Tomorrowland
May. 25th, 2015 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI get the feeling that Tomorrowland was supposed to be uplifting and inspiring - but I actually mostly found it really depressing. We do know what the problems are, but it's true that most people (and I include myself in that number) can't be bothered to make the effort to do anything about it.
Anyway, aside from the eye-rollingly, sledge-hammery message, the film had its good moments and its not so good moments. It made me laugh several times, but there were other times when I thought it was trying to be funny and it really wasn't. There was a distressingly disposable body count (an increasing and disturbing trend in things aimed at children), and certain aspects of the plot just didn't make sense. Overall, it really felt like it was made in the 80s, somehow - I think it was the presentation of Tomorrowland itself and the music that contributed most to that, but also the sense of innocence and optimism that was quite simplistic (despite the body count).
Still, I thought Britt Robertson gave a very good performance - she sold the role with a lot of conviction. And there were jetpacks!
Anyway, aside from the eye-rollingly, sledge-hammery message, the film had its good moments and its not so good moments. It made me laugh several times, but there were other times when I thought it was trying to be funny and it really wasn't. There was a distressingly disposable body count (an increasing and disturbing trend in things aimed at children), and certain aspects of the plot just didn't make sense. Overall, it really felt like it was made in the 80s, somehow - I think it was the presentation of Tomorrowland itself and the music that contributed most to that, but also the sense of innocence and optimism that was quite simplistic (despite the body count).
Still, I thought Britt Robertson gave a very good performance - she sold the role with a lot of conviction. And there were jetpacks!
