Elysium - From the director of 'District 9'

Saw this last night and I have to agree that the sci-fi stuff was freaking cool. The robots looked awesome and some of the weapons were shit-your-pants incredible.

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Especially that gun Matt Damon got on Elysium which shot through the walls and totally destroyed that mercenary guy. There wasn't much left xD

That modified AK47 was fucking cool too.

But I'd have to agree that the story sucked. I didn't care about the characters at all and as Mazy said, they spent way too long trying to flesh them out, make you like them, and failed.

Overall I did enjoy it and I would say it was worth a watch just for the action and sci-fi stuff alone. Just don't expect the best story.

I really liked it a lot. Even the characters. I loved the design of the city in space.

Finally saw it today. I don't read reviews anymore and always try to watch only one trailer. I read the comments above before going in though. To my surprise, I couldn't disagree more. I think the story and the characters were actually pretty good. I appreciate the time they took to set them up, show you the world and how it all comes together in the end. I would even go so far as to say that I loved all the little details they put in to have it make more sense. Talking about characters, the company boss played it real smooth, Jody Foster was great and the mercenaries, especially the leader, were awesome. Great one liners too. Production, design and CGI were all top notch. I really don't understand all the hate out there. They only minor thing that bothered me were the blurry/shaky cam shots in some scenes. But this was trivial.

I thought the movie looked nice but the story and characters were bad. I mean Judy Fooster was just plain annoying (not in the intended way). The whole setup with elysium & earth was not very logical.

I'm in the same boat as Mazy & Buddy on this one. I'm totally sold on the visuals. Robot, vehicles & space station designs (reminded me a bit of the ME's Presidium). Sound design was also spot on and sounded terrific in the cinema. But after seeing district 9 I had higher expectations for the story.

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They setup a very decent world and plausible enough conflict between the rulers and the workers, then as soon as Damon gets irradiated it turns into a straigh up action flick.

PS Hated Jodie Foster in this (what's wrong with her accent), but that South African actor really pulled off the crazy unhinged maniac.

Agreed with most of the opinions here, great visuals, awesome technological details and effects but the storyline was lacking and the ending was just... impossible;

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How is Earth's population meant to fit on that tiny space station..? lol

Sharlto Copley was awesome...

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Agreed with most of the opinions here, great visuals, awesome technological details and effects but the storyline was lacking and the ending was just... impossible;

Sharlto Copley was awesome...

It's not.

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It's about being safe from robots (everyone is a citizen now) and getting care (thus the dropships).

Was everybody so in awe of the effects that they weren't paying attention? What's wrong with you people?

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