Review of Tomorrowland (2015) by Bshop — 30 May 2015

A very Utopian-type film. Not very inspiring for real-life application.

In this film, Tim McGraw plays a NASA engineer who is soon to be out a job. His daughter (Britt Robertson) sabotages the deconstruction of the launch pad (in hopes he keeps his job a bit longer). Criminal through and through - is this what we need to teach our kids? Be criminals and saboteurs, and everything should work out alright? No, this is incorrect.

Fast forward a few sequences, a pin given by a little girl is only activated by Robertson's character (it seems). The quasi-world she is forwarded to is "Tomorrowland" (like the Disney park world).

Interesting concepts abound here, but George Clooney's character was apparently banished from the world a while ago (and the reasons not revealed until the final act). Hugh Laurie makes an appearance as the overseer to this fake world, ruling with a dictator-like presence.

Everything is sorted out "in-the-nick-of-time", with childhood crushes reconciled and a hurrah of optimism.

Pretty standard flow of movie - main character has something, everyone else tries to take it from her at all costs, and only a crusty old man seems to know the real potential. How law enforcement and common sense fit into this, well, it's a movie!

In summary, a good rental for a few hours escape from the real world. Not much else. Wait for it on Redbox.