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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts) Sat Aug 17, 2013, 04:15 PM Aug 2013

Elysium...no wonder the RW is pissed (some spoilers) [View all]

One of the corporate heads, he dies, last name is Carlyle...I think Rush can rightfully say it was a slam...on the Carlyle group...heartless, the way you imagine a CEO. Unlike Bane of the Batman series, this is of recent creation.

And in the end the 99% occupy the place using code, and bullets...and bring down the order of things. They also force the redistribution of resources...the obvious is medical.

In a sense it is not a classic American movie, the hero does not get the girl, but it shows the costs of revolution are very real.

It was a good movie...at least to us.

But yup, I can totally see why they won't precisely like it.

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Elysium...no wonder the RW is pissed (some spoilers) [View all] nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 OP

I like movies that rattle the right cages Warpy Aug 2013 #1

We plan to watch the butler next week nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #3

I saw it today and loved it. avebury Aug 2013 #30

I thought it was great. It's certainly more action than drama, and it may not win any Oscars. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #2

They do give them for special effects nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #4

Matt Damon and Jodie Foster's acting were great as usual. liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #5

The guy playing Spyder nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #6

he did kind of steal some scenes didn't he? liberal_at_heart Aug 2013 #7

Yes, his character arc was textbook nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #8

Whats that software title? demwing Aug 2013 #11

The flick makes plain the occultist Republicon ideal Berlum Aug 2013 #9

I would not say Republican only nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #10

A friend of mine shared a rant she recieved from a libertarian "friend" about the movie. Scootaloo Aug 2013 #12

I thought that Max was a pretty believable character . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #33

I don't want to see it because as a mom, even the trailers made me really upset. Butterbean Aug 2013 #13

Yes, she does, at the end nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #14

Thank you. I'm actually all teary eyed now and a little queasy. Butterbean Aug 2013 #15

I understand. And you know yourself... nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #17

believe it or not, you don't have to be a mom to find it upsetting Skittles Aug 2013 #16

I know, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply only mothers would be upset. Butterbean Aug 2013 #18

We have no kids nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #19

Oh my God, you poor thing. I can't even imagine, I'm so sorry. n/t Butterbean Aug 2013 #20

We had a job to do nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #21

Remember this whine festival? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #22

Oh for fuck's sake. Every time somebody whines/complains about Butterbean Aug 2013 #23

If they whine about the COST of a clean environment say, "It's only money." Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #24

That's easily shut down, too. I use the same argument I use for Butterbean Aug 2013 #26

I am hoping to get to see it but when one lives in the boomdocks it takes a while. We need movies jwirr Aug 2013 #25

Well we were wondering what was the Ciudad Perdida they used nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #27

Nadin, I read an article yesterday.... prairierose Aug 2013 #28

We thought so, reminded me of the area leading to Puebla nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #29

If Blomkamp had really wanted to give the RW shit fits . . . Brigid Aug 2013 #31

How many were shot down? nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #32

I meant a full-scale military-style invasion. Brigid Aug 2013 #34

Yes, but that would be a very different movie nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #35

The frightening thing about Elysium is it looks a lot like the world of today. hunter Aug 2013 #36

Since it was filmed near Mexico City nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #38

Something else struck me that has gotten little attention. Brigid Aug 2013 #37

Yuo, a good reflection of where we are with worker safety nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #39