Saw it yesterday. It was... I don't know. I guess I enjoyed it, but there's something that simply doesn't work. The first half of the movie works quite well. It takes a little bit too much for the characters to finally reach Tomorrowland, but still, it was a great first half. But then they started to finally explain the main goal at the very last act of the film. You don't learn who the actual villain is or what are the characters' goals/purpose until the end.
I wasn't super pumped to begin with even though it is a Brad Bird film. And I quite liked the movie. It's just that the main motivations and goals of the characters aren't really clear.
I'm in the camp of people who loved it. It's also a movie that I plan to show to my daughter (who's 6), and I can't say the same for Age of Ultron. I'm aware that my love of the Disney parks and history is totally part of the reason why I loved it.
Still, I'm surprised by the level of vitriol coming at Tomorrowland from critics across the board. There are a few exceptions like Amy Nicholson and David Edelstein, but they're few and far between.
My most uncomfortable thing were the animatronics vaporizing people. Did NOT care for that.
I'm in the camp of people who loved it. It's also a movie that I plan to show to my daughter (who's 6), and I can't say the same for Age of Ultron.
Plus, I happen to agree with the lecture at the end...humans ARE destroying the earth at an alarming rate. That message is there, but it's a bit glossed over by the big fighting robots. Does that little lecture make the movie a downer? No I don't think so...we really do need to hear it.
I don't think that was the message, although it was hurried and confusing, so it's not surprising that some people draw that conclusion. I thought the message was dwelling on the possible negatives can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Rather than remain optimistic that discovery and technology can make our lives better, it's easy to believe that they are ruining our lives and therefore to give up trying to make things better.