Tomorrowland (2015)

I was telling last time that I had low expectations for "Mad Max". Well, it was the complete opposite for "Tomorrowland". Huge expectations. Of course, unfulfilled ... fortunately, not completely ...

Subject: Somewhere there exists "Tomorrowland" = a world created by enlightened minds, as a refuge from the world including the less enlightened minds ... although, at some point, there's a cohabitation plan for all minds ... anyway, complicated. In the end the thing are going bad and we get to the point where we need to "save the world(s)" ( finally, managed a spoiler free description ... hopefully :) )

What's nice in this movie (besides the parallel universe topic, which as time travel has a soft spot in my heart), is that the story has some depth. There's a developing metaphor throughout the movie with two wolves: dark & light, the one living being the one you feed. Unfortunately, the way this is introduced in the story comes from nowhere = contributes to the serious eye-rolling potential the movie has. However, if you're capable (or at least in the mood) to be less acid for two hours you can probably digest all the cliches. There's still left the problem with the target age, which doesn't really get along with the philosophical reflections the movie tries to induce. When you're about to think that something was "deep", you're hit with a cartoonish sequence. Stuff like robots with ultra-ironic or hyper-benevolent grimaces (among other examples). It's clear that we have the same director who did "The Incredibles" distributed by the same "Disney Pictures" ...

Despite all issues (did I mention the introduction that's longer than half the movie or the final that candidates to the tear jerking sequence of the year? ... seems I dropped the "spoiler free" tag :P), somehow the story itself is catchy enough, and even the wolves metaphor fits quite well ... Too bad though for the full result. It could've been much, much better ...

Rating: 3 out of 5