That's what the trailers looked like early on, TBH. Later on they got more action-oriented. But the theme of the movie seemed to me to be "how dare they hoard it to cure the cancer they just got suntanning when someone close to me can't get the treatment they need." I'd hoped that action, and an intriguing plotline (District 9 was obvious at times, but the core of the story, as well as the worldbuilding worked for me--I hear that the Elysium worldbuilding is less convincing--what causes the disparity? Are the 1% just mean?)
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§ ita § - Aug 11, 2013 1:03:44 pm PDT #25169 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dana - Aug 11, 2013 1:53:18 pm PDT #25170 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I thought Elysium was interesting enough, but not entirely successful. Also, what was with Jodie Foster's accent? I assume it was supposed to be a kind of melange of upper-class Brit/French/society lady, but it just sounded weird.
Juliebird - Aug 11, 2013 2:25:55 pm PDT #25171 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Suddenly realized that I didn't have enough Rolling Stones in my music library, which led me to one my early-90's guilty pleasure movies: Freejack.
Man, that trailer was so cheesy. But I remember that it hit a lot of my whump buttons.
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2013 2:29:40 pm PDT #25172 of 30000
brillig
Oh, I loved Freejack.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2013 2:36:34 pm PDT #25173 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Me too! I mean, I remember almost nothing about it, and it may be objectively terrible, but I have good feelings about it from when I was a kid. That was when Emilio Estevez drove back in time and made out with Reese Witherspoon, right?
Juliebird - Aug 11, 2013 2:47:41 pm PDT #25174 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Rene Russo.
Polter-Cow - Aug 11, 2013 2:58:17 pm PDT #25175 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ooh, Reese Witherspoon was in something else. Freeway ?
Connie Neil - Aug 11, 2013 3:01:49 pm PDT #25176 of 30000
brillig
And Jagger made a great villain.
Juliebird - Aug 11, 2013 3:08:48 pm PDT #25177 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Mick was great in it.
Vonnie K - Aug 11, 2013 3:11:06 pm PDT #25178 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Dana, regarding Jodie Foster's character and her accent: I thought the character was supposed to be French -- she had a French name ("Delacourt") and spoke French with her family. Her odd accent was supposed to be from a twinge of French accent in someone who's otherwise completely fluent in English, I think. I agree it sounded a bit weird though.