{"id":2422,"date":"2015-06-02T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2015-06-02T11:49:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T18:49:09","slug":"tomorrowland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ealasaid.com\/main\/2015\/06\/02\/tomorrowland\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomorrowland"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tomorrowland\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Directed by: Brad Bird
\nStarring: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy
\nRated: PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language<\/p>\n

Remember when the future was hopeful? The original \u201cStar Trek\u201d series offered us a vision of a time when Americans and Russians could work together, where things were clean and orderly and all sorts of different people \u2013 non-humans, even! \u2013 came together to do great things. Somewhere along the line, though, the future became less \u201cJetsons\u201d and more \u201cThe Matrix\u201d \u2013 a cool-looking place, still, but all black leather and vinyl and dystopia. We no longer think of the future as a great place we\u2019re heading to. Cynicism and pessimism are the order of the day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not hard to see why \u2013 global climate change, the human tendency toward self-destruction, everything seems to be going down the tubes. \u201cTomorrowland\u201d brings us Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), who asks \u201cwhat are we doing to fix it?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrowland\u201d is a kids film that makes an effort to engage adults as well. Unfortunately, it seems like you have to already be the optimistic type to enjoy the story, and that means the movie is preaching to the converted rather than bringing new optimists to the fold. If you aren\u2019t able to look at its vision of the future, a clean and white and gleaming city of hope, and think, \u201cwow, that\u2019s awesome\u201d instead of \u201cok, so where did the funding come for them to build this? Construction isn\u2019t free,\u201d you\u2019ll likely write the whole thing off as twee rather than being drawn into the idea that the future can be wonderful if we get up off our couches and make an effort.<\/p>\n

Our protagonist, Casey, is a teenager obsessed with science and engineering. When she receives a small pin that lets her see into another world, a gleaming vision of the future, she becomes obsessed with finding out how to get there. She eventually teams up with Frank Walker (George Clooney), a cynical scientist who lived there once, but not anymore. There are forces trying to stop them from making their way to the utopia the pin shows, so there are some thrills and chills as evil robots come after them.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a particularly deep film \u2013 the characters are all fairly simple, their functions in the story clear and obvious. But then again, this is ultimately a movie for kids, and kids may well like it just fine if they haven\u2019t already been totally absorbed by the dystopic futures currently so popular in young adult media. Certainly \u201cTomorrowland\u201d offers a nice break from the unrelenting darkness so many future-oriented stories have these days.<\/p>\n

The special effects, acting, and cinematography are all solid \u2013 what really defines whether you\u2019ll like \u201cTomorrowland\u201d or not is whether you can suspend your disbelief enough to buy into its story of hope and optimism. For some, this will be a fun, exciting film. For others, a story at once nostalgic and reinvigorating. For a great many others, however, it\u2019ll just fall really, really flat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Directed by: Brad Bird Starring: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy Rated: PG for sequences of sci-fi action violence and peril, thematic elements, and language Remember when the future was hopeful? The original \u201cStar Trek\u201d series offered us a vision of a time when Americans and Russians could work together, where things were clean and orderly and all sorts of different people \u2013 non-humans, even! \u2013 came together to do great things. Somewhere along the line, though, the future became less \u201cJetsons\u201d and more \u201cThe Matrix\u201d \u2013 a cool-looking place, still, but all black leather and vinyl and dystopia. We no longer think of the future as a great place we\u2019re heading to. Cynicism and pessimism are the order of the day. It\u2019s not hard to see why \u2013 global climate change, the human tendency toward self-destruction, everything seems to be going down the tubes. \u201cTomorrowland\u201d brings us Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), who<\/p>\n

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