Elysium

[Phil Rhodes]

Pretty, of course. Shots of the orbital city are gorgeous. Again, of course.

 

But the writing. I mean... what? Why didn't they... why was it... why... er... why couldn't they...

 

...am I alone in finding the writing deeply clumsy? And the production design on the robot suit was iffy.

[Chris Millar]

Ditto for um,

 

hah

 

sign of the times... I forget the name of it !

 

um,

 

poop

 

 

 

Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, frickin lasers.

[Phil Rhodes]

Yeah, that too.

[Darrell Ayer]

Oblivion is the other movie you guys are thinking about.

I found the writing to be tight. Basic, but tight.

[Chris Millar]

but the ..

 

the thing

 

and the bit where..

 

and how did the thingy...

 

the bit when - no why did ..

 

or more, why didn't ..

 

and all the ...

[Chris Millar]

Funny.

 

Just re-read the thread and I see I've copied Phil in the 'incomplete questions with multiple ellipsis' regard.

 

Unconscious imitation.

[Phil Rhodes]

I see it had a similar effect on us both.

[Nate Opgenorth]

Saw the trailer and I started to understand the responses here and else where...why not just do a sequal to District 9 or something? Either way Anamorphic Red Epic footage....interesting look in and of its self let alone everything else...