Elysium

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In 2009 a small budget scifi movie called District 9diam secretly appeared and surprised many people. Not only the actual film is an extension of the short film Alive in Joburg was able to get 210 million USD from the budget of only 30 million USD, he was also able nominated in one of the best films of 2009 and despite eventually losing to The Hurt Locker. Yet nevertheless Neill Blomkamp name directly on the rise and many people look forward to what the next project he would work on. Year after year passed without news until finally Elysium started production in 2011 and was released last year. With polished budget of nearly 120 million USD (a 4-fold from District 9!) Whether Elysium can rival the quality of the predecessor?

In the year 2154 the earth not as we know it today. Seedy and full of pollution most people who live there live from day to day to get a roughing money for hope to go to Elysium, a space station residence of the men wealthy. However the cost of living in Elysium is very expensive so it is almost impossible for someone who lived on earth - even working lifetime - get enough money to buy his life there. But still at the moment of human life they always look squashed up and missed expectations. As it was also thought that dawned on the minds of Max Da Costa.

Max wants to leave his life on earth and moved to Elysium. He has used a variety of ways to achieve it, including less commendable behavior-behavior that makes it a lot to have a criminal record. To leave all the bad records first end Max was trying to work legally. Apes actually an accident at work to make Max into a high-level of radiation poisoning. On earth it means knocking sledgehammer waiting for death. Hope for Max left to Elysium where fairly sophisticated treatment could save his life. Looking for a dark road to Elysium will not be easy so what should Max do?Find your pleasure here

One of the things that surprises me when looking at the production design of this film is the setting of the place. Neill Blomkamp seems not to want to move away from the style of shooting his dystopia world. If we scrutinize in more detail again is not there the similarity city of Los Angeles is the future of the Johannesburg show that he used to be in District 9? There are shades of defilement to a place where criminalism and police regime with strong strangling the poor who live there. I also love how Blomkamp worked Elysium as a reflection of the lives of workers present. When looking at Max with recounted an incident thrown out of employment when deemed no longer useful so smile pouted my own, perhaps the fate of so many workers in developing countries (including Indonesia) who suffered the same fate. Milked until the power and usefulness runs out then rewarded the 'appropriate' then discarded.

Given director Neill Blomkamp is no longer a nobody like himself four years ago, the few big name actors and actresses are ready to work with him. The two main stars of the most advanced in the film are Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. To me both provide adequate role in their character, but in the end their true character not too different from most other characters made ​​it difficult praised their performances. Max is a character that makes us sympathetic and annoyed with his behavior throughout the film. Sympathetic because we know how hard it is to live in a world like this, but also annoyed because he did not see how much faster acting as the hero in this story. Seeing Max I was reminded of the character Danny Archer, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film Blood Diamond. Perhaps more disappointing is Jodie Foster's role as Jessica Delacourt cold and firm to play its role. The lack of a back story of Jessica (except one or two sentence reference) so we can not make him sympathetic at all. It is also the biggest weakness in Elysium: overly antagonizing the rich side.

What a surprise when I say that the best role in the film acted by Sharlto Copley as the agent Kruger? Copley appearance that makes me so mad all at once pugnacious very - very impressed with the appearance at all times. Copley also proves how he can perform style chameleon actor with a role very different from film to film. In District 9, he appeared as a depressed and frightened, in The A-Team he could appear funny and a little crazy, and here he last performed one of the best antagonists that I watched on the big screen this year. Once badass Kruger even when she met Max and Jessica I still like him better than the two main characters!

Budget of 115 million USD disbursed in this film is also used as efficiently as possible by Blomkamp. Wrap the quality of the CG in each scene quite neatly combined with the creativity of Blomkamp in the way of taking pictures and using certain techniques. One thing I love about Blomkamp is it quite creative and bold try without having to grip pegged by a particular technique. Not such as Michael Bay is making slow-mo or JJ Abrams lens flare is used as a trademark. Blomkamp also uses slow-mo in this movie but he is quite a lot of other techniques combine to make Elysium still feels creative and dynamic.