A good movie that falls a little flat.

Rating: 5/10 (26 February 2014)

Elysium is a decent movie with good special effects and great acting by most of the cast. This movie will seem familiar to you as it is a storyline that we have seen all too often. While there were a few minor surprises in the story one can guess the outcome. All in all a fun movie to watch just don't expect much from the story.
Jodi Foster's character, Delacourt, had a couple of aspects to her that I found odd. First, her accent. Was it supposed to be French? It was so weak that I couldn't quite place it and found it distracting that every time I heard her speak I tried to place the accent instead of paying attention to the character interaction. Second, her death didn't make much sense. When Frey tried to save her life she refused help and died. There was nothing that I can remember about her character that suggested that she would accept death. Just the opposite. She was aggressive in her job of protecting Elysium from the "undesirables" and seemed to be a strong intelligent person with a strong grip on her life. I saw nothing that suggested that she would accept death when it came, in fact, I thought she would fight until the very end.
Minor quibbles I guess. A decent movie if you don't expect much.