Review of Tomorrowland

Tomorrowland (2015)
7/10
Some intelligence required
25 May 2015
I almost didn't watch this movie due to the reviews it received here, but I'm glad I did because I really enjoyed it. What I found was that the reviews stating they couldn't follow the storyline, or that it was senseless or boring, or that it used pseudoscience most likely weren't paying attention, know little to nothing about science, history, or quantum mechanics, and like their movies to explain every detail in a nicely wrapped little package with absolutely no previous intelligence required.

This movie does require an ever so slight bit of intelligence to get the most from it. It has historical references. I can almost hear whoever's reading this groan, but you can relax, the references are of historical figures that anyone with an eighth grade education should know. I stress the word should. Now the science and technical references are a bit more advanced, and they don't explain the science behind it, so for someone that barely knows how to work their smartphone I can see the assumption of pseudoscience, plus most people will simply go "SCIENCE" or "TECH" and leave it at that. However for those that are familiar with and do understand the references, such as the use of tachyon particles, it's a nice little hat tip from Mr. Brad Bird.

To sum it up, it's an overall enjoyable movie even if you don't get all the references.
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