No, This is truly better

I guess the general consensus about this film i'm seeing here points to a reason why I vacillate when it comes to whether I belong in a place like WAYDM.  You see, I tend to really enjoy a lot of the films that have been torn apart on this forum.  And so when a film i really love gets significantly taken apart and diminished in the eyes of reviewers here, its like a stab in the gut.  At the same time, though, I keep coming back to this site because most of my friends don't really get into the nitty gritty of a move and intelligently discuss it's merits....which you guys do here.    Gaaaahhh.  lol.   

So basically, I loved Elysium.  My couple little nitpicks had to do with

Other than that, I felt that it instilled a fun level of tension throughout a majority of the film.  It really built up nicely, and viscerally(well if its Blomkamp, it will be) to a great emotional climax.  I liked that this film brought more quality aspects into its unfolding than a lot of films do these days.  The acting (except Foster...again WTF?) was just so much fun and really had some quality eccentricity.  Spyder was frikken Grover on crack.  Fitchner did a great job of doing the cold and calculating thing without over-doing it (which he tends to do), Damon was superb as always, all the supporting cast felt quite authentic, and Damon's boss was a real hate-able prick to boot.  The real Gem though was Kruger.  I just couldn't keep myself from grinning ear-to-ear whenever he was on screen. Copley really nailed the psychologically imbalanced badass role to a T and further.       
The plot was predictable, but I think there's something to be said about standard plot lines done superbly well.   You see when a director can take the SAME PLOT-LINE and then tell two different but equally awesome stories with it...now that's some talent, and that's why i believe in Neill.

One of the things I really liked about this movie is the layering of themes.  Themes such as: the impetus of desperation, the lengths to which we will permit government surveillance, the desire of everyone for a good life, the power of greed...etc.  Additionally there were just some scenes that gave me the chills man.  big_smile.  The convergence of many different sources of awesome at certain points in the film led to this feeling.  Oh and good music too!

Also, I'm a Mechanical Engineer and totally a tech-head...so this movie was like TechGasm for me.  Zoinks!

All-in-all, its definitely the best film I've seen in the past 365 days.  Its not the best film ever, but will absolutely go in my blu-ray collection.   8.5/10

Re: This thread:  What have I started?   

So I assume this would be an RPG since most other games don't have multiple main characters playing at once. 

I envision the game like this:  in your stash of items you would have a movie, some mike's hard lemonade (and something stronger if its a really long movie), and a DVD player.  You would then have to correctly choose the intro that Teague actually uses and there would be a mini-game where you have to select right position for "press play press pause."  Extra HP is awarded if Dorkman gets really drunk, and extra "damage" is done to the movie if you correctly bash the movies that DIF really bashed. 

Oh, and if you upvote Surrogates you automatically die and your computer gets a fatal virus.

Well, if District 9 is any indication, this looks quite promising.  I think this is probably one of my most anticipated films of the year along with   Ender's Game and the ridiculous robot porn that is Pacific Rim

I'm looking forward to reveling in non-content and a Darth Maul reprise.

I've been reading a ton of books since January, the most of which have been the Scott Harvath series by Brad Thor, and the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn.  They're both essentially world espionage thriller books.  A ton of fun, very addictive, and occasionally so badass you find yourself laughing at the insanity.

I also read a few Michael Crichton books which I was surprised I didn't like as much as I though I would.   

As per the release of the Ender's Game movie, I went and read the first 3 of the books from the Ender's quartet.  Ender's Game was just brilliant.  I can't even explain.  The first sequel, Speaker for the Dead, was a very interesting intellectual read.  However, the third one,  Xenocide, started to really go to s$#* so I stopped reading the series lol. 

The creme de la creme, though, was reading two of the Bob Lee Swagger novels by Stephen Hunter, of which, Point of Impact was the basis for the movie Shooter.    Damn...damn, if you want to read a well written, funny, intense, and expertly clever book, read one of those novels.

I had the same reaction as Trey to this movie, which is that it totally feels like a throwback, old-school sci-fi action movie.  I think there are a few reasons for this. 

1.  The using of real squibs and lots of real blood effects a la Robocop.  Actually this movie made me think a lot of Robocop. 

2.   Its a run and gun.  There's no extra complicated plot stuff, or double crosses, or any of that stuff that can serve to distract from the reveling in the anti-glory of an excessive shoot-em-up.

3.  The script is very matter-of-fact.  Similar to point 2, the bad guys are bad, the good guys are good...kill em before they kill you.

In looking through all the classic films your guys have covered, I noticed that you haven't done Back to the Future.  There's so much to talk about with those movies:  ILM's work, the acting and actors, Spielberg and Zemeckis, BTTF's future predictions...etc.   

I assume its been requested here and is on your list...but here's me making another request!  Besides, there have been a few references to Zemeckis made in the commentaries, so it's only natural that you guys do it.