Nominated for seven Academy Awards for its moving and hauntingly realistic portrayal of the horrors of war, director Terrence Malick's remake of Andrew Marton's 1964 World War II classic arrives on DVD from 20th Century Fox Home Video. Presented in widescreen 2.35:1 and accompanied by a jarring closed-captioned Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack, the disc also features an additional closed-captioned English Dolby Digital Surround track as well as optional English and Spanish subtitles. Sean Penn, George Clooney, and John Cusack provide just a few of the big names in the cast, with newcomers James Caviezel and Ben Chaplin featured in winning performances. Extra features include interactive menus and traditional Melanesian songs.
The fact that people call this film pretentious and boring blows my mind. I have watched it several times and every time it plays I am glued to the screen. This movie grips me. It grips my soul and my being. It is so beautiful yet so painful. Malick does a superb of conveying that these men are not only fighting a physical war, they are also fighting a mental and emotional war.
I love the scenes of Caviezel interacting and frolicking with the locals. I love the scenes of Chaplin reminiscing about his wife. I love the stills of the grass blowing in the wind. It may seem insignificant to some viewers but showing it after specific acts meant so much. This movie is perfect. I honestly did not know it was almost 3 hours long. Even if it were 6 hours I would still be glued to the screen each time it played. A great piece of art work. Oh and the musical score is also one of the best.
This movie gets 10 stars from me because it was the total package! I don't even know where to start. Jodi Foster was born to play that role. She did it so convincingly and perfectly that though she played the bad guy I was rooting for her. Kudos to Matt Damon. I respect more as an actor more and more with every movie choice he makes.
The movie was awesome. I don't like futuristic scientific movies because they tend to be on the silly side with the costumes and décor, but Elysium did not have that problem. It was futuristic but tasteful. The fight scenes were a bit shaky but also tasteful.
This movie was filled with suspense and humor and emotion. The guy who played agent Kruger was superb. This guy definitely has talent and range(I was a fan of him in District 9). The director of this movie has found a fan for life. I will follow him like a cult and run to watch all of his films. Can't wait till he releases another.