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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 17:41:27 GMT
I actually enjoyed watching this movie, but after I left the theater, the more I thought about the movie, the more I realized it was FULL of plot holes. So much didn't make sense.
For instance, why was Tomorrowland in such a shambles when they finally made it back? They were supposed to be the thinkers, safe from the rest of the world and it's destruction, why was there no one there and what happened?
Also, why was George Clooney's character deported? For creating that machine? It seems to me he is the most brilliant one and he needed to stay so they could come up with a solution.
Then there was the whole thing with projecting the negative images to the regular world to inspire them to action but it backfired and people just accepted it. Why give up there? Why not try the opposite? Why not show positive images to show what it could be like. It seems to me that the Tomorrowlanders are just as guilty as the regular world for giving up.
And admittedly, this one is dumb, but the girl make such a big deal about her NASA hat and how it belonged to her dad and how she needed it. Then when she lost it she was like "oh no!" and moved on in the next moment.
Meh, I realize I may be alone in this thread and, it may just be me alone in a room talking to myself about stuff no one cares about, but if you were puzzled by any of these things, or anything else in this movie, can you just be like "yeah Jesca, your right and the writers of this movie were just at a loss for how to end it."
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Post by back to *pea*ality on May 25, 2015 20:36:35 GMT
We saw it today at IMAX. I thought the special effects were fabulous and I especially liked the opening scenes of the 1964 World's Fair. I have clouded memories of it because I was only 6 but I was there!
I haven't had time to go the the movies because of an unexpected event that has made life difficult so today I was looking for an escape - mindless entertainment, a Disney movie. Instead it was a thinly veiled attempt to bring the climate change issue to the young "dreamers". Had I known that was going to be the case, I would have saved $50!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 22:58:42 GMT
Lol, yeah, it was pretty preachy.
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Post by stefdesign on May 26, 2015 1:03:50 GMT
We saw it today too. When they opened the spaceship portal, and I saw the wind turbines, I just about gagged. Seriously too cheesy! I was only 'meh' about the movie. I liked the little boy and girl at the beginning, but the second half got kind of nonsensical. I agree with a lot of your observations, jesca.
*ETA: My favorite part was the beginning when they played the original theme song from the World's Fair, "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..." That was the theme of the House of the Future in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in the '60s, I can never get that song out of my head, but I hadn't actually heard it for nearly 50 years until today!
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Post by back to *pea*ality on May 26, 2015 1:28:03 GMT
We saw it today too. When they opened the spaceship portal, and I saw the wind turbines, I just about gagged. Seriously too cheesy! I was only 'meh' about the movie. I liked the little boy and girl at the beginning, but the second half got kind of nonsensical. I agree with a lot of your observations, jesca. *ETA: My favorite part was the beginning when they played the original theme song from the World's Fair, "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..." That was the theme of the House of the Future in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in the '60s, I can never get that song out of my head, but I hadn't actually heard it for nearly 50 years until today! I haven't been to Walt Disney World in 10+ years but The Carousel of Progress was there last time I visited. |
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Post by stefdesign on May 26, 2015 2:01:52 GMT
We saw it today too. When they opened the spaceship portal, and I saw the wind turbines, I just about gagged. Seriously too cheesy! I was only 'meh' about the movie. I liked the little boy and girl at the beginning, but the second half got kind of nonsensical. I agree with a lot of your observations, jesca. *ETA: My favorite part was the beginning when they played the original theme song from the World's Fair, "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..." That was the theme of the House of the Future in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in the '60s, I can never get that song out of my head, but I hadn't actually heard it for nearly 50 years until today! I haven't been to Walt Disney World in 10+ years but The Carousel of Progress was there last time I visited. I don't think it's been at Disneyland for over 20 years. I'll have to find out. |
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Post by stefdesign on May 26, 2015 2:05:34 GMT
We saw it today too. When they opened the spaceship portal, and I saw the wind turbines, I just about gagged. Seriously too cheesy! I was only 'meh' about the movie. I liked the little boy and girl at the beginning, but the second half got kind of nonsensical. I agree with a lot of your observations, jesca. *ETA: My favorite part was the beginning when they played the original theme song from the World's Fair, "There's a great big beautiful tomorrow, shining at the end of every day..." That was the theme of the House of the Future in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in the '60s, I can never get that song out of my head, but I hadn't actually heard it for nearly 50 years until today! I haven't been to Walt Disney World in 10+ years but The Carousel of Progress was there last time I visited. It left Disneyland in 1974, so that would have been the last time I saw it. I see that it opened at Walt Disney World shortly thereafter. |
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Post by melissa on May 26, 2015 2:16:56 GMT
The Carousel of Progress has had some updates, especially to the final scene, so it won't be quite what you remember, but the song and the narration until that point is the same! It's a must see on every trip to the Magic Kingdom.
And yes, I have not seen the movie yet but I opened the thread anyway!
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Post by elaine on May 26, 2015 3:28:13 GMT
I saw the movie today and loved it!
Tomorrowland was in shambles because the world ended and no more dreamers from the past were sent to the future to keep it going.
Clooney came back from Tomorrowland to the present to prevent the end of the world from happening. After years of trying he had given up, until he saw the probability meter go down on one of his monitors when he was talking with Casey.
ETA: in some ways it reminded me very much of Meet the Robinsons, which wasn't very popular, but my family loves and which makes me cry.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 4:03:36 GMT
I saw the movie today and loved it! Tomorrowland was in shambles because the world ended and no more dreamers from the past were sent to the future to keep it going.
Clooney came back from Tomorrowland to the present to prevent the end of the world from happening. After years of trying he had given up, until he saw the probability meter go down on one of his monitors when he was talking with Casey. ETA: in some ways it reminded me very much of Meet the Robinsons, which wasn't very popular, but my family loves and which makes me cry. So wait, Tomorrowland was the future? Time wasn't running parallel to earth? I totally missed that. Even so, why was Governor Nix the only one aside from his army/workers to still be alive? |
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Post by elaine on May 26, 2015 9:58:59 GMT
I saw the movie today and loved it! Tomorrowland was in shambles because the world ended and no more dreamers from the past were sent to the future to keep it going.
Clooney came back from Tomorrowland to the present to prevent the end of the world from happening. After years of trying he had given up, until he saw the probability meter go down on one of his monitors when he was talking with Casey. ETA: in some ways it reminded me very much of Meet the Robinsons, which wasn't very popular, but my family loves and which makes me cry. So wait, Tomorrowland was the future? Time wasn't running parallel to earth? I totally missed that. Even so, why was Governor Nix the only one aside from his army/workers to still be alive? I always took it to be the future - Tomorrowland. But I grew up going to Disneyland and clearly remember the Carousel of Progress in Tomorrowland. In the Disney parks, it was always about the future. Also, it is why things were in a shambles in Tomorrowland when Casey went there (the real time, not the pre-recorded commercial). Earth hadn't been destroyed yet, so if they were running in the same time, there would be no reason for everything to have fallen apart. I don't have an answer for exactly why Governor Nix was still around when no one else was, but I'm okay with that. It could be that he decided it was better for him to stay in Tomorrowland than to go back to a planet that was about to blow itself to bits in 58 days, more or less. He chose to live in Tomorrowland, as it was, rather than to die. What would you choose if you had the knowledge about what was going to happen? |
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