Tomorrowland 5-22-15
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Actually come to think of it... Nix didn't bother covering up the Eiffel Tower launch because the world was about to end anyway. So why did he bother sending assassins to kill Casey? What was he afraid she was going to do? Even if she got to Tomorrowland, what could she have accomplished?
I thought it was standing orders for the last 30 years to hunt Athena?
Casey and Casey's pin, where just clues to finding Athena.
A broken, escaped droid due for the scrapyard teetering around with dangerous programming.
Casey and Casey's pin, where just clues to finding Athena.
A broken, escaped droid due for the scrapyard teetering around with dangerous programming.
It was the Gurnbach's, nice little name drop there, who alerted the other robots. But really Nix didn't want anybody finding Tomorrowland under the belief that he and others in the city cold somehow survive the end of the world.
I went into this movie expecting to be disappointed. And I was. And please, no comments on the irony on the irony of that since the movie is about predictions about the end of the world actually causing the end of the world.
Okay, to be honest, the first half of the movie actually isn't all that bad. Nothing fantastic, but serviceable entertainment that held my attention. But then once we get to Tomorrowland the movie turns into a preachy sermon on the problems of the world which aside from offering harsh criticisms of humanity's flaws, doesn't really say anything. Then the movie ends with some hippy garbage about the importance of being optimistic. Truly a waste of time.
And on random matters, why is George Clooney so heavily promoted? He's the above the only actor to be listed above the title, and the poster of the movie features only him and the child version of his character. Yet, Clooney himself has such a peripheral role in the film.
Okay, to be honest, the first half of the movie actually isn't all that bad. Nothing fantastic, but serviceable entertainment that held my attention. But then once we get to Tomorrowland the movie turns into a preachy sermon on the problems of the world which aside from offering harsh criticisms of humanity's flaws, doesn't really say anything. Then the movie ends with some hippy garbage about the importance of being optimistic. Truly a waste of time.
And on random matters, why is George Clooney so heavily promoted? He's the above the only actor to be listed above the title, and the poster of the movie features only him and the child version of his character. Yet, Clooney himself has such a peripheral role in the film.
Though long winded the movie does prove it's point that the future can be changed. It was though Athena's actions in saving Frank's life that time was changed. Nix is a cynic though and really doesn't quite understand that it was really up to Tomorrowland to show people a brighter future, in a while it's a shame that the point of Tomorrowland was lost.
One of the things that bothered me is that there's a valid point to be made about how humans as a species often work against our own best interests, and how that could make life much more difficult. For instance, with regards to climate change. However, the film completely undermines that message by having our more self-destructive impulses actually be caused not by our own irrationality but by the beacon in Space Mountain brainwashing everyone for decades.
Likewise, I thought with the over-the-top nature of the opening montage where everyone was focusing on the end of the world that there was going to be a message about how we place too much emphasis on the worst things in life and not on how things in most aspects of society are gradually improving. I thought there was going to be some criticism of the media for focusing on the negative and using such hyperbolic language. But then again, that turns out to be a result of the Space Mountain beacon brainwashing everyone. So, it's another busted premise.
Likewise, I thought with the over-the-top nature of the opening montage where everyone was focusing on the end of the world that there was going to be a message about how we place too much emphasis on the worst things in life and not on how things in most aspects of society are gradually improving. I thought there was going to be some criticism of the media for focusing on the negative and using such hyperbolic language. But then again, that turns out to be a result of the Space Mountain beacon brainwashing everyone. So, it's another busted premise.
The gloomy telepathic brain ray was a metaphor for FOX News?
See, this is why we need a like button.
This was a good family film that my 10 year old girl enjoyed. I thought it was OK..some nice nods to the Disney World attractions i loved as a kid. I probably would;ve Redboxed it rather than go to the movies.
The thing is, for me...i thought there was some kind of underground movie that had "Tomorrowland" in it, where some guys secretly filmed a movie in Disneyland (or Disney World) and that's what i thought this was.
There was little advertising i saw preceding the movie. i only now notice the ads on the CHicago Transit Authority buses.
Got a question -- i missed this ...is Tomorrow land an alternate earth? A future Earth? a past earth? Did Governor House live a very long time, or does Tomorrowland run in a different time frame?
The thing is, for me...i thought there was some kind of underground movie that had "Tomorrowland" in it, where some guys secretly filmed a movie in Disneyland (or Disney World) and that's what i thought this was.
There was little advertising i saw preceding the movie. i only now notice the ads on the CHicago Transit Authority buses.
Got a question -- i missed this ...is Tomorrow land an alternate earth? A future Earth? a past earth? Did Governor House live a very long time, or does Tomorrowland run in a different time frame?
Tomorrowland was another habitable planet traveled to via stargate. Likewise the planet on which Governor House wanted to exile Clooney. Governor House didn't age because of the shake he drank every morning which now comes in chocolate.
I thought Governor House was also a robot (thus why he didn't age) and the line about chocolate shakes was just sarcasm?
<<The thing is, for me...i thought there was some kind of underground movie that had "Tomorrowland" in it, where some guys secretly filmed a movie in Disneyland (or Disney World) and that's what i thought this was. >>
That was "Escape From Tomorrow". It's on Netflix still I think. It was really freaky.
That was "Escape From Tomorrow". It's on Netflix still I think. It was really freaky.
I think he would have bounced back a little better from getting his leg crushed if he were a robot.
That wasn't another plane that Nix wanted to send Frank to, it was just a deserted island on Earth.
Hmm, I suppose. To be honest, at that point I had already lost all interest in the movie. It was literally "oh look, the bad guy is defeated, movie must soon be over."
No, Tomorrowland was on an alternate Earth. That was shown in the scene where Frank, Casey and Athena are in the steampunk Apollo capsule and they reach the moon and then turn around and fly directly back to Earth which changes in a flash of energy from our earth to a different earth with tomorrowland on it. Earlier when the 3 characters in the Eiffel tower, Frank even explains how Tesla found a way to receive signals from other dimensions.
She was Casey's mom. And yes, all but one of her scenes hit the cutting room floor (blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in a home movie) in order to get the story going.