Can Casey and Walker defy the odds and save the future? Time will tell. But the "demo version" of Tomorrowland that new recruits see when they touch the pin is not exactly reflected in the modern version of the city, which has suffered the ravages of time and neglect. Here we have swimming pools that defy gravity, teenagers playing jetpack tag, flying cars and levitating monorail trains (aptly pulling into "Tesla Station"). These impart Casey (and, by extension, the audience) with a sense of wonderous awe. The parts of the movie that work best are the glimpses of Tomorrowland. In fact, he becomes convinced that a slim chance for our survival may yet exist, and this hope may rest with the ever-optimistic young lady. Walker is rattled out of paranoid complacency by Casey's visit. Now it appears that our future - the very existence of our world - is in jeopardy. Walker has visited - even lived in - this shining land of dreams, but was exiled some years ago after helping to invent a powerful and dangerous device that perhaps should have been left uninvented. Her search leads to Frank Walker (George Clooney), once an impressionable young boy genius, now a cynical and bitter middle-aged man. But when the pin stops working, she seeks out clues about its origin and incurs the wrath of some bad robots (sorry, J.J.) who want the doorway between worlds to stay sealed. When Casey touches the pin, she sees another world, full of technological marvels and beauty. She is given a glimpse of that possible future when an enigmatic young girl named Athena (Raffey Cassidy) sneaks a special pin in among her belongings. Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) is a precocious teenager with dreams of a bright future. Like his earlier films (particularly "Iron Giant") the film has heart, and plenty of it. I have a feeling his latest film, "Tomorrowland" is going to be less of a clean sweep and more of a collection of polar opposites. From his animated films ("Iron Giant," "Ratatouille," "The Incredibles") to his first live action film ("Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol"), critics and audiences alike have heaped nearly universal praise on his work, and rightly so.
Director Brad Bird has a pretty good track record.
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