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District 9
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 18:04
by Rado
Re: District 9
Posted: 06 Aug 2009, 19:09
by Busta
South African accents!!?!
This could be the VERY thing modern sci-fi needs!
Re: District 9
Posted: 11 Aug 2009, 09:34
by Liingus
let me know how it is
Re: District 9
Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 07:14
by The Rambam
Jackson's name all over it means it's quality.
Re: District 9
Posted: 12 Aug 2009, 09:02
by Busta
Seeing it tomorrow....
Re: District 9
Posted: 13 Aug 2009, 11:06
by Busta
Ridiculously good...
Real Sarth Efrican accents + Sci-Fi = Win
Re: District 9
Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 07:03
by The Rambam
I hope you're being sarcastic.
Re: District 9
Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 11:39
by Liingus
he's not
saw it last night
enjoyable
Re: District 9
Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 15:06
by The Rambam
Hey, I saw it last night too.
Re: District 9
Posted: 17 Aug 2009, 17:17
by Rado
Keep the reviews coming!
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 07:01
by Liingus
humans
aliens
human/aliens
robot suit
CGI!!!
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 09:48
by Mr John
Elaboration from one of you please?
I've seen nothing about this film and yes, I could google it, but that would stifle conversation...
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 12:12
by The Rambam
One of my friends praised the acting and how character-driven the piece was, but I found the characters to be little more than plot devices, doing things not because they're the sensible things to do, but because it serves the story. After several betrayals of the 'anti-hero' protagonist against the only creature on the planet that wants to help him, the easily-identifiable alien is too quickly and readily forgiving. The score was very derivative. And there's a giant fucking robot for no reason. They went laughably overboard demonstrating how evil the evil corporation was, and kill that fucking military dude already.
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 13:40
by Liingus
agreed
but analyzing too much kills the entertainment value
it's not a movie that requires much thought
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 13:44
by The Rambam
What it requires is suspension of disbelief, and it failed to get that from me.
Re: District 9
Posted: 18 Aug 2009, 13:52
by Liingus
suspension of disbelief is one of my finer abilities
Re: District 9
Posted: 21 Aug 2009, 18:37
by Grotocult
liked it a lot
Wikus=

Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 18:33
by General Tso s Chicken
great sci fi movie .
loved the whole dark underbelly aspect of it .
i would say its a pretty original idea as well .
not too preachy , but like someone said , a lot of the actions of the human characters didnt make sense . some of it was very silly . my only minor complaint .
cant wait to see it in better resolution , all though it looked pretty good on the toilet water copy i saw .
Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 20:39
by Grotocult
Yeah, why are the humans trying to prevent the aliens from going home, when everyone wants them to just go home? That annoyed me: I guess it was a comment on blockhead corporate unthinking greed, but still.
Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 21:09
by Busta
erutlucorgga wrote:Yeah, why are the humans trying to prevent the aliens from going home, when everyone wants them to just go home? That annoyed me: I guess it was a comment on blockhead corporate unthinking greed, but still.
Only the general populace wanted them to leave..
The MNU wanted access to their tech, hence the hunt for Wikus
Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 21:40
by ChickenMug
saw it saturday
quite lovely
Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 23:41
by Liingus
the biggest problem for me was how the robot suit could stop bullets at first
and later with the main character inside, he's susceptible to them
BULLSHIT!
Re: District 9
Posted: 24 Aug 2009, 23:54
by Dress Barn
What a great fucking film
I can't believe this was made on 30 million
Re: District 9
Posted: 25 Aug 2009, 14:20
by General Tso s Chicken
spoilers !
what was with the infected guy fuckin up and trying to pilot the ship .
no way he woulda done that .
woulda been heavier if mnu woulda snathced him up too .
Re: District 9
Posted: 28 Aug 2009, 11:05
by crotchgrabber
i saw this movie.