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  1. Elysium (2013)@sheikhshaon1009d

    Hello movie lovers how are you all? Science was invented on earth to make human life easier, more beautiful and better. But the question is whether human life has really become easy, beautiful and improved or this science is leading to the destruction of human life. Although we have seen the improvement of everything with the passage of time, there has not really been any improvement in human life, as a result of which we are all human beings from the past to the present. Kinds of difference can be seen.

    It is said that in our world we can see and know some differences between people and because of which differences we can see so many problems, turmoil and so many wars among the people of the whole world. I say that the differences between the rich and the poor, the differences between religions, the differences between black and white, the differences between castes, and the differences between jobs are leading to the destruction of our beautiful world. But at the same time many good people have tried to remove the differences between people and many are still trying to remove the differences between people.

    But the sad thing is that as long as we humans live, it seems that the tendency to discriminate between people will remain. Today I will tell you about such a wonderful movie, through which we can see and know the residence of the rich and the residence of the poor completely differently. Also through a brave warrior the dwellings of the rich and the poor will be seen united. Indeed, in our real world, we see such discriminatory living arrangements between the rich and the poor. Without further ado let us introduce today's interesting movie.

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    Movie Name - Elysium. Movie director and story writer - Neill Blomkamp. Movie Genre - Science Fiction Action Movie. Movie Based On - The struggle between rich and poor living conditions and its solution. Cinematography of the movie - Trent Opaloch. Movie Music - Ryan Amon. Run time of the movie - 1 hour 49 minutes. Movie Release Date - August 9, 2013. IMDB rating of the movie - 6.6 out of 10. Personal rating of the movie - 4 out of 5. Movie Country - United States. Movie Language - English.

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    In the movie the important roles were played by:

    In the movie, Matt Damon as Max Da Costa has played an amazing role as a brave hero. Alice Braga as Frey Santiago gave a wonderful performance as the heroine in the movie. Jodie Foster as Defense Secretary Jessica Delacourt, William Fichtner as John Carlyle, Sharlto Copley as Agent M. Kruger have excellent performances as villains in the movie. In addition, Diego Luna as Julio, Wagner Moura as Spider, Brandon Auret as Drake, Josh Blacker as Crowe, Faran Tahir as President Patel, Jared Keeso as Rico, Jose Pablo Cantillo as Sandro, Carly Pope also played other roles in the movie.

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    Interesting events of the movie:

    1) Interestingly we can sit in 2023 and see the events of 2154. 2) Interesting phenomenon of seeing all the people of the world living in two completely different places, rich and poor. 3) A machine can be seen, through which one can interestingly treat all diseases and stay healthy. 4) Max and Santiago have an interesting dream of going to the rich city. 5) Max and Santiago's interesting friendship can be seen. 6) Carlyle's interestingly merciless attitude towards his employees. 7) The robot interestingly scans the injured Max to tell him his treatment and his last chance to live. 8) Spider inserts an electronic device into Max's head to hack all the information on the rich man's place and interestingly Max feels empowered. 9) Interesting case of Spider and Max succeeding in their mission.

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    Important events of the movie:

    1) In the beginning of the movie, the disparity between rich and poor people can be seen very realistically. 2) There are cases where the rich can live happily ever after and the poor have no right to live happily ever after. 3) The rich become merciless robots to improve their lives and oppress the poor. 4) The phenomenon of poor people illegally visiting Elysium, the residence of the rich, hoping to get better treatment and a happy life. 5) Orphan Max promises to take his best friend Santiago to Elysium, the city of the rich, at an early age. 6) Max growing up to become a criminal and leaving crime to work for Elysium's company. 7) Max trying to escape to Elysium after being seriously injured. 8) The incident of Spider illegally working to send poor people to Elysium and allowing all the poor people of the world to go to Elysium through Max. 9) The fact that Max gave his life to unite the rich and the poor among the people of the world.

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    Movie Review:

    In the beginning of the movie, it is seen that outside the world there is a separate residence called Elysium for rich people and only poor and sick people live on Earth. It is known that the people living in Elysium live in a modern lifestyle to stay healthy and well throughout their lives. As a result, the residents of Elysium have no sickness, no sorrow, no problem. However, it can be seen that the inhabitants of Elysium do all kinds of work with the people living in Pathibi to provide all the necessary things.

    On the other hand, people living on Earth try to go to Elysium to solve all the problems in their lives. Because the people of Earth want to pass a good life like the people living in Elysium with advanced medical care and modern comfortable living system. But the arrogant rich people of Elysium never want the people of the world to be as good as them in Elysium. It can be seen that the people of Elysium use the people of Earth to fulfill their needs, but they have no sympathy or compassion for the people of Earth.

    Seen as an orphan living on Earth, Max and Santiago spend their childhood in an orphanage where Max and Santiago form a wonderful friendship. Max then promises Santiago that when he grows up he will go to Elysium and they will live a comfortable life like the rich. As it turns out, Max has grown up and lost his nan and best friend Santiago as he becomes a criminal. As a result, Max abandons his criminal activities and starts working for a company created by the people of Elysium.

    The humans of Elysium use robots to control the humans in their company, and the robots do all the work necessary for Elysium by torturing the humans. As a result, robots torture and control humans. Due to which the people of the world lead a difficult life on earth. However, it turns out that a hacker named Spider continues to work for the people of the world to go to Elysium illegally. But Elysium's Defense Minister Jessica sends Kruger among the humans on Earth as her soldier, and if the humans on Earth cause problems for Elysium, Kruger solves the problem by killing the humans.

    On the other hand, when Max goes to work, a robot breaks his arm, and Max goes to seek treatment and finds his best friend Santiago. However, since the two of them are not as good friends as before, they go to their work and there an accident where Max is injured. Then the company robot scans Max and tells him that he only has 5 days to live. When an injured Max returns home with an illness, he approaches the hacker Spider with the help of his friend and tells him that with Spider, Max wants to go to Elysium for his treatment.

    Defense Secretary Jessica asks John Carlyle to reset all data to become President of Elysium as per her instructions. As a result, Spider installs a special electrical device behind Max's head to complete his work, and as soon as Max feels the energy in his body, he attacks John Carlyle, the head of Elysium's company, and gathers all the information. As a result Jessica sends her soldier Kruger to capture Max. But when Kruger finds out about Jessica's secret plan, Kruger kills Jessica to become president himself.

    However, Max and Santiago are captured in this opportunity, allowing the hacker Spider to enter Elysium with his electrical device and find Max first. After that, it is seen that the two of them start working together to reset all the data of Elysium again, but it is seen that if the data is transferred from Max, then Max will die. But on the other hand, Max gives his life to allow the people of the world to come to Elysium and it is seen that he keeps his promise to his best friend.

    Comment:

    Through the movie, the real differences between our people can be seen in a wonderful and interesting way. At the same time, we see a strong attempt and success in bridging the gap between the rich and the poor through a brave hero. I liked the movie a lot, it's a great movie for those of you who love science fiction action movies. Watch today's interesting movie and let us know how you like the movie in the comments.

    Thank you all so much for knowing about today's interesting movie. Everyone stay well and always try to stay healthy.

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  2. [ENG-ESP] ELYSIUM REVIEW AND ANALYSIS@fixie1610d

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    Hello friends, I hope you are very well, this time I want to talk about a film by director Neil Blomkamp, ​​the same from Sector 9. This is his second film and it came out in 2013. This director has gone for science fiction and his theme in these films has been social criticism. Elysium can be cataloged in the dystopian science fiction genre. In this kind of genre, the world is located in a terrifying future due to an event that led to the breakdown of society and civilization. At the beginning the film tells us that due to global overpopulation and pollution they brought as a consequence the global economic disaster, where the richest and most powerful using their wealth create a space station near the space of the earth where they live with all the comforts and without diseases.
    Hola amigos, espero que se encuentren muy bien, esta vez quiero hablar de una película del director Neil Blomkamp, el mismo de Sector 9. Esta es su segunda película y salió en el año 2013. Este director se ha ido por la ciencia ficción y su temática en estas películas ha sido la crítica social. Elysium puede ser catalogada en el género ciencia ficción distópico. En esta clase de géneros el mundo está ubicado en un futuro aterrador por un hecho que llevó al quiebre de la sociedad y la civilización. Al inicio la película nos cuenta que debido a la superpoblación mundial y la contaminación trajeron como consecuencia el desastre económiuco mundial, donde los más ricos y poderosos haciendo uso de su riquezas crean una estación espacial cerca del espacio de la tierra done viven con todas las comodidades y sin enfermedades.

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    The protagonist of this story is Max (Matt Damon), an ex-convict who is serving a sentence for his past crimes and is undergoing a social rehabilitation program. Max is presented to us as a tragic hero, since he lives in abject misery like most of the inhabitants of planet earth. His greatest wish is to be able to go to Elysium because he feels that it is his right as a person. The system, however, brings him to his knees with its impediments, condemning him to total abandonment and delinquency. It is through his life that we can see how unfair and unfair this future world is.
    El protagonista de esta historia es Max (Matt Damon) un ex-convicto que cumple una condena por sus crimenes pasados y está bajo un programa de rehabilitación social. Max se nos presenta como un héroe trágico, ya que vive en la más absoluta miseria al igual que la mayoría de los habitantes del planeta tierra. Su más grande deseo es poder ir a Elysium porque siente que es su derecho como persona. El sistema sin embargo lo arrodilla con sus impedimentos, condenándolo al abandono total y la delincuencia. Es a través de su vida que podemos observar lo injusto y desicual que es este mundo futuro

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    The villains in this movie are the Secretary of State (Jodie Foster) and one of her lieutenants, Krueger, a worthy man with dangerous mental instability. Both will be in charge of preventing Max from traveling to Elysium. The Secretary of State is a very determined woman, who will do whatever is in her power to keep the inhabitants of Earth out of Elysium's atmosphere. Tanda is his determination that he does not hesitate to blow up the ships of illegal immigrants trying to enter Elysium. However, his participation in the plot goes into the background, since Krueger takes more prominence, this character is designed so that you do not empathize with him at all and hate him, since his evil has no limits, he is sadistic and bloodthirsty and enjoys making the weakest people suffer.
    Los villanos en esta película son la Secretaria de Estado (Jodie Foster) y uno de sus lugartenientes, Krueger, un merecenario con una inestabilidad mental muy peligrosa. Ambos se encargarán de impedir que Max pueda viajar hasta Elysium. La secretaria de estado es una mujer con mucha determinación, que hará lo que esté bajo su poder para mantener a los habitantes de la tierra fuera de la atmósfera de Elysium. Tanda es su determinación que no duda en hacer explotar las naves de los inmigrantes ilegales que tratan de entrar en Elysium. Sin embargo su participación en la trama va pasando a segundo plano, ya que Krueger toma más protagonismo, este personaje esta concebido para que no empatices en nada con él y lo odies, ya que su maldad no tiene límites, es sádico y sanguinario y disfruta el hacer sufrir a las personas más débiles.

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    A work accident that Max suffers leaves him on the verge of death, this is what unravels the story, finding himself soon to die, his only way out is to reach Elysium to heal. This leads him to deal with the smugglers of illegal immigrants, they offer him a ticket to Elysium on the condition that Max kidnap and rob a wealthy citizen of Elysium, he accepts but chooses the owner of the company where he suffered the accident, he does to take revenge for the treatment received and the contempt with which he was fired from his job. However, doing this will be his downfall since the information he manages to steal from the victim is nothing more than the operating protocol of Elysium, and whoever possesses it will have all the power.
    Un accidente laboral que sufre Max lo deja al borde de la muerte, esto es lo que desecnadena la historia, al encontrarse pronto a morir su única salida es llegar a Elysium para curarse. Esto lo lleva a tratar con los traficantes de inmigrantes ilegales, le ofrecen un boleto a Elysium con la condición de que Max secuestre y robe a un ciudadano rico de Elysium, el acepta pero elige al dueño de la empresa donde sufrió el accidente, lo hace para vengarse por el trato recibido y el desprecio con el que lo echaron del trabajo. Sin embargo hacer esto será su perdición ya que la información que logra robar de la víctima no es más que el protocolo de funcionamiento de Elysium, y quien lo posea tendrá todo el poder.

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    Max learns that the information he now has in his head will change the course of history, so he is forced to flee. he is brutally persecuted and beaten, until he reaches an agreement with his persecutors. However, everything goes wrong and they are going to extract the information from Max, that is when he finds out that he is going to die since the information is encrypted and when it is removed, its bearer dies.
    Max se entera que la información que ahora posee en su cabezacambiará el curso de la historia, por lo que se ve en la obligación de huir. es brutalmente perseguido y golpeado, hasta que llega a un acuerdo con sus perseguidores. Sin embargo todo sale mal y a Max le van a extraer la información, es ahí cuando se entera de que va a morir ya que la información está cifrada y al sacarla su portador muere.

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    Max's destiny is written, the liberation of the world and his misery is linked to his own death, at the beginning of the film, as his character is introduced you manage to predict what will happen to him. His role is good, however I feel that his tragedy begins very quickly, which prevents you from becoming attached to his life since the details are few. However, what makes me empathize with him is precisely his tragedy. He is a worker with no labor rights other than a miserable salary, and he is forced to repair a malfunctioning machine that is not his responsibility. I felt identified because I have been through the same thing, so the situations that planet Elysium is not far from our reality, the exploitation of human beings is something that they show us in a crude way and makes you reflect on how technology separates us and It takes away more empathy for others.
    El destino de Max está escrito, la liberación de l mundo y su miseria está ligado a su propia muerte, al inicio de la película, como su personaje es introducido logras predecir lo que sucederá con él. Su papel es bueno, sin emargo siento que su tragedia inicia muy rápido lo que impide que te encariñes con su vida ya que los detalles son pocos. Sin embargo, lo que me hace empatizar con él es precisamente su tragedia. Es un obrero sin derechos laborales más que un salario miserable, y lo obligan a reparar una máquina en mal funcionamiento que no es su responsabilidad. Me sentí identificado porque yo he pasado por lo mismo, así que las situaciones que planeta Elysium no distan mucho de nuestra realidad, la explotación del ser humano es algo que nos muestran de una manera cruda y te hace reflexionar el como la tecnología nos separa y nos quita más empatía por lo demás.

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    The scenarios are great, on the one hand we have the arid land, full of houses in poor condition, pollution and destruction. Large urban concentrations that leave you perplexed in contrast to the Elysium space station, where everything is beautiful and very green, the mansions have all the comforts for the most millionaires. This contrast makes me hateful and detestable when analyzed carefully, you can understand how really stupid human beings can become. In this world they have state-of-the-art technology, on earth they have ships that leave Earth's orbit in a few minutes, powerful weapons. However, the film shows us that instead of using all this knowledge and scientific progress for good, they only they use for evil, they don't care about saving the earth. In the same way Elysium, it is incredible how its inhabitants are so selfish that they cannot share their healing technology with the inhabitants of the earth. The stage is cartoonish but it is so real that it is decadent, because we act in the same way in this real world. The world with scientific advances incapable of solving hunger and poverty, or more than incapable I think it is selfishness and arrogance.
    Los escenarios son geniales, por una parte tenemos la tierra árida, atestada de casas en mal estado, contaminación y destrucción. Grandes concentraciones urbanas que te dejan perplejo en contraste con la estación espacial Elysium, donde todo es hermoso y muy verde, las mansiones cuentan con todas las comodidades para los más millonarios. Este contraste se me hace odioso y detestable cuando se analiza con detenimiento, puedes entender lo realmente estúpidos que podemos llegar a ser los seres humanos. En este mundo tienen tecnología de punta, en la tierra cuentan con naves que en pocos minutos salen fuera de la órbita terrestre, armas poderosas sin embargo la película nos muestra que en lugar de utilizar todo este conocimiento y adelanto científico para el bien, solo lo usan para el mal, no se preocupan en salvar la tierra. De la misma forma Elysium, es increible como son tan egoístas sus habitantes que no pueden compartir su tecnología de curación con los habitantes de la tierra. Es caricaturesco el escenario pero es tan real que es decadente, porque de la misma forma actuamos en este mundo real. El mundo con adelantos científicos incapaz de resolver el hambre y la pobreza, o más que incapaz creo que es egoísmo y soberbia.

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    Elysium seems to me to be a very good social critca, since neither side is innocent, both rich and poor have made mistakes that have condemned the human species. As an entertainment film, its action is acceptable, it has very good moments, but suddenly it falls into some slow scenes, however the thread of the story is maintained very well. It has some very good references, undoubtedly the cyberpunk clothing is reminiscent of movies like Universal Soldier and the desert areas of Mad Max, in fact, the cars where they plan the robberies have a lot of influence from Mad Max. The computer effects are very well done and the contrast between scientific progress and poverty makes you believe that it is really possible, since the locations are worthy of third world countries.

    Lastly, social criticism also includes human trafficking, immigration and the barriers imposed by governments that, instead of improving people's living conditions, enclose themselves in a bubble of opulence and corruption, which is what at the end it represents Elysium. I recommend it to anyone who likes the dystopian genre, you won't regret it.

    Elysium me parece una crítca social muy buena, ya que ningún bando es inocente, tanto como ricos y pobres han cometido errores que han condenado la especie humana. Como cinta de entretenimiento su acción es aceptable, tiene momentos muy buenos, pero de pronto cae en algunas escenas de lentitud, sin embargo se mantiene el hilo de la historia muy bien. Tiene algunas referencias muy buenas, indudablemente la indumentaria cyberpunk recuerda a películas como Soldado Universal y las zonas desérticas a Mad Max, de hecho, los autos donde planean los atracos tiene mucha influencia de Mad Max. Los efectos por computadoras estan muy bien logrados y el contraste entre el adelanto científico y al pobreza te hace creer que ralmente es posible, ya que las localizaciones son dignas de los países del tercer mundo.
    Por último, en la crítica social también está presente la trata de personas, la inmigración y las barreras que imponen los gobiernos que en lugar de mejorar las condiciones de vida de las personas se encierran en una burbuja de opulencia y corrupción, que es lo que al final representa Elysium. La recomiendo a todo aquel que le guste el género distópico, no se arrepentirán.
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  3. Elysium (2013) - Movie Review@coldsteem3231d

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    The name Elysium evokes the idea of a Utopian place, which is the premise of this weakly scripted film from writer/director Neill Blomkamp, who also brought us another mediocre science fiction film, District 9. I enjoy good science fiction and was hoping that this film would redeem my incredible disappointment in 2013's other sci-fi bust, Oblivion. Both looked incredibly good to me judging by the trailers. Both let me down with disappointingly thin writing.

    I have a tendency to reserve judgment when it comes to film. In fact, I go to great lengths to avoid reviews before seeing a film. I check the overall ratings, but try to avoid specifics in reviews before I have a chance to see a new film. Generally, I see new films early enough that this is not a problem. With Elysium, this was nearly impossible. The flap in conservative circles was that this film was a thinly veiled political examination of topics like socialism and immigration. While my worldview is conservative, I generally discount any political "perspective" as it pertains to film. I often find I can enjoy a film without agreeing with the underlying "thematic" aspects. Unless they get preachy, which (unfortunately) Elysium could not avoid.

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    The premise of this film is that the rich have abandoned Earth for a Utopian satellite where vast mansions sprawl with well-manicured gardens, personal swimming pools and "tanning beds" that diagnose and heal humans with precision that would make Obamacare jealous. Of course, the healing beds are plugged into a mainframe, determining citizenship before allowing medical treatment to proceed. Elysium is the allegorical United States in this film. The Earth, specifically Los Angeles, has become the "Mexico" of our 2150s future.

    Well, it's really not fair. People on Elysium riding the gravy train while people on Earth struggle in a dystopian future. One where the best hope is for a shitty job "working the line" creating the robots that serve the rich. It is an imbalance that Max (Matt Damon) dreams he will one day remedy, promising in his childhood to reach Elysium with his friend, Frey (Alice Braga). Max is eventually thrust into a situation where he must join a resistance movement that constantly attempts to breach Elysian sovereignty with illegal immigration shuttles. Ultimately, the objective is to make all of Elysium's opulence available to everyone and the recognition of all people as "citizen."

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    The problem with this film is that it is simplistic, preachy, and lacking depth. In fact, it beats viewers over the head so boldly with it's anti-American (immigration policy) message that the Elysium security forces are actually called "Homeland Security." Really? You didn't think we could figure out the allegory on our own? Blomkamp, you must really think we are stupid. There were other plot issues that really nagged at me, as well. The underlying system of Elysium is never really explored, making for a very one-dimensional good vs. evil pairing. And, if John Carlyle (William Fichtner) is so brilliant that he can write code to "reboot" Elysium's server with Delacourt (Jodie Foster) as the new President, why wouldn't he make himself the new President? And with the servers interacting, why would the code have to be delivered personally, rather than uploaded directly? Oh yeah, that wouldn't further the weak plot. And the whole "sleeper cell" thing. That made very little sense as well. It also seemed an attack on our special forces operators, which I found patently offensive. Overall, the poorly developed characters, simplistic plot, preachy message and contrived plot devices were too much for me to overcome and simply enjoy this film.

    The special effects were another major flaw. I was expecting some high speed special effects, but like Oblivion, I was sorely disappointed. I realized my expectations were too high at the outset of this film. Watching a shuttle depart from Elysium and head to Earth revealed the lack of attention paid to effects in this film. The flame trail from the shuttle was cartoonish and the movement of the shuttle was reminiscent of 1960s technology. Other special effects were better, or at least more modern, but I was disappointed at most of the effects. I admit that there were some decent fight scenes, but even those felt a bit staged even with decent effects.

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    The acting was one redeeming quality in this film. While I am starting to quesiton Damon as an actor for veering towards politically motivated films, he's got chops. I like Damon and thought his performance was solid. Foster was an excellent ice queen and delivered one of the better performances in a character that lacked dimension. The rest of the cast was tolerable. I wasn't overly impressed with the "bad guys" of either ilk. Whether it be the "sleeper cells" or Max's thug friends. The characters were weak to begin with and the performances didn't do much to elevate them for me. Overall, the acting had enough strength to illicit a positive reaction on my part. One of the few qualities of the film I actually enjoyed at times.

    Elysium garnered an R Rating from the MPAA. If "R" stood for "rotten" I would agree whole-heartedly. Unfortunately, this is a rating based on blood, violence and strong language. You will get worse in your average RPG video game. The violence and blood are contextual and not necessarily overdone. The subject matter makes this an R-light in my book.

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    Elysium is a stinker. I am shocked that it has an overall positive rating on IMDB (which is part of the reason I decided it would be worth seeing). I don't know what kind of sci-fi fans would find this film rewarding. It was weak in almost every aspect, from writing to character development to plot structure. It lacks everything good science fiction prides itself on. And it is preachy to boot. This is one to avoid. My rating is generous at 4/10 on the backs of Damon and Foster alone.

    Photos and video courtesy of Sony Entertainment.

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