It's about going farther

Disney movies are highly metaphorical in nature.  They are called parables by some because they have a lesson to teach.  Their characters are not always human, but the characters all speak and have human conflicts, so in effect, they have the same approach as a parable in conveying a principle for life.  These movies are called allegories by others because of they tell stories that have symbols in them.

Tomorrowland  is one of the stories from the same mold as other Disney movies, but it isn't animated.  The reason for that is that the story writers want the viewer to have a more realistic interpretation of the symbols than if these representations were placed in an animated film.

The symbols are good ones.  The main character symbolizes the people who have the determination of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg, Elon Musk, and the hundreds of other determined leaders who have not been content with the landscape of current reality and have offered something more.  It gives the viewer hope that no matter what generation is trying to hand off the push to get better, that attempt will be successful because there are talented and willing young people to carry the torch.  It's a hopeful movie.

It's also a movie of reality because the main character encounters obstacles from both he people who might hold the future for them and those who simply live in the present.  Even the character who has experienced the same when he was young is hesitant to help someone in the next generation.  That's reality, for sure. 

Other symbols were used as well, such as the transmitter to recruit the next generation.  It's good to show the type of person that is needed to answer the call.  The archetypal villain is a great symbol of those who would pose the greatest setback to progress.  He manipulates both truth and circumstances to create the sense of defeat.  And the transportation used to transport the main character to Tomorrowland is a good symbol of the symbiotic relationship of the younger generation having to trust and depend on the older generation to provide a means for them to arrive at the city and the older generation having to trust that the younger generation will know what to do next "because they know how things work."

This is the kind of story that encourages people to do more, to do better, to reach higher, to go farther.  I am a great believer in using the allegorical form of storytelling to encode what we want the next generation to do.  I support Disney's great attempt to get the next generation off their rear-ends as they pass to adulthood.