District 9 Movie - Page 2

bloodhound31 · #21 26-08-2009, 02:06 PM

District 9 Was a "Top" Movie last night.

There were some gory bits, but overall the cinematography was excellent. The Doco-Journalism style in which it was shot was very effective.

The story was thick and powerful, strong theme and was an intriguing ride along interracial, humanitarian lines. The transformation of the main characters attitudes as he went through his experiences was nicely done too.

It's funny, I took several people along with me and their opinions varied greatly. One said it was cr... and too gory, while others were raving at how 'Different" it was from the norm.

I for one, reckon "Different" is the key here.

Although the SFX and weaponry was not the focus, they were fantastic and way different than what we are normally used to seeing. One or two of them were quite spectacular and innovative.

The choice of Johannesburg, SA for filming was inspired and made the whole movie almost believable, as if this was actually going on and has been for quite some time in another country.

I give it four out of five stars.

Baz.

Octane (Humayun) · #22 27-08-2009, 10:19 PM

I just got back from seeing this with work colleagues.

It is an amazing film. Can you imagine, they did the entire movie on a $30 million budget? Insane.

Loved every moment.

Regards,
Humayun

OneOfOne (Trevor) · #23 07-09-2009, 01:14 PM

My wife and I saw it last night (Father's Day) and she did not fall asleep for a single millisecond...which is saying something, she will even fall asleep in a movie she has chosen to see.

We both agreed that "different" is a very apt description. Although the doco/journalistic approach at the start went a little long, maybe trim it by 5 minutes, the whole movie moved continuously. I think the choice of South Africa was great based on its history of apartheid. Without telling you the plot, it is essentially about discrimination, equality, apartheid, the Nazis versus the Jews and a lot of other important social issues.

I for one am never going to sniff rocket fuel again! I am assuming there will be a sequel in three years time!

I give it four and a half out of five.

DJDD · #24 07-09-2009, 01:35 PM

Best movie I have seen in ages, and definitely the best Sci Fi movie in years.
9/10

Octane (Humayun) · #25 07-09-2009, 02:28 PM

DVD rip has been released on the 'net.

Regards,
Humayun

g__day (Matthew) · #26 07-09-2009, 03:37 PM

I caught it last week - it wasn't what I expected (Independence Day, two hours twenty minutes of typical whoa is us until America saves the day). This movie actually had me thinking about it for quite a few days after.

It has excellent satire, social commentary and acting. It isn't typical Hollywood, it feels gritty, raw and not mass produced. You felt like you were there - with not cute and charimisatic folk ready to save the day.

Overall a powerful movie that was well done. Not everyone's cup of tea - a thinking movie - I'd give it 8/10.

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #27 07-09-2009, 05:26 PM

Dang, I still haven't seen this movie, grrr!!!! Must watch it...must go and watch it!

Dave

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #28 12-09-2009, 11:36 AM

Saw it last night with a mate - wow. Very gritty, documentary style was done very well. Lead actor was excellent, job well done. Alien SFX looked a bit dodgy imho (more general movement wise than close up shots), but that is my only criticism. Excellent story, direction was well done, cinematrogaphy average, alien technology rocked. Really enjoyed it, defintely a DVD grab when it comes out.

Any news on a sequel?

Dave

DJDD · #29 12-09-2009, 12:25 PM

The director is open to a sequel but no news yet (after trawling the internet looking for anything on it).

maybe he will make Halo first...

Jen · #30 12-09-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by PCH

Says something for Sunday Telegraph readers

Personally I'd rather have my gonads beaten paper thin with a claw hammer than sit through it again

dpastern (Dave Pastern) · #31 12-09-2009, 02:15 PM

I hope they do a sequel, be interesting to see more. A few interesting things:

1) why did the alien ship come to Earth? I presume that it had some troubles and had to find the closest planet that could sustain the alien species whilst repairs were made.

2) why did the command module leave the mothership so early on? I presume so that it would protect the mothership's technology from the humans.

3) 20 years to collect fuel? mmm.

4) some of the aliens (Christopher as an example) are intelligent, rational with solid morals. Other aliens are just well, troublemakers with little regard for anything except themselves. I had the impression that the aliens came to Earth not realising it had an evolved species already on it, but by the time they got here it was too late to go elsewhere. So they mostly played subservient and docile to wait out the 20 years it would take to refuel the mothership. Maybe some of the alien species got bored and went stir crazy?

5) the aliens that were shown being found on the mothership looked like they lived in squalor. I wonder why?

6) with such advanced weaponry, I was surprised at how docile they were. Especially with such large numbers of aliens.

I had a good chat about all of this with my mate last night. I see parallels between the aliens and humans - most humans are well behaved, but some are troublemakers, the same going for the aliens it seems.

I was quite impressed with the alien weaponry being biometrically tied into the alien's DNA. Very cleverly done. The racial discrimination side of thigns was very well done imho - showing the scant regard for life that is so common in these types of situations.

Sorry, but I couldn't help but voice my thoughts on the movie

Dave

Astro78 · #32 12-09-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by TrevorW

I hope the irony of this movie isn't lost

It sticks out like a sore thumb.

bloodhound31 · #33 12-09-2009, 06:41 PM

I got the impression that something pretty bad must have happened to them before coming to earth, forcing them to remain stranded here. They seemed to exhibit a hive mentality, requiring direction from a ranking class, perhaps a queen who was dead. Leaderless and without direction, locked away in their spaceraft, these poor dumb creatures were rescued from their squalor to be placed by us in an equally grimy situation.

Looks like the thinking class were few and far between, facing huge challenges to get back on plan before being discovered. Perhaps the fuel they were after was a rare substitute for something they had run out of.

dannat (Daniel) · #34 12-09-2009, 06:44 PM

sorry to go against the tide but i really didn't like it..i thought there were a few too many stereotypes in the characters, both alien & SA'can. I know it is already setup for sequel - with the ship coming back..i thought the cat food thing was not a great part of the plot either

multiweb (Marc) · #35 12-09-2009, 07:20 PM

Loved the movie. Something different. But I'll never look at a prawn the same way

bloodhound31 · #36 12-09-2009, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannat

sorry to go against the tide but i really didn't like it..i thought there were a few too many stereotypes in the characters, both alien & SA'can. I know it is already setup for sequel - with the ship coming back..i thought the cat food thing was not a great part of the plot either

That's it Daniel! You are OUT of the club....

Time for that claw hammer.....

<<<< replace this computer with soft parts of anatomy...

Baz.