Is this the worst science fiction movie ever?

Rating: 2/10 (11 August 2013)

I never thought Jodie Foster could be in a bad film? It seemed unbelievable that Damon could be part of something so terrible? Yet it has happened. Other than some neat special effects, we are once again treated to a film where the outline never grew to a completed project. Here are the rich versus the poor, a bit of programming that could change history, and yes, poor people speak Spanish and rich people converse in French. On top of that the main thug speaks in an intelligible accent, and Elysium resembles a hybrid of Beverly Hills and Southern Florida. This is just the beginning.
There is the martyr figure played by Damon who is on his way to redeem himself from making a few mistakes while being young. An old girlfriend shows up with a sick child, and the rebels in the late 21st century look even worse than the citizens of "Waterworld". While we follow the thinnest of stories whose end we can see from the beginning credits, we are also treated to some of the most jarring and jumpy camera-work ever seen in a big Hollywood production. The dialogue is at best amateurish and not very interesting, particularly when we think about how sophisticated audiences are nowadays.
What is worse is that we don't have much to care about in this film. The best about the villain is how well she dresses, but even her acting feels listless. She might as well be ordering food over the phone when she wants some spaceships shot down. Then there is the look of the technology of the period. Everybody's spacecraft looks like something out of a cereal box, the robots are cheap copies of something we have seen before, and we really shouldn't care for this. After all, "Star Wars" was at first big on charm, story, and a great mix of editing/direction. This time the goal must have been to mix every target.
What is next? We are all waiting for J.J. to come through and save the genre, again?