Chappie (March 6)
The trailers for Chappie got people excited – they reminded the audiences that Neil Blomkamp was the young director they should have kept their eyes on.
It stared Sharlto Copley (who did a terrific job in District 9), as well as Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver.
What went wrong? Well, the trailers were very misleading, since the movie wasn’t all about the birth of a friendly AI. Instead, it was all about what the military would do in such cases. And we have had our fair share of movies revolving around this plot.
The movie managed to double its $49 million budget, but the critics destroyed it. For good reason, since most of the ideas presented in it are incomplete. In other words, just like with Elysium, the director didn’t find the right path, the right balance between visual style, pace and ideas.
