District 9 (2009)

[lamminium]

This is not what the movie is about. It's a cinematic representation and twist on the problems current South Africans are facing. If you actually do research on what this movie is about, you will probably have a better appreciation for it. Some things are supposed to be left open. I think a sequel would also ruin it.

I honestly thought it was a good movie and give it an 8/10.

Precisely what I thought about the movie. (Y)

[The Gunslinger]

Sorry double post (couldn't edit)

I think most people's problem with the movie is they expected something like Independence Day or something similar. Pretty much a movie with big explosions, visual effects, and action. If you go into this movie expecting this, you WILL be disappointed.

This is not what the movie is about. It's a cinematic representation and twist on the problems current South Africans are facing. If you actually do research on what this movie is about, you will probably have a better appreciation for it. Some things are supposed to be left open. I think a sequel would also ruin it.

I honestly thought it was a good movie and give it an 8/10.

I thought this was a brilliant movie. Being South African myself, I must admit, I laughed my ass off during the first half.

The part where the main guy says that his promotion is not related to his family, and then showing his father-in-law is his boss, was really funny.

Also, a lot of the jokes/references were probably lost on non-South Africans.

The story I thought was very good. Its been a while since I watched a good sci-fi movie. I just hope they dont ruin the franchise by making a sequel...

[shakey]

i went in knowing clearly what the message was going to be' but that message seemed lost halfway through. i also thought it pretty silly that they were treated so lowly' even though they were obvisously far more superior intellect wise. a good movie' just not great.

[Shaun N.]

I thought the movie was great, Very Original and thats what we need more of.

[zeroday]

Thought it was a great film, much better then I expected. The doc. style of filming was strange but very well done. 10/10.

[Green_Eye]

An absolutely amazing film :| One of my favorite's this year!

9/10!

[Udedenkz]

9/10

Id hit it

[Jase]

The Original Thread creator gave this movie a 1/10... wow.. Did he/She see it on acid or something?

this movie was great, The character that played Wikus can defiantly act.. and I sure hope to see him in more movies in the near future.

District 9 was bloody well done movie, from the sounds & CG to the acting. 9/10

[Hani]

Expected much more. 8/10

[KaneHusky]

It wasn't as good as I had expected it to be due to all the hype about it. I'd give it a 7/10.

[san.W10]

awesome :o

9/10

[M1h4iL]

Greta movie, 9/10 here as well.

[Umbrello]

9.2/10

Dont listen to the OP, go see it. It's amazing.

[AdamLC]

Loved this film! Definitely a 9/10. F**ing prawns lol

[Livin in a box]

Saw it the other week, 'tis a great film. A great piece of work, and even better when you know it was done a very low budget. The computer graphics were just superb too. This gets a solid 8/10 from me.

[Ayepecks]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Dis...or_Blu-ray/3581

Coming out Dec. 29 on Blu-Ray/DVD.

Long wait. :(

[SuperJediMedia]

Just not my style!

I rent and watched District 9 for the second time.

While I liked it better, my opinion still pretty much was the same.

The movie is more Drama with Sci-Fi elements, but NOT a pure Sci-Fi!

And, I been watching Sci-Fi like crazy ALL my life.

It definitely had a Drama-ish plot, and acting and plot both are good Drama wise, but Imagination here in this movie isn't all that.

Avatar, like had whole planet/aliens that are imagined to very Sci-Fi standards, not so with this movie.

Bug-like aliens are not that imaginative at all!

:whatever:

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Well done sherlock. It was never meant to be a "space set sci-fi". It's a drama storyline with sci-fi settings. So?

That said - a lot of the best sci-fi has very dramatic storylines.

Shame you didn't appreciate D9, but don't preach as to what sci-fi is or isn't!

[BoredBozirini]

I knew that this was another thread to talk about Avatar.

[Huleboeren]

Avatar didnt have a drama-ish plot? :p

[BoredBozirini]

Avatar didnt have a drama-ish plot? :p

It had the Pocahontas plot, so yes.

[redvamp128]

The main thing I didn't like

Is that they should have had text at the bottom when the aliens were talking - Though the guy (actor) barely carried the translation and didn't really explain what the aliens were saying all the time good enough.

Other than that the story seemed okay- and the effects were somewhat decent.

For me it was a 6 out of 10.

[Azusa]

most so called Sci-fi today isn't sci-fi hence why the channel seems to have changed it's name to syfy.

[Phantom Helix]

I am just astonished Jedi

After everything you said to defend Avatar, then you come and say the same things about this movie that you had to defend against.

This is imo a very poor post by you, I mean you are trying to alter the definition of Sci-fi and reshape it to exclude nearly everything but avatar.

I am speechless

[Rappy Veteran]

I knew somewhere in that first post would be the word avatar :pinch:

District 9 was really cool I thought and quite unique.