I like this movie but I think I will find it hard to explain all the ways why. On DVD from my public library.
We meet real people and we meet advanced robots. There is an element of time-travel. But the core of the story is a teenager who is curious. We see her in various classes, the teachers are explaining a number of different ways our world is headed in the wrong direction. Glaciers melting. People at war. Hunger. She she dares to raise her hand and ask, "What are we doing about it?"
George Clooney is Frank Walker who as a small boy brought his invention, a jet pack to allow a person to fly, to the 1964 World's Fair in New York. When asked why, he responded that if people see other people flying then they will be motivated to do great things perhaps. But Frank has grown up to be a paranoid recluse, monitoring the end of humanity.
Britt Robertson (early 20s) is that teenage girl Casey Newton and the type of person they have been searching for. She is given a type of medallion that will transport her to a future world, perhaps a parallel world where things are right.
The best in the movie is young Raffey Cassidy, maybe 10 or 11, as Athena, a robot that travels between the world we know and Tomorrowland, and looking for someone like Casey.
The movie is a bit long at just over 2 hours but it is all interesting. It begs the question, if all of us put our skills together can't we figure out how to save our world instead of just watching it go downhill?
I think we can but we won't, too many people and countries with selfish agendas. It is the unattractive characteristic of human nature.
We meet real people and we meet advanced robots. There is an element of time-travel. But the core of the story is a teenager who is curious. We see her in various classes, the teachers are explaining a number of different ways our world is headed in the wrong direction. Glaciers melting. People at war. Hunger. She she dares to raise her hand and ask, "What are we doing about it?"
George Clooney is Frank Walker who as a small boy brought his invention, a jet pack to allow a person to fly, to the 1964 World's Fair in New York. When asked why, he responded that if people see other people flying then they will be motivated to do great things perhaps. But Frank has grown up to be a paranoid recluse, monitoring the end of humanity.
Britt Robertson (early 20s) is that teenage girl Casey Newton and the type of person they have been searching for. She is given a type of medallion that will transport her to a future world, perhaps a parallel world where things are right.
The best in the movie is young Raffey Cassidy, maybe 10 or 11, as Athena, a robot that travels between the world we know and Tomorrowland, and looking for someone like Casey.
The movie is a bit long at just over 2 hours but it is all interesting. It begs the question, if all of us put our skills together can't we figure out how to save our world instead of just watching it go downhill?
I think we can but we won't, too many people and countries with selfish agendas. It is the unattractive characteristic of human nature.