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District 9
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te_lanus
Alien Hybrid
I've Enjoyed it a lot. As a South African, the movie had a lot humor in that I think a lot of international viewers missed. I think also what made the movie very good is that most of the dialog was improvised on the spot, with only guidelines to go by.
I enjoyed the main character, because that is how a "boer" sounds like if he was brought up in a good Afrikaans home in Pretoria west or more lower income bracket, and working for the Government or para-stateal
On a side note, when I went to watch it I went with friends and we had a long discussion on the weapons used in the movie. Here is some of the interesting facts that made the movie's guns different than Hollywood's versions:
- Could only be used by aliens.
- unlike in games the guns were dead accurate.
- and the "human" explosions looked real even on the "splatter" effect
whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
WARNING!! Entire Post Is Spoiler!! 
I liked it. and I thought it did seem realistic(if aliens came here, people would probably treat them like crap)
I thought it was pretty sad how they were so mean to them. Like the part where they found the big shed full of alien babies, or eggs or whatnot, and they burnt it down. That was really mean, considering that the aliens were not so different from humans at all. I would think that most people would feel bad about killing lots of babies of a species who have their own language and are so much like human people. They weren't just mindless bugs. Killing their babies would have been devastating to them.
And the main character seemed like a real person too.
It wasn't "he's mean to the aliens, and then he's nice and willing to make sacrifice for them just like that." Rather it was "he's mean; he gets nicer; he screws the aliens over; then he accepts his fate and decides to help them even though he'll have to wait three years to get what he wants." I thought he was realistically flawed. He didn't magically become 100% accepting of the aliens immediately, and I thought that was realistic.
I liked it.
and I thought it did seem realistic(if aliens came here, people would probably treat them like crap)I thought it was pretty sad how they were so mean to them. Like the part where they found the big shed full of alien babies, or eggs or whatnot, and they burnt it down. That was really mean, considering that the aliens were not so different from humans at all. I would think that most people would feel bad about killing lots of babies of a species who have their own language and are so much like human people. They weren't just mindless bugs. Killing their babies would have been devastating to them.
And the main character seemed like a real person too.
It wasn't "he's mean to the aliens, and then he's nice and willing to make sacrifice for them just like that." Rather it was "he's mean; he gets nicer; he screws the aliens over; then he accepts his fate and decides to help them even though he'll have to wait three years to get what he wants." I thought he was realistically flawed. He didn't magically become 100% accepting of the aliens immediately, and I thought that was realistic.
I loved it. Best Sifi flick in a long time.
Comical, cliche', condescending, conscience in a coma....yup, a perfectly believable and accurate depiction of a beurocrat
Disturbingly so (IMO). Watching the attitudes of the talking heads, the man-in-the-street clips, and the behavior of the squads during the filming of the mass eviction gave the movie an eriely realistic documentary feel. If you edited out the aliens and replaced them with a group of humans it would be easy to believe it was the real thing.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
I loved it!
I hope I get a chance to see it in the theater again before it's unavailable.
I hope I get a chance to see it in the theater again before it's unavailable.
Just heard on local news that the main caracter is going to star in the movie: the A-team. Supposedly as The Faceman
REally???!!! I thought that was going to Bradley Cooper. Interesting.
Caladan
Agnostic Pantheist
Saw it last night.
I think District 9 was just what the genre needed.
a movie based on actual content and not cheap entertainment and special effects. the movie had a strong social statement. the movie is a projection of the realities and history of za. Delano, one of our South African members and my friend tells me that during the apartheid days, za had a district 6 which was populated by non whites which were evicted by force and the area declared for 'whites only', just like the aliens in the movie were to be removed from district 9 to district 10, and separated from the humans.
the movie was very disturbing and dystopic. it made me psychologically weary, and like I said by far focused more on content and social context than a romantic sci fi story line. this is what true sci fi should be like: relevant to our society and personal psychology.
I think District 9 was just what the genre needed.
a movie based on actual content and not cheap entertainment and special effects. the movie had a strong social statement. the movie is a projection of the realities and history of za. Delano, one of our South African members and my friend tells me that during the apartheid days, za had a district 6 which was populated by non whites which were evicted by force and the area declared for 'whites only', just like the aliens in the movie were to be removed from district 9 to district 10, and separated from the humans.
the movie was very disturbing and dystopic. it made me psychologically weary, and like I said by far focused more on content and social context than a romantic sci fi story line. this is what true sci fi should be like: relevant to our society and personal psychology.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Watched half an hour and turned it off...
I don't believe it's on DVD yet - how'd you turn it off??? Did you walk out of the theater?
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
I second that....
rojse
RF Addict
I would presume this involves an illegal download of sorts.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
With my PS3 controller...
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Illegal? Why I would never do such a horrendous thing!
methylatedghosts
Can't brain. Has dumb.
Saw it a while ago
Absolutely brilliant, loved it.
Absolutely brilliant, loved it.
methylatedghosts
Can't brain. Has dumb.
I liked that about it though - it really helped to communicate their feelings and emotions, and allowed you to truly feel a connection with the aliens.
Make them too non-human and I feel you'd lose that connection.