Nothing unexpected

Rating: 6/10 (16 August 2013)

Your typical movie set in the future with two different images of a dystopia and utopia. Story unfolds to how the audience would expect. The lead character Matt Damon living in the slums on Earth dreaming one day of going up to Elysium the utopia only for the selected elite class. Everything that happened was to be expected. From the lower class earthlings fighting for equality, to the elite class 'Elysiumzens' fighting them off to sustain their way of life. With the main idea being that earth was overpopulated hence Elysium was created, there were no scenes that reinforces this idea. Instead both Elysium and what was remaining on Earth seemed somewhat deserted. I did however like the opening scene where they showed what the overpopulated earth had become - the houses built stacked onto buildings. Despite the clear inequality that was shown, no one else besides Matt Damon seemed to dream about one day going to Elysium. The medication facilities seemed to be whats the most valuable desire of Elysium over Elysium the utopia itself.
Therefore overall it was a good movie, but nothing out of the ordinary. Story unfolds as one would expect it to.
What I found most amazing was how the young Matt Damon looked so much like Matt Damon.
Good movie, but would recommend to wait for DVD instead.