Review of Tomorrowland (2015) by Bogkid — 25 May 2015

I'm really sorry about "Tomorrowland". I wanted to like this film. I was ready to like it. I had been mentally discounting the critical reviews I had seen. I suspect we all know that the movie is about environmental, ecological, and political instability which seems to be currently ruling the world. Who can complain -- other than a bunch of Congressmen. George Clooney is the lovable liberal, wearing his khakis and sweatshirt, who got exiled from Tomorrowland because he wanted to fix things. Not really a spoiler since it comes up practically in the first minute of the movie. Hugh Laurie is the crabby conservative dressed in his black, sinister, futuristic looking outfit. Let it be known I am philosophically on George's side here.

The movie is boring, preachy, and not very well written. The acting is basically wooden. Britt Robertson qualifies for my special award since she avoids delivering any line in the film at less than a screech, a shout, or a scream. Shut her up, please! "Tomorrowland" seems to me to be preaching to the choir, but we all agree. Not many of the Hugh Laurie-ites will bother to see the movie and if they do, I suspect it will have little-to-no effect on them. Reality doesn't: Why should this preachy movie?

The movie includes, of course, a great deal of CGI. It is poor, really poor. Tomorrowland looks like it was painted on glass in pastel colors. At one point Ms. Robertson seems to be walking right through CGI people. That is not supposed to be happening. The perspective is off and the whole effect is not very believable. I would have called it terrific in 1952.