Review of Tomorrowland (2015) by Leon B — 10 Oct 2015

Review:

I really didn't enjoy this movie! There's way too much chatting about technical jargon that is way too hard to understand and all of the back and forth into time thing was a bit ridiculous. Half of the time, George Clooney looked confused about what was going on so I don't know how the director expected the audience to follow the plot. For a Disney movie, who target many ages, I definitely can't see kids keeping up with the plot and for a 2 hour long movie, I lost interest after a while. Anyway, the bit that I understood was that Frank (George Clooney), is an inspiring inventor who helps to save the world with his childhood friend Athena (Roffey Cassidy) and there new recruit Casey Newton (Britt Robertson). They travel to a place somewhere in time and space to embark on a mission to find out why earth is going to be demolished in 58 days. I know that it sounds pretty straight forward, but it really isn't. Hugh Laurie plays a character called Nix who is only interested in the mysterious place that they live and he's against warning the people on earth about what is to come. On the plus side, it does look magnificent and the CGI was top class but apart from that, I didn't find it that entertaining. The action scenes against the robots wasn't that great and the dramatic ending was very disappointing. I usually enjoy George Clooney movies so I was looking forward to this film but it has to go down as a bad day at the office for him. Disappointing and Confusing! .

Round-Up:

I can definitely see were the budget went for this movie but I must admit, it was a waste of money. George Clooney's movies have grossed over $2Billion at the box office, with Gravity being his biggest film and at 54 years old he still is highly rated in Hollywood. With 4 movies in the pipeline, which include Hail Caesar with Channing Tatum, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson, Jonah Hill, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton and Dolph Lundgren, I'm sure it's guaranteed to be a box office smash, if it isn't as bad as this movie. Anyway, this movie was directed by the highly rated Brad Bird who brought you the fantastic Incredibles, Ratatouille, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and the Iron Giant. I don't know what he was trying to achieve with this movie because I was left feeling quite bored and tired after watching it. I was hoping for a mysterious adventure with some mind blowing action scenes and twists galore but it's just a lengthy movie with a over complicated concept.

Budget: $190million.

Worldwide Gross: $209million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/family movies about an intelligent inventor who fights to save the world with the help of a robot and a young science-minded teenager. 2/10.