Elysium (2013)
Director & Writer: Neill Blomkamp (who also made District 9)
Actors: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, & William Fichtner
Genre: Action, Drama, & Sci-Fi
Movie Release Date: August 9, 2013
DVD Release Date: around December, 2013
The movie takes place on Earth in 2154. The world has been divided into two classes: those who must remain on Earth and those who live on Elysium. Earth is a shadow of what it use to be, and most everyone on the Earth is sick, dying, or struggling to live. While those on Elysium have everything, they are able to cure anything and do not struggle with the same things that those on Earth do. The main character, Max, takes on a mission to infiltrate Elysium and change the rules and laws of their time.
I really enjoyed the storyline because it was truly well written and thought out. There was a definite direction in the movie. A few moments in the movie do have a similar feel to that in District 9, but that is not meant to be a bad comment by any means.
The best actors in this movie had to be Matt Damon as Max Da Costa and Sharlto Copley as Kruger. My favorite scene of Matt Damon's would have to be the scenes were we see Max ill. They are very well acted and shot. I truly felt bad for the character Max and felt that nursing feeling of wanting to cure him. There are several scenes that show Sharlto Copley's amazing acting abilities. This is the same man who played Wikus Van De Merwe from District 9 and Murdock from The A-Team, and I wouldn't have guessed that from the acting in this movie. He does such an amazing job of playing the bad guy and making you hate him. There were so many scenes that made me just want to punch the character; so it is safe to say that I was thoroughly disgusted with the character. I also mean that in the best way possible.
The only actor that threw me off was Jodie Foster. She played the Secretary Delacourt which was originally written as a male role, according to IMDB's trivia on the movie (IMDB). It wasn't as if I disliked her performance, it just threw me off so much that I can't seem to make up my mind about her performance.
I really enjoyed the settings that they used for the Earth scenes. They were believable and well designed. The scenes on Elysium were weird. There were scenes that were super futuristic looking, but then when they would show the houses on Elysium, they didn't look as futuristic. The houses seems like stuff we could build today; the only futuristic thing about them were the medical pods they had within them. So Elysium as a whole felt rather inconsistent. The special effects were nicely done. No one scene was overly animated or fake looking. My favorite special effects were probably to battle suits used by Kruger and Max. They just look so nifty and have that anatomical correctness to them.
This was a really good movie. I definitely got pulled into the storyline, and I wasn't able to guess the ending early on in the movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave the movie a 68% with a rating of 6.5/10 (Rotten Tomatoes Elysium). I would agree with that rating. This isn't a movie that I would want to buy and re-watch any time soon, but I am happy that I seen it.
I do not own any of these photos. These and more can be found here: Rotten Tomatoes
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