Elysium 4K 2013

I agree with the prevailing opinion that this is a failed masterpiece. There are a lot of pluses, first of all the idea itself, although the idea of a paradise city of the future over a devastated planet is not new (Battle Angel Alita). But the acute and eternally relevant conflict between the people and the elite is an inexhaustible topic for culture. The rest of the pluses are also known, I will not list them, this is a solid Hollywood standard.

But the cons are more interesting. Of course this is a leaky scenario. There are too many illogical things in the film. The ending is presented as a happy ending, while the problems are not solved. Or is this station so wonderful that it will feed tens of billions? Then why didn't the elite help their fellow countrymen before? And if just from harm and social Darwinism, then why not just exterminate the excess population? And if conscience does not allow, to establish totalitarian control over the Earth? Why is a man capable of hacking a station not in her government and forced to sell this know-how to weird types?

These questions can be continued for a long time. The main thing is that humanity is not saved, because even one percent will not fit on the station. Some criminal with socialist habits became the new president. In reality, this has already happened, and ended in gulags. Unfortunately, the film does not give adequate answers as to how we should be, because everything goes exactly to this. That overpopulation will lead to an endless crisis. By the way, the heroine is not at all sorry. I am against social Darwinism, but I do not understand how you can give birth to a child in such a terrible world as in this film.

In a word, the authors simply did not pull such a project. Although the film is certainly more good than it sucks. But this naivety, that everything is taken away and divided, looks ridiculous. I myself do not know what needed to be done, because the station's capabilities have not been revealed, this is the only mysterious field that heals almost any wounds and diseases with the help of cold fusion. But in general, the rules.