Nice Visuals, below par story.

Rating: 3/10 (23 July 2015)

Like many modern Hollywood Blockbuster flicks, Elysium had spectacular visuals and a below par, uninteresting, lazy plot and script.
Earth is an apocalyptic waste land which is home to the poor and Elysium is a halo in space which is where all the wealthy people live. On Elysium there is no sickness or disease, no poverty and no conflict. They have the technology to cure terminal illness; the air is pure with no pollution and the wealthy live long, healthy lives. Nobody leaves Elysium and nobody enters.
I will start with the positives; the visuals are stunning. The contrasting settings between Earth and Elysium are breath- taking. The apocalyptic esc Earth wasteland is something that has been done many times before and in Elysium it looks extra gritty and rundown. Elysium is bright, colourful and magnificent; the living spaces are open and grand: It looks like perfection.
Elysium simply contains too many moments which are far too convenient or stupid. Characters do daft things with no explanation because the directors couldn't be bothered to think of plausible ways for story lines to unfold. There is one instance where somebody breaks into Elysium and immediately finds the machine which can cure her daughter and then immediately knows how to use it, very convenient to say the least..
The Storyline is predictable, clichéd and shallow. The early childhood romance flashbacks are forced and convenient. Matt Damon does an OK job with what he has been given, but ultimately the script Iets him down massively. The 'bad' characters are not interesting in the slightest, they are forcing the intimidating routine but fail miserably. Jodie Foster is horrific. Two dimensional with no character depth or explanation as to why her actions are as they are.
Matt Damon becomes terminally ill in the most ludicrous way and mopes around for a few days dying. Then he put on some sort of tech suit which gives him strength, shortly following this he heads to Elysium to Save Earth.
This review is boring me now, almost as much as Elysium did.. 3/10 – for the visuals alone.