Even the Bad Humans can be Better than the Good Ones?

Rating: 8/10 (16 August 2013)

This was an excellent movie in my book. Enjoyed the Sci-Fi action adventure (no slow spots for me). Enjoyed the great visual effects and the fun high techy stuff . Enjoyed the intertwining human interest stories. Enjoyed the love stories-- both the kind where people risk their lives for those they specifically love, and for those they don't even know as well. I enjoyed the mix of humanity--wherein the good people were good and some of the bad people were really bad, but then there were the not so good who turned out to be some of the best of all. A real showcase of the human spirit. I found Neill Blomkamp's District 9 slightly disappointing compared to the reviews, but was relieved to find I liked Elysium better than expected.
Maybe no major new ground broken here but for me a solid fun movie, and a generally uplifting experience. I say go see it.