![]() It doesn't all play as well as you can sense the filmmakers were going for, leading to some frustrations, but it's certainly worth checking out among the many summer releases.Įric Goldman is Executive Editor of IGN TV. In a way, this feels like Lindelof and Bird getting to do a huge budget version of a classic Disney sci-fi/fantasy film like Escape to Witch Mountain (yes, yes, I know Disney actually did a remake of that movie with The Rock…), using their skills to make everything bigger and more immersive, while still retaining the core elements of a Disney adventure story. It certainly is a pretty rough PG, and I feel like without the Disney label, it wouldn’t have gotten away with that rating. This is, at its core, meant to be a movie for all ages, with an optimistic heart – but one with plenty of danger and excitement and, yes, death, along the way, as the consequences are real for these characters. Damon Lindelof has a reputation, deserved or not, as a writer who doesn’t pay off the big concepts he introduces, but that’s not the case here. Tomorrowland has its flaws, yet it’s also a compelling movie, with a lot of cool ideas. You can feel the joy Lindelof and Bird must have had coming up with these ideas, including a trip overseas where a famous landmark turns out to hold some huge secrets. The director also proved to be just as adept doing live-action action as animation when he made the leap in Ghost Protocol and that continues here with some great sequences, such as an extended flashback showing Frank’s own first encounter with Tomorrowland and one in which Casey is under attack, only to be assisted by an unlikely savior. Bird and Lindelof have come up with a fully realized world, filled with some really fun and cool retro-future ideas, including creative takes on the idea of killer robots and ray guns that manage to make familiar concepts feel exciting fans of Bird's work on films like The Iron Giant and The Incredibles will know his skills in that arena. There’s a ton of imagination at work here, which is only appropriate, since imagination is a theme in the movie. In a typically sequel-packed summer, Tomorrowland – despite its loose theme park connections - feels fresh and new. Tomorrowland comes from the notable duo of Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) and Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers), with Bird directing from a script he co-wrote with Lindelof (from a story the two developed with Jeff Jensen). ![]() Which is how she ends up on the doorstep of Frank Walker (George Clooney), a genius in his own right who has a bitter history tangled up in the place Casey is determined to find. I can't tell them anything if you keep interrupting me.The pin only gives Casey a preview of what is out there though, and soon, joined by Athena (Raffey Cassidy), the young girl who slipped her the pin in the first place, she sets out to find others who might have similar items or knowledge of this place she’s seen. and scientific breakthroughs, wonder and beauty. Unstable governments, over-population, wars on every continent, famine, water shortages, environmental collapse. this is a story about the future, and the future can be scary. Hey, I'm Frank, how you doing? Don't answer that. ![]() Just try to be a little more upbeat.Frank Walker: Upbeat?Casey Newton: Yeah, tell them what you like.Frank Walker: I can't tell them anything if you keep interrupting me.Casey Newton: You're right, sorry. ![]() and scientific breakthroughs, wonder and beauty.Frank Walker: Could you please just stop interrupting?Casey Newton: I will. Unstable governments, over-population, wars on every continent, famine, water shortages, environmental collapse.Casey Newton. this is a story about the future, and the future can be scary.Casey Newton: Mmm.Frank Walker: What?Casey Newton: You sure you want to go with scary?Frank Walker: Yes I want to go with scary.Casey Newton: Okay!Frank Walker: Okay!Frank Walker: The future can be scary. Frank Walker: Are they on?Casey Newton: Yep, so introduce yourself.Frank Walker: Okay.
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