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Tomorrowland
May. 31st, 2015 02:36 pmSo...it's not great. It's got a lot of problems.
But it is far from the dud so many critics are saying it is. It's amazingly well acted (though having an adult play the teenaged main character is a bit of a cheat), the FX are good but not overwhelming, and there are a lot of great ideas swimming around in here.
I can't say how much you will like it. If you like films were the main characters are distinguished by their brains, or where the very idea of hope for the future is a plot point, you might like it. Just be warned that it does drag a bit, and that some of the ideas drifting about the film never congeal.
Oh, and the people who say it's too preachy, or that it is yet another Randist vision from Brad Bird? They are wrong. There is the right amount of preachy for this kind of film. And I still don't get why anyone thinks Bird is an disciple of Ayn Rand. People see what they want to see, clearly.
But it is far from the dud so many critics are saying it is. It's amazingly well acted (though having an adult play the teenaged main character is a bit of a cheat), the FX are good but not overwhelming, and there are a lot of great ideas swimming around in here.
I can't say how much you will like it. If you like films were the main characters are distinguished by their brains, or where the very idea of hope for the future is a plot point, you might like it. Just be warned that it does drag a bit, and that some of the ideas drifting about the film never congeal.
Oh, and the people who say it's too preachy, or that it is yet another Randist vision from Brad Bird? They are wrong. There is the right amount of preachy for this kind of film. And I still don't get why anyone thinks Bird is an disciple of Ayn Rand. People see what they want to see, clearly.
