Attempting to be equally foreboding as well as inspiring, Tomorrowland delivers something rather unexpected.

Beginning with a backstory on the rather bitter Frank Walker (George Clooney), the audience is shown a futuristic wonderland, based on a 1960s paradise. This world becomes the basis of the plotline and destination of Casey Newton (Britt Robertson). The two, along with recruiter Athena (Raffey Cassidy), journey in hopes of reaching the other dimension, Tomorrowland.

While the graphics were well blended and the story line wasn’t bad, the movie gave off a confusing vibe. It seems that at some points the central theme was satirical, foreboding in the sense that they tried to change the world in 120 minutes. The movie cultivated the idea humans were creating their own doom yet tried to encourage dreamer and hopeful attitudes (although the ‘dreamers’ were actually depicted as hard-working, ‘I can fix it’ people). Honestly, I’m not sure what they were aiming for.

Another fault was the lack of clarity they provided for the certain major plot points. The twisted logic of Tomorrowland and its leader, David Nix (Hugh Laurie) was unclear and definitely could been explained better. The fact that he tried to explain his world as an alternate dimension is plausible, yet they did not follow through and clarify how it exactly worked, seeing as Tomorrowland seemed affected by the gradual downfall of our world.

All in all the movie wasn’t bad, it had good actors and good graphics and it was a creative idea. It just didn’t fully elaborate and it didn’t deliver on the themes that its trailer implied. I actually kind of liked the movie, but I feel like it could have definitely been better.

Rating: B-