District 9

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I feel cheated and it's got me in the fightin' mood!


I haven't seen a movie in a full on theater in what feels like forever. Never again! Or at least not until I get suckered and jived! I hates me some suckin' and jivin'!
 
Some of the back story is mostly left uncovered. They do go into detail about how some of the aliens are "drones" and some are more "intelligent', but after 20 years, the Earthlings seem to think that the intelligent aliens disappeared when that "ship" disappeared even though it seemed to fall to the desert.

Do we need to know why the aliens ran out of fuel? Is that really a plot hole? You have to remember that this film had to supply a back story which covered 20 years and did so quickly enough to get people involved with what was happening in the "present day". Therefore, a film as complex and sophisticated as this should be allowed to pick and choose its significant plot points before it's called majorly-flawed like a film which starts from a "dead stop".
 
Great reviews on District 9 Iro, Meat, Movie, TUS, & Dom (hope I didn't miss anyone)... thanks for sharing...
 
I agree. You just can't disagree. So many funny co-incidental Hollywood inside jokes it made my head spin. Fake prawn suits in the pre-film idea would suggest it is a flop, but not according to Jackson, who is an absolute genius for letting this one get blockbuster status. I implore you to give any other film this year a better criticism, but as a dare, because Cameron lets Blomkamp have executive authority over the story and special computer effects. Killer run throughout the whole film except towards the end where Chris should just take off and make it to the UFO, unfortunately getting delayed by the robotic hardware traded by the rebel gang.

I want to see this film again, more than Inglorious Basterds that came out in the movies in the same week, and now that Avatar has come out, I have to say you could put these two together side by side and compare them in production and direction ability, but give District nine better marks for storyline and cultural experimentation, (after all the Na'vi are pretty tall, and colorful, but who cares about the Na'vi anyway, it the Alien prawns that should be getting the attention eh?
 
I don't get why everyone is so hung up and mad about the lack of explanations for why or how they got there and stuff that happened before the timeframe of the film because that's obviously not the focus of the film. The focus is merely on the relocation of aliens 22 years after they landed, which then of course escalates as we all know it's about them leaving. It was not the movie's intention to answer any of those questions because that's simply just not what the movie's about. The sequel will explain much more this one was pretty much a very awesome set up for the next one.

And i think people need to rethink their definitions of 'plotholes'
 
Yeah, it's not even a debate. Of course watching it online is illegal, even if you're not the uploader, much in the way people can be held liable for owning stolen goods, even if they're not the ones who stole it.
 
I saw it tonight and I agree with much of what Meatwad says.

I liked that they chose a refugee camp as the setting. It put the hero/douchebags struggle into some kind of real life perspective. Sharlto Copley was excellent. I was appalled by his character's mediocrity and yet still did not loose all sympathy for him. He was truly a regular guy in some crazy circumstances and he doesn't really become a hero until last few minutes because most of his actions are rooted in desperation.

The character I rooted for was the alien, Chris Johnson and his son who were intelligent and heroic, but in this movie the intelligent and the heroic are the supporting CGI characters.

I found myself getting bored after the first hour. Maybe Meatwad is right. Maybe the score could have beefed it up.

[rating]2.5[/rating]
 
This is an interesting movie. The first thirty minutes borders on being a Monty Python sci-fi. I mean, too funny.
 
Saw this last night, I liked it. More thoughts to come later.

Though it really bothers me, the reasons that my father had for not liking it. "Weird, different, and disgusting"
 
It caught me off-guard and isn't really explained throughout , but apparently MNU has major control over world politics - if they have the authority to deal with the aliens.
 
Agreed, rice. I don't get how some people just can't see the forest for the trees.
 
I watched this movie a few days ago. It was an ok movie in my opinion. It wasn't as good as I expected... I guess because I didn't realize it was a documentary style movie. Either way, wasn't too bad of a movie, but not the greatest either.
 
Its amazing! I saw it August 15. I cant stop bragging about it! Im 15 (not a fat, sweaty, long haired, game addicted nerd stereotype) and i jsut plain and simply loved it. Imo the best sci-fi movie ever made. I know its borrows alot of elements from other films and games (Half-Life 2: grav gun and the aliens are clearly upgraded versions of the Vortigaunts, with 2 hands in the middle etc) and alien, with the eggs and etc, but its just like Dead Space: for everything it borrows, it gives back and District 9 does exactly that.

The violence is spot on (ddaaammmm that eletric-line-blows-up-whole-person gun! i wants one of those ), the humour comes at the best moments ('Hahaha, howd you manage that? Full doggy-style man. Your a brave white man', 'I thought you werent going the kill humans?' 'Fu**er shot at me!' and how he gives the babby alien a lollypop and it throws it back at his head) and the overall story pretty good. Not the best, but good.

I can go on for longer, but I better stop. I love District 9. Very much, And theres no reason you shouldnt watch it. 10/10
 
"Oh my God, my fingernail is falling off! I'll hurry and pull off another one!"
"Oh my God, I just lost a tooth! Lemme just jerk out another one!"
"Oh my God, I'm missing a huge chunk of skin! Watch me as I pull even more off!"
 
I was under the impression that MNU was local. Otherwise, I would have expected to hear some different accents.
 
I don't know, man. The way the ending of the film is set up, it seems pretty obvious that there's going to be a sequel. Given the amount of effort put into the original, I think a sequel can be done properly - although whether that means they should do it...hmm.
 
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