Review of Tomorrowland (2015) by Nola(N)Brams R — 21 Sep 2015

Tomorrowland; the movie that was going to stand out as an original sequel-killer failed to deliver a stronger box office-performance, and of course a less messy and entertaining plot. Who could have thought the team-up of the director of 'The Incredibles' and the writer of unaccountable episodes of 'Lost' could result it such a popcorn-disaster.

So the movie starts exactly how you think it would, with a young dreamer called Casey Newton and her journey to the mysterious place called Tomorrowland. The plot is very focused on just that, to get to the land of dreams. It's very optimistic too. It got a lot to tell about us humans on a basic scale, in a way that might be considered a bit cliché-ish though. But the plot is very uncertain after the second act. The movie keeps going but it's not really clear where we're going. And because of that; the excitement was lost and the movie failed to deliver. It felt boring and non-entertaining on a personal level at several occasions. The opening sequence didn't add to that, which felt annoying, childish and overly messy. But let's not forget the movie and its strength, and there are some of them!

There are a lot of beautiful, realistic and fascinating shots where Brad Bird really did a big difference! The whole ride into this world is so realistic, and not to mention the spectacular action and sci-fi. Just the basic idea of this extraordinary place is wonderful and original. The ride to go there and all these adventurous events is a superb idea! Add somewhat inventive intense action to the film, and you get some awesome moments! But it's as previously mentioned, a not so great movie. The plot is so one-dimensional and it's not really explained in the detail what's going on. It's messy, weird and it got some smaller plot-holes here and there.

But what about the basics? How's the characters, actors and dialogs? Well they're are all great! George Clooney is flawless, as usual. Strong characters and understandable and relatable dialogs are present as well. But there's some vague chemistry between the main characters. 'They doesn't have that strong bond'.

So to keep it short; Tomorrowland is just as Jupiter Ascending. The basic idea is fundamentally great, but the execution of the plot is so weird, non-interesting and silly. No feeling either. But the idea is great and it really is inventive, original and a fun ride into the imagination. But less great than the expectations.

Positive aspects: Highly original, realistic and stunning cinematography, action and characters.

Negative aspects: An overly messy and childish structure, plot-holes, uneven storytelling and a non-interesting plot.

Personal rating: 6/10.

Critical rating: 5.5/10.