Although the first few moments of this film disappointed slightly with a stretched out generic monologue type narrative between Clooney and his co-star in the newly released Tomorrow Land, the film picks up pace and does not disappoint in terms of creativity and original story line.
True enough that looking at the previews one would expect more special effects and stunts but the gimmicks and props are impressive nevertheless in terms of imaginative ideas to move the story along in a futuristic setting.
The trend recently has certainly been a look at our planet and at finding alternative ideas for its survival- rather than searching for other places to live should this planet meet its demise.
This film like many of it's recent futuristic movie 'mates' falls into this category; a cross between the back to the future type setting and the matrix ideology of finding the real world and saving it, but with a likeness to the soon to be released Scifi genre films which are being advertised at the moment.
What surprises is that Disney has come a long way from dark fables and feel good fairy tales in terms of imaginative plots and props. Clooney stars as the cynical but likable man-child and plays an intelligent role in a very convincing way, whilst the youngsters and child actors in the film take precedence as the voices and hopes of a brighter future and a more unified world set against its own self destruction.
The set seems simple enough but the props and original gimmicks make it imaginative and fun.
The story is simple but effective moving towards a happy ending with some morals along the way; man made technology can backfire but self fulfilling prophecies of doom can be changed with brave hope and team work.
The machines are not as deadly as the ones one would see in say in Robocop or Star Wars or even the automated world of Jurassic Park; they are more ambiguous and friendly with the message being that we reap what we sow as humans and we should look to positives rather than negatives because belief creates reality. This reality can be either hallucinated or created from our minds and thoughts and so what is perceived is in fact very relative.
The messages may be geared towards a growing pains audience and the young adults generation, which is very much within Disney's ideology from its conception, but the originality of the script and story line is imaginative and does not disappoint.
All in all an entertaining feel good film with minor stunts and major tricks.
The small world ride is a reminder of Disney Land of course and the film is cheeky in that it advertises itself at the same time as its Disney ideologies.
'It is a small world after all, so let's make it a good one', is the 'reality' being promoted here.
If all we think happy thoughts enough times we make happiness happen,
Wouldn't that be dreamy!..
True enough that looking at the previews one would expect more special effects and stunts but the gimmicks and props are impressive nevertheless in terms of imaginative ideas to move the story along in a futuristic setting.
The trend recently has certainly been a look at our planet and at finding alternative ideas for its survival- rather than searching for other places to live should this planet meet its demise.
This film like many of it's recent futuristic movie 'mates' falls into this category; a cross between the back to the future type setting and the matrix ideology of finding the real world and saving it, but with a likeness to the soon to be released Scifi genre films which are being advertised at the moment.
What surprises is that Disney has come a long way from dark fables and feel good fairy tales in terms of imaginative plots and props. Clooney stars as the cynical but likable man-child and plays an intelligent role in a very convincing way, whilst the youngsters and child actors in the film take precedence as the voices and hopes of a brighter future and a more unified world set against its own self destruction.
The set seems simple enough but the props and original gimmicks make it imaginative and fun.
The story is simple but effective moving towards a happy ending with some morals along the way; man made technology can backfire but self fulfilling prophecies of doom can be changed with brave hope and team work.
The machines are not as deadly as the ones one would see in say in Robocop or Star Wars or even the automated world of Jurassic Park; they are more ambiguous and friendly with the message being that we reap what we sow as humans and we should look to positives rather than negatives because belief creates reality. This reality can be either hallucinated or created from our minds and thoughts and so what is perceived is in fact very relative.
The messages may be geared towards a growing pains audience and the young adults generation, which is very much within Disney's ideology from its conception, but the originality of the script and story line is imaginative and does not disappoint.
All in all an entertaining feel good film with minor stunts and major tricks.
The small world ride is a reminder of Disney Land of course and the film is cheeky in that it advertises itself at the same time as its Disney ideologies.
'It is a small world after all, so let's make it a good one', is the 'reality' being promoted here.
If all we think happy thoughts enough times we make happiness happen,
Wouldn't that be dreamy!..
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