Tomorrowland 5-22-15
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I was looking forward to this as much as anything coming to the cinemas soonish. I’m a life-long Disney Parks fan. But I have to admit, hearing the phrase, “You’re the chosen one” in the Japanese trailer (http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/03/tomorrowlands-japanese-trailer-finally-explains-why-its-a-small-world-still-exists/) dims my enthusiasm.
^This does look cool. I'm actually looking forward to it.
That I had to go alllll the way back to March 20th to find this thread when the movie just came out yesterday shows how completely Disney's marketing dept. failed to hold anyone's attention when it came to this flick. Reviews have been pretty savage too, with most of the blame falling on screenwriter Damon Lindelof. Long story short, looks like Disney's got another John Carter/Lone Ranger on its hands - and one less entertaining than those films.
The movie would have been better titled "Journey to Tomorrowland." It takes WAY too long to actually get to the titular futuristic realm (about 3/4 of the way through the 1 hr 47 min film), has one opening sequence too many (to introduce George Clooney's character as a boy, since Clooney himself doesn't show up until almost an hour in), falls flat on its face in the third act and (typical Lindelof) by the end gives tons of questions with no real answers. It wants so badly to inspire people to think of the future as something better than Blade Runner/Mad Max, but it just can't get it across except by hit-you-over-the-head preaching.
The trailers seemed interesting to the point where I was going to see the movie last night. Then the reviews started coming out and combining with the word of mouth Mad Max was getting, I decided to see MM instead. I might see Tomorrowland eventually, but that was awfully disappointing that this movie was only getting a 49% on Rottentomatoes.
This movie felt a lot like The Rocketeer and it's getting the same lukewarm reception. It's also like Mad Max in that Britt Robertson's character is a bit more central than Clooney's.
Having seen it, I'd give the movie a tentative thumbs up. Here's the relatively spoiler-free issue with it: it probably falls a bit into the trap of telling rather than showing. The script didn't seem to have a good idea for how to visually demonstrate why Tomorrowland is crucial to the world, so characters are forced to talk big rather than demonstrate the relevancy of the ideals espoused by the story.
The thing is, there is a tantalizing hint of what Tomorrowland could mean for the world at the very end, so the movie is not entirely toothless. Funny enough it makes the movie feel like the pilot episode for a TV series. If this would have been such a pilot, I think it would be well-received.
The thing is, there is a tantalizing hint of what Tomorrowland could mean for the world at the very end, so the movie is not entirely toothless. Funny enough it makes the movie feel like the pilot episode for a TV series. If this would have been such a pilot, I think it would be well-received.
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Wow, I was going to see this movie, but now that I know Lindelof wrote it, I'm going to pass. Him, Kurtzman and Orci are hacks and I'm tired of watching their movies. I guess I'll see Mad Max instead, I've heard nothing, but good things about it,
And there is nothing else one could say about it!
I enjoyed it, I felt it got a bit preachy towards the end. I agree with the message to some extent, but it could have been handled better.
I saw it yesterday and thought it was a fun ride.
The audience reviews are a bit higher (67%) last I checked, for what it might be worth, even though the critical reviews are lower than I'd hoped for personally.
The audience reviews are a bit higher (67%) last I checked, for what it might be worth, even though the critical reviews are lower than I'd hoped for personally.
I enjoyed it a lot as well. I thought it got bogged down a little here and there mainly by being somewhat disneyfied teenage cinema, but in terms of teenage cinema I would take this movie over any of the big names of the last decade, including the Hunger Games and Harry Potter. Also absolutely agree the girl that played Athena was fantastic.
Well I think the movie has a good point, something I myself have been wondering for years and that is why isn't anyone talking about solution and not just naming problems? Why isn't anybody thinking about the future?
But to me the movie gets to bogged down with very conventional and unnecessary overlong cat and mouse chase game and not to mention inane with secret society of robots that are plotting the downfall of man.
And certainly there is a real life solution for making "Tomorrowland" it's called Nuclear Fusion and ITER, too bad nobody talks about that.
But to me the movie gets to bogged down with very conventional and unnecessary overlong cat and mouse chase game and not to mention inane with secret society of robots that are plotting the downfall of man.
And certainly there is a real life solution for making "Tomorrowland" it's called Nuclear Fusion and ITER, too bad nobody talks about that.
1. The world is a toilet, because Tomorrowland spent 70 years taking the smartest people, and brainwashing everyone left behind into wanting the world to yank the toilet's chain.
2. The solution? Stop the telepathic brainwashing, but keep taking the smartest people in the world to tomorrow land.
Stoopid movie.
2. The solution? Stop the telepathic brainwashing, but keep taking the smartest people in the world to tomorrow land.
Stoopid movie.
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It was enjoyable for the first half but once the characters get to Tomorrowland, the script just falls apart with the exposition, limp villainy and too convenient solution. Still I loved looking at those visuals of the Pin's "commercial".
Note to filmmakers: stay away from former LOST writers, they can't deliver final acts to save their lives.
Note to filmmakers: stay away from former LOST writers, they can't deliver final acts to save their lives.
Tomorrowland raises alot of questions but really doens't give any answers. I do like the idea of a place made by forward thinking people. But in a number of ways it's a prequel to Interstellar, in that people know the planet's in danger but wait too long to anything about it. I liked Casey solved the problem, but it seemed unlikely that everything depended on her solving the problem.