District 9

[The Notorious LOL]

Go see it. 8.8 out of 10.

[Bob]

i agree (http://www.beastieboys.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=1689931&postcount=2688)

[Gareth]

just saw it
pretty damn good
FOCK!
love the south african accent

[Helvete]

I've heard many great things about it, really want to see it. Not sure when it's out in Europa though.

[monkey]

im going tonight. so excited.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

so good (y)

[mathcart]

About to leave to go see this!
(y)

[funk63]

Fuckin' vicious.
How'd the humans and aliens understand eachother though?

[adam_f]

I think after co-existing for twenty years they sort of were able to establish a mutual understanding of each others language. At least that's the only thing I can come up with.

[Audio.]

telekinesis maybe? Like... fuck I forgot where I got this from dunno if it were a movie or video game or some anime but there were some species that basically just speak while using telekinesis to translate towards human in there native language.


I havent seen the movie but I sort guessed by the previews that there will be some scenes that might tick my emotions off. Like making me wanna go up to a character and whoop some kung fu up their ass. Aww to be young.


anyways Sci-Fi flicks are always (y)

[Audio.]

imagine how awesome Halo would have been if it had not been canceled.

[Tzar]

just got back from seeing it. wow, what a brutal film hahaha! very interesting story; keeps you intrigued from the second it starts till it ends....and what an ending. the teeth and fingernails scenes..... eeeek.



bit of a spoiler but nothing major... i wonder why that interrogation (in the trailers) isn't in the movie? it sounds like wikas is interrogating a prawn in the trailer but it was never put in the movie?

[monkey]

the commentary on society and all that is so well done, it's not often you find a movie that's all sci-fi and entertaining as well as gives you a good look at your own shortcomings as a society. i was impressed.

and the nails thing was soooo nasty.

[Bob]

bit of a spoiler but nothing major... i wonder why that interrogation (in the trailers) isn't in the movie? it sounds like wikas is interrogating a prawn in the trailer but it was never put in the movie?

yeah i was wondering about that too. i mean i guess the scene wasn't necessary or anything, the movie did a good enough job of getting that theme across on its own, and that scene did a pretty good job of getting the theme of the movie across in the trailer, but who knows.

[Gareth]

that fingernail thing was gross
it happened in "thirst" as well
painful to watch
lol @ at the alien with the bike helmet

[checkyourprez]

just saw.

i really liked it. the plot was incredibly interesting and unique.

i do wonder though...3 years...?

[Tzar]

it does leave room for a sequel but i don't reckon they should make one. i was wondering why *SPOILER*....




...christopher johnson (is that his name) didn't take the rest of the prawns right there and then? probably because they were under attack but surely the mothership could'a done something to combat that?

[A. Chimendez]

*SPOILER*

^Probably not. That ship was a piece of shit. Going back to his planet to get help is probably the best bet.

[monkey]

for all of their advanced weaponry, they were mighty weak against the evil humans. heh.

[adam_f]

SPOILER...MAYBE, BUT PROBABLY






























































Wikus showed Christopher that they would be staying in a sort of concentration camp so Christopher would know when he came back, they would all in a centralized location 200 km from Johannesburg. So it'd be a lot easier for him to rescue the prawns once they're all together instead of scattered in the slum.

[skra75]

(y)(y)

loved it, great flick. I'll probably buy it when it comes out. Reminded me of Alien Nation. I loved Alien Nation!

[nodanaonlyzuul]

Fuckin' vicious.
How'd the humans and aliens understand eachother though?

I think a lot of questions like this were unanswered. Partially (this is my reasoning anyhow) because the way in which the story is told. The people speaking to the camera were speaking as if the audience is part of the world in the movie, and that the audience is watching a documentary on this event that actually happened. If that makes sense.

[checkyourprez]

I think a lot of questions like this were unanswered. Partially (this is my reasoning anyhow) because the way in which the story is told. The people speaking to the camera were speaking as if the audience is part of the world in the movie, and that the audience is watching a documentary on this event that actually happened. If that makes sense.

word. they are not explaining a story to us.

they are telling a story to them.

if that makes any more sense.

[Nuzzolese]

It was really entertaining but what was the deal with why the aliens were still so repressed? Why didn't they just take up their weapons and revolt? They had powerful weapons on land. They were physically stronger than humans. Were we to understand that they were so hopped up on catfood like it was crack and that caused them to be worthless?

Whycome did sometimes the camera was like a documentary and other times it was a regular movie camera, even though the non-docu camera was the one that got sprayed with blood?

I got the message, though: Aliens from outerspace are just like us, or, they're like aliens from another country. We should show them tolerance. But they really are very different from us, because they're aliens.

[Nuzzolese]

it's not often you find a movie that's all sci-fi and entertaining as well as gives you a good look at your own shortcomings as a society.


Star Trek's been doing that for years, and was just as preachy about it, too.

[checkyourprez]

It was really entertaining but what was the deal with why the aliens were still so repressed? Why didn't they just take up their weapons and revolt? They had powerful weapons on land. They were physically stronger than humans. Were we to understand that they were so hopped up on catfood like it was crack and that caused them to be worthless?

Whycome did sometimes the camera was like a documentary and other times it was a regular movie camera, even though the non-docu camera was the one that got sprayed with blood?

I got the message, though: Aliens from outerspace are just like us, or, they're like aliens from another country. We should show them tolerance. But they really are very different from us, because they're aliens.

i did wonder about that for a little bit too. the Nigerians who were in the camp had a shit load of their guns.

at the same time im pretty sure they would have been destroyed if they really tried to get on some revolution type of stuff.

they were also just the workers; which besides CJ; seemed to be like a bunch of morons. maybe they just didnt have the capacity?

[nodanaonlyzuul]

they were also just the workers; which besides CJ; seemed to be like a bunch of morons. maybe they just didnt have the capacity?

I agree that the fact that they were workers would affect this.

[mathcart]

I agree that the fact that they were workers would affect this.

I don't! If anything wouldn't this stupid stereotype make them more likely to rebel? Aren't "the masses" the ones that WAN"T to revolt against their evil (human) overlords? Ultimately a minor point...

Thought it was very good, although I found it a lot disturbing (may of had something to do with seeing it on my birthday though...)

[A. Chimendez]

From what I gathered was that none of them were smart enough to start a revolt. Christopher might not have been a regular "worker drone" and knew that his people were too unintelligent and to scattered in the slums to try to get them organized under the humans noses so him working to get the ship enough fluid for the trip home to get reinforcements was a far better plan.

They were under constant surveillance and trying to get an underground resistance going.

[ToucanSpam]

Very good movie, but left tonnes of questions unanswered. I like this movie mostly because it was a refreshing take on an alien "invasion" angle. It smacks of political commentary but I don't care to judge the movie because it attempts something intellectual.

9/10

[A. Chimendez]

They were under constant surveillance and trying to get an underground resistance going.

...would have been difficult.
Never finished that sentience lol

[Tzar]

they didn't revolt because the humans saved them full stop. they owed a lot to the humans and then over 20 years it just became life for them. the kids (and christopher's kid) were pretty oblivious to the hardships; it's all they knew. they did revolt... they rioted out in the human world and obviously got chopped down enough back to D9

and the fact, as someone pointed out, they knew they were under surveillance.

[roosta]

yeah, i loved it.

A copy of this should be given to every blockbuster director in Hollywood. This is how you use CGI...to tell a s t o r y.

Top stuff.

[A. Chimendez]

^Indeed.

[Micodin]

I thought it was pretty good...

But. I thought the first act was painfully slow. And the Voodoo Gangster Guy was a little over the top.

But, it was entertaining. I'd sit through it once.

[Drederick Tatum]

the bit where he uses the suit's gravity gun to shoot a pig (http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=65848) was lol for days. although that seems a bit more HL2 than Halo.

Peter Jackson's style of humour was all over this film though. great stuff.

[camo]

yeah, i loved it.

A copy of this should be given to every blockbuster director in Hollywood. This is how you use CGI...to tell a s t o r y.

Top stuff.

Just got back from seeing this. The story is brilliant but fuck me how convincing is the cgi? It's absolutely flawless and totally convincing. It blows my mind to find out that it was pretty much a low budget flick.

Your move Avatar.

[Drederick Tatum]

I think the cgi and special effects for both District 9 and Avatar have been done by Weta Digital down in Wellington....that's in New Zealand (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_04xeB4T-p2I/SYqs7lkOgoI/AAAAAAAAAYY/ayHyp0O3P7Q/s1600-h/wZealandPosterLIKELOTR1200x900.jpg) in case yous didn't know.

[hpdrifter]

Saw it last night, don't have much to contribute that hasn't already been said.

Two enthusiastic thumbs up.

[Nuzzolese]

Just got back from seeing this. The story is brilliant but fuck me how convincing is the cgi? It's absolutely flawless and totally convincing. It blows my mind to find out that it was pretty much a low budget flick.

Your move Avatar.

The preview for Avatar that I saw (on hulu) looked very cartoony. Is this about Avatar the last air bender? Is it the same story? My brother told me about the last air bender a while ago, but I'd never seen it so I couldn't tell if this movie was about the same thing.

[Freebasser]

I liked it a lot, but thought it let itself down a little with the typical blockbuster all-guns-blazing ending when it had such an intelligent opening half an hour.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the final segment - flying pig included, but it all went a bit 'cliché action movie' near the end.

This review I found pretty much sums up my thoughts:

One of the Summer’s best conceived thrillers becomes one of its most gratingly loud blockbusters in less than 100 minutes. District 9 falls from sharp, observant satire into terrain covered more commonly in Transformers in its disturbing, weird, and blood-lusty third act descent. It’s still fun. Probably even the best action flick of the Summer. It just lacks so much of the sophistication one expects from its winning and subtle beginning...

...Savor the intrigue and nuance of the film’s opening salvo. It will never reach such heights again. The film becomes less about intergalactic diplomacy and instead focuses on who can shoot whom first and with the biggest gun...

Interestingly enough, 'District 9' appears to be an extension of a short film that Blomkamp directed in the past called 'Alive in Joburg' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_in_Joburg). I wouldn't mind watching that and seeing how far his ideas have progressed.

[Freebasser]

EDIT - You can watch Alive in Joburg here (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1185812222812358837#). It even has the guy who plays Wikus in it (y)

[hpdrifter]

I guess I'd agree but I think it was the natural course the story could take. if it got all intergalactic human-alien relationships Contact style I think it would have bitten off more than it could chew.

Even more than the big robot weapon could chew.

[checkyourprez]

I liked it a lot, but thought it let itself down a little with the typical blockbuster all-guns-blazing ending when it had such an intelligent opening half an hour.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the final segment - flying pig included, but it all went a bit 'cliché action movie' near the end.

This review I found pretty much sums up my thoughts:



Interestingly enough, 'District 9' appears to be an extension of a short film that Blomkamp directed in the past called 'Alive in Joburg' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive_in_Joburg). I wouldn't mind watching that and seeing how far his ideas have progressed.

i dont see how they possibly could have ended it another way, without it being really boring.