Elysium - Great Movie! Watch movies for the story, not the message!

Rating: 10/10 (11 August 2013)

Everyone is up in arms about the supposed message behind Elysium, when let's face it, were the circumstances in our real world the same as in Elysium, that is EXACTLY how it would be.
For those who have not seen it, the basic premise is that the rich and privileged live on Elysium (a space station with an artificial environment) while the poor are left on an overpopulated Earth that is ruined and decrepit. On Elysium they have medical technology that is not located on Earth and inaccessible to the citizens of Earth. Max (Matt Damon) gets radiation poisoning and the only way for him to not die is to get help on Elysium. So, he does everything humanly (and sometimes not humanly) possible to get there and get fixed. **MAJOR SPOILER ALERT: If you don't want the ending to be spoiled, skip to the next paragraph.** Through a hijack, he ends up with a file in his head that will reset Elysium and allow anyone to change what they want. Jodie Foster's character needs the file to make herself President, but removing the file would kill Max. In the end, Max sacrifices himself and initiates the reboot so that his associate Spider can make everyone on Earth a citizen.
What has everyone outraged and hate-filled in regards to this movie, in my opinion, that it's calling attention to everything they close their eyes to and pretend does not exist. Earth IS becoming overpopulated. The rich DO have access to medical technology that the poor do not, simply because they can afford it. Were Earth to become the wasteland that it is in Elysium, the rich would undoubtedly evacuate.
I, myself, am a conservative. I avoid all news stations because each has it's own slant whether is one way or the other, none are fair and balanced, but in most of my views, I lean to the right. Despite that, I LOVED this movie. Why? Because I watched it for the story. So what if it has a message that you don't agree with? (I don't necessarily agree with the message, but I see the points of it) It is still a good movie, with a good story and good acting. Not to mention: superb directing on Neill Blomkamp's behalf.
This movie is amazing, my new favorite, and I highly recommend that you go see it without a mind tainted by misguided preconceived notions obtained from Fox News, MSNBC, or any other news syndicate.
10/10