Review of Tomorrowland (2015) by Tom B — 03 Mar 2016

"Tomorrowland" is a well-developed film that displays humor, sci-fi adventure and fast paced action that caused a huge change in the story within 30 minutes of the movie. At the same time, the movie gives off a deeper meaning about what we as the human species are doing to our planet. The point is to show us exactly what we refuse to accept.

However, it's difficult to understand what's going on throughout the whole movie. There are too many surprises, plot twists, and overall changes that happen in a short amount of time to know all of the characters and their meanings.

As to what "Tomorrowland" is about, though confusing, the movie has a solid storyline.

Casey (Britt Robertson) is a teenage engineer who lives with her dad. Casey dreams of going to space one day, but a money issue caused the launching pad to be taken down at Cape Canaveral (where Casey lives).

After a series of events involving Casey's arrest, she discovers a pin marked with the letter T on it. Casey attempts to touch the pin, and is moved to a sci-fi world that she remains in (mentally, not physically. She can still walk into walls and other things while in this "world") until she lets go of the pin. There are hovercrafts, rockets, and other sci-fi things in this world.

Soon after Casey uses the pin, she finds out that it has attracted dangerous robots that are trying to get the pin for themselves (no reason given as to why). After being trapped in what appears to be a comic book store, a girl named Athena (Raffey Cassidy) saves Casey and the pin.

Athena believes that Casey has a certain "gift" that can be used to help save the world and the Tomorrowland.

As far as the plot goes, this would be the best place to stop in order to avoid spoilers.

The movie, though a summary may make it appear simple, is very hard to understand. There are countless questions that weren't answered throughout the movie, and there weren't any hints to it either.

For example, who are those robots that are trying to kill Casey and retrieve the pin? They were playing a big part of the movie, but they were never explained and eventually are removed from the story all together with the rocket launch in Paris. Also, a lot of other things go unexplained, such as what Frank's (George Clooney) house's gadgets had to do with the main plot of the story. The only real purpose the scene served was to create an action scene, and have a weird dial change from 100% to 99% (not sure what it really meant).

The set of "Tomorrowland" was nothing too remarkable, but it was good enough to give off a good impression. Most of the characters wore normal clothing (even the robots did for the most part), and the only people that were dressed in a unique way were the people of the Tomorrowland. The scenery was honestly dazzling, and the overall positioning of each shot was well executed.

"Tomorrowland" also showed astonishingly exquisite cinematography and screenplay. Undoubtedly, these two things are the most important when it comes to grabbing attention. The film is a very faced paced movie, which for somebody like myself is always a fantastic experience, and the effects were out of this world amazing... literally. There were good ol' lasers, explosions, and even more explosions. The alluring animations in this movie were something that even a newborn would notice. The robots, and portals, and all of these futuristic gadgets made the movie extremely exciting.

The overall visibility of what was going on was done very well as well. There were few lighting angles to the film, and no problems with the cameras that were easily noticeable. Any normal person will be able to view this movie and not have to deal with crappy footage.

Though "Tomorrowland" is rated PG, it won't be as interesting to people that are 10 years or younger. Don't get me wrong, the movie will still be awesome, but a little kid probably won't be able to capture the deeper meaning of a story like this. For anybody older than 10, this movie is something that you should watch with your friends and/or family. This movie truly is a work of art.