What happened?

Rating: 6/10 (24 August 2013)

Watching this movie, I can only assume that the genius behind District 9's great storytelling lays in Terri Tatchell's talent as a screenwriter, not in Neil Blomkamp's.
This movie looks great, and has a good concept, but the script is terrible. All citizens of Elysium are "moustache twirlers", devoid of any subtlety whatsoever. The characters are beyond stupid and every single line of dialog is cringe-worthy. The logic and rules of this universe are poorly thought out and not explained, and the whole plot is non-nonsensical, with things clearly set up to move the plot along, with no regard to logic and character consistency.
Having said that, if you leave your brain at the front door, you will be entertained. This movie does look great and there are some visually impressive scenes, although there is some over-use of bad shaky-cam.