Rating: 3/5

Three-Word Summary: Disney’s futuristic vision

Disney has a history of re-purposing their theme park rides as films (see: Pirates of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion).

Tomorrowland is an entire section of the Magic Kingdom. Now, it’s also a recent film about the danger of knowing the future.

The film (not the park) is about a secret, alternate reality created by the world’s greatest minds. At first, it’s paradise. The residence recruit promising young minds to continue building the future.

As you might predict, something eventually goes wrong and the house of cards comes tumbling down. At that point, it’s up to a washed out former boy genius (George Clooney) and a never-say-die teenage inventor to save the day (specifically, tomorrow).

For what it was (a light-hearted kids’ film), it was an extremely entertaining film with enough action and science fiction to keep things interesting. The plot was slightly predicable, but only because of the young target audience.

The biggest complaint that I had was the unclear motives of the antagonist. He wasn’t strong enough to be disliked and the reason for his actions were too uncertain. Other than that, the plot made sense.

Hidden at the heart of the film was a great message of hope and promise. When people are certain of their fate, self-fulfilling prophesies are created. Only when a young hero believes otherwise can things be different.

This truth is summed up nicely in a reoccurring story told by the protagonist: there are two wolves. One representing light; the other representing darkness. Which one will win? Which ever one you feed.