Tomorrowland
Review by Susanna K.
Rating:
3 out of 5 stars
Disney’s
Tomorrowland is pleasant to watch but is surprisingly in need of more
explanation. Director Brad Bird cast and filmed the movie in an interesting way
to watch. However, writers Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird could have made the
movie less confusing by answering questions that the movie set up earlier.
Tomorrowland does answer some questions it set up earlier in the movie; what
were they not supposed to build and what is Tomorrowland like afterwards? There
were many things left unanswered. Although the movie could have been written
slightly better, the exquisite and suspenseful staging during the action scenes
made the movie worthwhile.
The
movie starts with young Frank Walker (Thomas Robinson) at the 1964 World’s
Fair. Frank is showing his jetpack at
the inventions fair to David Nix (Hugh Lourie), in hope to win the $50 prize.
There he meets Athena (Raffey Cassidy), who gives him a pin that will allow him
to get to Tomorrowland, the future. In modern times, Casey Newton (Brittany
Robinson) receives the last Tomorrowland pin with her things when she gets
arrested for trespassing on government property. Casey does not know who gave
her this pin, but she thinks it took her to the future when she touched it. In
order to find out where this place in the pin is, Casey goes to a shop in Texas
to find out more. The people in the shop were really AA units (robots) and
tried to kill Casey. Casey is saved by Athena and the two of them team up with
Frank Walker (George Clooney) to get back into Tomorrowland. In Tomorrowland, Casey
realizes that the world will end in 58 days. Casey, Frank, and Athena must find
a way to save the world before the world ends and all is lost.
There were many questions that
came up while watching this movie. Some of the questions were: what happened to
the people in Tomorrowland, who built the thing they shouldn’t have, how come
Athena did not grow up, why didn’t Athena tell Casey anything about Tomorrowland’s
past, and why did Frank Walker stay all alone in his house for his whole life
after Tomorrowland? In the movie it explained that Tomorrowland would not end
when Earth did, but David Nix was afraid that the people from Earth would mess
up Tomorrowland if they came. Tomorrowland never explained why the people in
Tomorrowland were not there anymore. This is only one of the many questions of
mine the writers, Damon Lindenlof and Brad Bird, did not explain. However,with a
little more added detail about these things the script would be amazing. The
powerful theme about how the future is not set in stone was an unexpected concept
that made the movie even better.
Tomorrowland’s setting made you feel like you were actually there. The special effects
helped the movie achieve its positive rating. The cast did a good job getting
into their roles and being their character. Brittany Robinson did an excellent job
playing Casey. Raffey Cassidy was amazing at acting as a girl from the future.
All of the actors did their part in making Tomorrowland an enjoyable movie.
The
superb staging of Tomorrowland made the movie worthwhile, although the script
could have been written slightly better. Brad Bird did an excellent job staging
and setting up the movies scenes. The movie was casted perfectly and that
helped get over the slightly confusing script. If only
all of the questions were answered the movie would deserve a four, or possibly
five star rating.
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