District 9 (2009)


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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)

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...

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.

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

  • 3 weeks later...

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.

  • 3 months later...

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:

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!

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.

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

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