District 9

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I'm assuming that you mean the thread from the Upcoming Movies forum. Technically, since each forum is different this is the original thread for this forum.

By the by, why post one-sheets for a movie that's already out in theatres? Just curious.
 
I really liked this movie. I thought it was very different than what most folks are used to, and showed us what humanity really becomes when we come across something that we don't understand and are afraid of. We also see what would happen as far as big corporation and government would do when presented with an opportunity for big profit.
 
i really liked this one, it gives a whole other perspective on the aliens.. i expect a sequal though!
 
Sure, I'll elaborate a bit. First time trying the spoiler tags so hopefully I get them right.

[spoilers="District 9"]Aliens are obviously supposed to be intelligent creatures, right? These are the creatures that had the intelligence to create space travel to get over to Earth. Yet, these aliens were portrayed as stupid beings at times. For example, the aliens are fighting over cans of cat food, is this really realistic for aliens? That is kind of a small example, but how the hell could humans be treating these aliens like slaves? As pointed out in the movie, these aliens had WEAPONS that only they could use. How could the humans overpower the aliens, and end up putting them in slums, when they had weapons. The way this movie portrays it is that humans are superior to aliens. Here are some more plot holes:

Why did the ship come to Earth in the first place? (there wasn't any evidence of why or if they had any purpose to do so.)

Not only did the aliens have the weapons, but they had that super suit that the main guy used in the end of the film.

Why did the aliens run out of a fuel, when they got there?

I must forgetting some things but these can't be explained, and without these answers, I can't get into the film. I can't get into a film that doesn't make sense or is at least a reasonable plot, so many plot holes.

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The dang spoiler thing isn't working for me.

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I believe that although Christopher said that he was going to get help he also stated that they could not return home. Obviously something happened on their home planet, causing them to become refugees, they probably have a bunch of scouting ships or something. They may have had the advanced weaponry, but we have nukes and biological weapons. They are refugees, they do not want to be exterminated. They want to thrive, build their numbers so as not to be so threatened. And when referring to them fighting like animals for food, remember they are refugees, with nowhere else to go.

At least what I thought, it leaves it open ended for the viewer to figure out.
 
I recently attending a promotional screening of District 9. I would like to give my opinion of the film, but not any of the plot or details.

I went into the theater basically only knowing the genre of the film, being exposed just to the minimal "humans only" ads. While I watching the film, I immediately wanted to view it again. It is intriguing and highly entertaining, with a dynamic characters and rich in both humor and action. Once it ended, my friends and I chattered excitedly about the numerous aspects we liked. As clich
 
District 9 Neill Blomkamp 2009



District 9, has some substance and the imagery and CGI are amazing in there own way. But I don't think it deserved the 'blockbuster' reputation it gathered and would have been more appreciated in a art house theater rather then at the box office.

I heard so much about this film in the last few months, I've seen the posters everywhere and watched that first teaser trailer that started all the fuss over District 9. Ill admit it all had me engrossed, the imagery was shocking and new, that shot of the space ship hovering over the horizon really impressed me. I gathered this was going to be something big. But it wasn't. Its not a huge or overwhelming story. This is an intimate and small story, a humanitarian tale. Not that its a bad thing I just didn't expect it and I doubt many people did. So like in my review of Inglourious Basterds I think the advertising has got it wrong again, this movie would have been much better without it.

Another problem I had with District 9 is that sometimes I felt like I was watching an amature film. The documentary style is one of the reasons for that. But mainly some of the props were unconvincing and looked obviously fake. I'm a big fan of Sunshine another science fiction movie with a low budget the special effects were done with tact and I never noticed. But during District 9 they stuck out between the better effects. District 9seemed like a mash up of other movies, the raw handy-cam and unknown actor style of Cloverfield, the spaceship looks like it came straight out Independence Day, the narrative itself resembles the plot of E.T and maybe just a hint of The Fly. Overall I just wasn't that impressed when I walked out of the theater or at least not as much as I though I would be.

The 'prawns' are one of the most convincing aspects of District 9. The CGI is first class, the way the prawns interact with the environment and real people looks life like. Especially there glass-like eyes, its hard to believe they're computer generated. There spaceship that hovers over Johannesburg is the other impressive piece of CGI, the way the documentary style footage shoots it, really looks realistic. Ill admit I never got bored with these things.

Towards the end the action speeds up and there a few minutes of suspense. I enjoyed those few minutes but apart from that the only thing I liked apart from the CGI was the message, ' human beings are scared of what they don't understand ' this message could have worked just as well with an all human cast, the aliens are only there to get the public interested. In that way it does what good science fiction should. I expect most people will be more interested in the aliens themselves and not whats actually taking place and therefore missing the message altogether.

A strong underlying message but a weak movie in the end.
 
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