I watched Elysium today at UGC Montparnasse. Unlike India, mobiles don't ring, people observe silence and there is no intermission that kills the pace of the movie. Btw, there is an option at UGC cinemas to get a 1-year membership for unlimited movie watching and I did.
Elysium: The storyline seemed like a mishmash of the story of Dhruva who wished to have a place in the sky, Parikshit who was cursed to lived for just 7 days and did all the good he can, and Nachiketas who tricked the god of death and lived forever.
From another angle, the movie resembled the struggle between the capitalist who want only heaven for the rich and give no damn about the poor and live off their blood like parasites, While the socialist want heaven and equality for everyone.
Nevertheless, Matt Damon holds the story together again! Btw, Hollywood must avoid cliches: Patel the president of Elysium and Koreans the data/semiconductor specialist on Elysium. On a serious note, when will Hollywood stop thinking beyond paranormal, alien invasion and apocalyptic plots?
In India the movie opens on Aug 23.
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