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Even The DIRECTOR Said He beep Up The Movie!

posted 9 years ago by General_Haberdashery
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I respect his honesty and I absolutely agree with him.

Even if some of the fans try to paint this film with a golden brush it is clearly not up to snuff and he knows it.

"I *beep* It Up" Neill Blomkamp Says.

"I feel like ultimately the story is not the right story. I still think the satirical idea of a ring filled with rich people hovering above the impoverished Earth is an awesome idea. I love it so much, I almost want to go back and do it correctly. But I just think the script wasn’t… I just didn’t make a good enough film is ultimately what it is. I feel like I executed all of the stuff that could be executed, like costume and set design and special effects very well. But ultimately it was all resting on a somewhat not totally formed skeletal system, so the script just wasn’t there…"

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/i-f-cked-it-up-neill-blomkamp-s ays-he-wants-to-go-back-to-elysium-and-do-it-correctly-20150226

If there was any lingering doubt that Elysium was a mediocre film from a very talented director I hope this clears that up.

[–] vesil_vesalier 8 years ago

You can make the argument that ELYSIUM wasn't perfect, but to say the movie was mediocre? Come on.

2 FAST 2 FURIOUS was mediocre. THE HOBBIT trilogy was mediocre. MINIONS... Well that was less than mediocre.

I'd take ELYSIUM over any of them, any day of the week. Sure, it wasn't perfect. Yes, DISTRICT 9 was a much better film.

But you can't hit it out of the park every single time you get to bat. Nobody can. I'll take Neil's imperfect over most of Hollywood's crappy any day of the week.

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[–] jaseace 8 years ago

Elysium could have been a sci-fi masterpiece but yeah, they screwed up by biting off more then they could chew. It's still a cool sci-fi movie I think, you just have to accept it for what it is. It deep and doesn't raise philosophical questions like blade runner but is still fun to watch.. the concepts and visuals were still solid.

[–] jeffsayyes (146) 4 years ago

This would have been much better if done today, with 8 episodes or so to develop it. I feel like they pushed along the plot too fast.

[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

It didn’t work because it’s a Communist’s fantasy and Communism doesn’t work.

Why would the elite prevent the people on earth from having access to their medical technology? They could sell it and become rich. Given that they weren’t selling their superior technology, how are they so rich and how are they sustaining their wealth?

It was an attempt to cartoonishly present the rich as evil - a fantasy in every Communist’s heart - with no understanding of wealth creation.

I’m glad Blomkamp gets it now but if only he’d realised this before making the film 🤦🏻‍♂️

[–] SweetTooth43 (1780) a year ago

I enjoyed parts of it and thought it was interesting and original. But I agree, it could have been so much better.

[–] maximmm (3034) 9 months ago

A rare case where a director admits that the script is the key to a good movie.
I wonder if he would still say this, if the movie had pulled in good numbers like transformers 345 or spiderman 45546 did?

[–] Kowalski (57414) 7 months ago

EVERY MOVIE COULD BE "BETTER"...AS IS I QUITE LIKE ELYSIUM...ENTERTAINING SCI-FI ACTIONER.

[–] ace2 (543) 7 months ago

I enjoyed it... his movies are so creative w/ Sci-Fi effects. This was much better than Chappie which I couldn't get through though Blomkamp seems to love. Ofcourse nothing can touch District 9, that should have won best picture

Even The DIRECTOR Said He *beep* Up The Movie!

Even The DIRECTOR Said He beep Up The Movie!