Save your eyeballs!!!

Rating: 5/10 (15 August 2013)

I enjoyed this movie, always love watching Jodie and Matt, but...the hand-held camera thing has really gotten tiresome. Every time I watched an action scene, I kept thinking back to The Bourne Identity, and the fabulous action scenes. I thought my head would explode trying to keep up with the jerky camera work in Elysium. I know this is supposed to add "drama", sort of like the incessant music in current films, but it seem like a cheap way of covering up a lot of flaws in plot, continuity, production...whatever. A good action film, but not what I had hoped.
It seems that the real art of cinematography is a thing of the past. And if loud and endless music is needed to bulk up a movie, then the screen writing or directing is lacking something. A well choreographed action sequence, and a little bit of restraint can go a long way. I guess it depends what one is selling.