guy who made District 9.

http://elysium-movie-trailer.blogspot.com/

"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 (Jodie Foster), 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 (Matt Damon) 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."

Post trailers as you find them.

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Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:03 pm

Possible teaser trailer.

http://www.movieweb.com/news/possible-elysium-teaser-trailer

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:21 pm

Another (?)

http://www.movieweb.com/movie/elysium/viral-trailer-2

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:45 am

Ok, so I acquired a copy of this film, and watched it last night.

Not sure if there were supposed to be subtitles, but more than one conversation took place in foreign languages, and there weren't any subtitles.

I think I know what the director was going for. He has a history of disguising social issues in his sci-fi, and I think this one was the issue of the rich suppressing the poor, particularly in regard to health care. The entire flick was a character trying to get to the good part of town to see a doctor with no way to pay for it, and he was the hero because the people who owned the medicine did not want him to steal it.

Problem I see is, in this movie the doctor can cure you of anything within 5 seconds with a wave of the hand. Practically magic. Except the reality of it is that real world medicine is not free, someone had to create the drugs, build a hospital, and train a doctor for 8 years.

District 9 was a great look at how we treat and perceive "the other," but this movie was more of a simplistic, unrealistic, and ultimately damaging view of the social health care issue.

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:14 am

Suckfest.

There is no other possible message that can be taken away from this other than rich people are evil.

Just a terribly written film.

As Gordo points out, the cures for everything are all available and seem to cost nothing. So why wouldn't the rich heal the poor? If only to keep them from revolting or trying to invade the rich neighborhood for medicine...

The social bullshit really gets pushed here too because two of the three people in the film that really need to get up there to heal are children. Such obvious baiting.

Here's a question:
So there are no more "sleeper agents" on Earth right? Then the incident happens (the one Damon was hired to do), and immediately Jodie Foster contacts her sleeper and already has two others on the way to pick him up in a military vehicle. How the fuck were they ready to go?

Here's another: Jodie Foster leaves her post for a minute and all of a sudden the sensors stop working or something? Why didn't they see the next ship and have people waiting on it?

Explain the atmosphere of Elysium since it can easily be penetrated by ships.

We also learn that robot cops have the worst response time EVER.

Bad movie.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:58 am

The atmosphere of the wheel was probably the most interesting thing for me. Yeah, their spin induces a sense of gravity for the humans... but is that really enough to keep an atmosphere from leaking out? I never thought of that..... but I would have to say no.... there might be enough spin to keep a volume of air in their little round cup, but I would not think it would be enough to make it feel like one atmosphere of pressure at "sea" level.

Post by **TPRJones** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:44 pm

Enjoyable movie. Of course the whole premise is dumb. Health care is a limited resource because it is so labor intensive. Remove all that labor and there's no reason the society in the movie would try to make it a limited resource like that. Silly.

No way is the spin gravity enough to keep in the air at a reasonable pressure, no. Not without some sort of force fields that just didn't effect the shuttles.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:25 pm

This movie was shit.

- Jodie Foster going through her lines, all the time thinking, "This is worse than playing a preteen hooker."
- Matt Damon taking the role turned down by rapper Ninja, then rapper Eminem.
- Sharlto Copley doing his best to audition for the villain in the next Mad Max sequel.
- Retread Johnny Mnemonic plot device.
- Physics so bad they may as well have been due to magical elfin artifacts.
- A message slightly less subtle than your significant other splitting up with you by banging your best friend on stage at the Super Bowl halftime show.