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Furtherman

05-06-2009, 03:13 PM

jab

05-06-2009, 03:20 PM

are these aliens becoming police officers and water is like acid to them??

cougarjake13

05-06-2009, 03:27 PM

KatPw

05-06-2009, 03:34 PM

I want to see this.

hammersavage

05-06-2009, 03:36 PM

I like the last name Blomkamp

realmenhatelife

05-07-2009, 04:00 AM

This looks good but I'm worried about how allegorical it's going to be.

Kublakhan61

05-07-2009, 07:23 AM

Just watched it with subtitles on the alien and without the blurred face. The subtitles completely changed my understanding of the film.
I'll check it out when it drops.

GameRelatedSig

05-07-2009, 06:40 PM

are these aliens becoming police officers and water is like acid to them??

I would totally mark out if James Caan had a cameo in this.

Furtherman

05-19-2009, 09:40 AM

Bump.

As they were just talking about it.

razorboy

05-19-2009, 09:49 AM

The alien looks stoooopid.

Crispy123

05-19-2009, 11:02 AM

This looks good but I'm worried about how allegorical it's going to be.

Why, are the aliens shellfish or something?

jessicaduh

05-19-2009, 11:05 AM

i have a theory as to what this movie will be about. if so, he totally stole my idea.

LordJezo

05-20-2009, 06:49 AM

MC Pee Pants

05-20-2009, 07:00 AM

When they brought ti up on the show I thought they meant Aliens aliens. The Sigourney Weaver films. I was really excited hoping they made another one of those.

Furtherman

06-24-2009, 10:03 AM

fezident

06-24-2009, 10:08 AM

I can't wait to see the shit outta this movie.

I've convinced myself that it will not suck.

El Mudo

06-24-2009, 10:25 AM

I like District 5 better

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Furtherman

07-09-2009, 06:10 AM

Great new trailer that gives some insight to what the movie is about...

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sr71blackbird

07-09-2009, 04:10 PM

Human people are so scared of insectoid people

KnoxHarrington

07-09-2009, 04:15 PM

I am very intrigued at the notion of an "alien invasion" movie that doesn't automatically assume the humans are the good guys.

Contra

07-09-2009, 04:29 PM

But, but, they just want to go home!

sr71blackbird

07-09-2009, 06:08 PM

I have a feeling that it is allegorical. It takes place in South Africa, not the most racially inclusive place on the planet to begin with. From what I have seen, I suspect the aliens are the equivelant of Muslims, and suspected of terrorism, and disliked for being different and trapped where they are. Maybe not unlike Palistinians. I think its along those lines. Again, I only say this from what I have seen. Its a weird idea, though, like as if a space traveling ship could have difficulty getting home and need to settle on a planet that's inhabited with lesser advanced species. Yet somehow, it seems far fetched that scientists wouldn't welcome a glimpse into their technology and offer them sanctuary in a safer, less prejudicial location. I think if it was real, they would try to tow the disabled ship somewhere where where it could be studied.

HBox

07-09-2009, 06:13 PM

MC Pee Pants

07-09-2009, 08:29 PM

No, this movie is meant to be taken literally, and only literally.

None of it will matter when im tripping balls watching this movie in a black theater.

sr71blackbird

07-11-2009, 05:19 AM

Heaven forbid a rational discussion.

thepaulo

07-20-2009, 05:19 PM

Itis starting to intrigue me.

www.d-9.com

Furtherman

07-24-2009, 07:51 AM

From San Diego Comic Con:

Much of the early attention at Comic-Con focused on the 20 or so minutes of James Cameron's Avatar that screened to great acclaim on Thursday to the 6,500 fans in Hall H. But a smaller group of ardent fans and journalists, including SCI FI Wire, got to screen an even more top-secret movie in its entirety: District 9, from producer Peter Jackson and newbie South African director Neill Blomkamp.

And the consensus among a small group of viewers on Thursday night was that District 9 is the sci-fi movie to beat. We can't give a formal review at this point, but we can tell you that the movie is original and unexpected, with a gritty look and visceral feel that deftly mix complex visual effects with the grim reality of a South African slum and rocking action with deep character development. The movie combines social commentary, satire and splattery R-rated sci-fi action.

HBox

08-14-2009, 02:15 PM

I saw this and, well, I'm a bit disappointed. I left with the same feeling I did after seeing Sunshine. The first 75% is great, original with a fresh take on sci-fi and above all intelligent. And then it devolves into a standard Hollywood action movie (or thriller in Sunshine's case). Which is not to say I didn't like it because the first 75% was absolutely fantastic. And the ending was very good. They left it way open for a sequel while still feeling like they gave you an appropriate conclusion. But I've seen the climax of the film a million times already. It was especially disappointing considering how good and original it was up until that point. The acting ranged from great (Wikus, the main character) to incredibly awful (the Nigerian warlord). Some aspects of the plot seem absolutely ridiculous when you think about it later but don't seem like a problem while you are watching it.

That being said it's still the best movie I've seen all summer. Although I hope Ponyo and Inglorious Basterds are better because I was hoping this was going to be better.

fezident

08-15-2009, 01:24 PM

Saw it. I very much agree with Hbox that this super-interesting, thought provoking movie kinda melts into a rather standard action movie.

I gotta say though, the TONE of this movie is unlike any other sci-fi movie I've ever seen. It's... well.... "real". It shot in a realistic manner, and the overall "welp... this is how things would be on earth if aliens were living among us for 20 years" plot is well developed. Meaning... it isn't overly developed. It just felt right.

The are many many scenes of humans interacting with aliens in the same way that humans would interact with a typical thug or a homeless person. Ignore them.. maybe they'll leave you alone. Or.... talk shit to 'em because they're beneath you. Or what have you.

Totally and 100% refreshing. A very interesting take on a basic story that's older than dirt.
Too bad the tail end of it was basically a video game.

8/10.

WampusCrandle

08-15-2009, 01:26 PM

like it tons. two raging WampusCrandle thumbs up.

Patient zer0

08-15-2009, 01:29 PM

Can't wait to see this tonight!

CuntagiousChris

08-15-2009, 01:58 PM

I think I'm gonna go watch it tonight...I'm very intrigued

fezident

08-15-2009, 04:59 PM

I should mention that the FX are quite good. The creatures appear to realistically lit. We're gettin' there.

One Dead Fred

08-15-2009, 05:28 PM

I saw this last week with a movie reviewer friend of mine. It was really well done. They kind of gloss over the reason the ship is hovering over Johannesburg, but it really draws you in by the end. At some points in the action it seemed like being in a good video game.

foodcourtdruide

08-17-2009, 07:25 AM

Ron talking about it has made me want to talk about it. I really loved the world that was set up and it was really different and really cool. However, they seemed to REALLY rush the story towards the end to get that ridiculous video game sequence with the giant walking robot in. Also, my wife made a really good point about how unimaginative the alien weapons were in that they just looked like more advanced human weapons.

Some spoilers:

1. The Christopher character was COMPLETELY rushed and nothing about him was explained, and it was kind of dumb. Why not explain who he was?
2. They had very little explanation about the ship. That bothered me. It seemed lazy.
3. The tension between the MNU agents and the local warlords could have been extremely cool, but again, they skipped over it just to rush to a final gigantic battle scene.
4. Why didn't the aliens use their own weapons to fight? Why were they so weak?

This reminded me of Cloverfield. For some reason key plot points don't get explained, and people will defend it with things like, "go to this secret website put out by the director's cousin and type in 'BBAFDL' and you will see some hints to the aliens origin".

ChrisTheCop

08-17-2009, 08:59 AM

foodcourtdruide

08-17-2009, 09:03 AM

Hbox said it best. I hadnt read his review before seeing the film. In fact, the only reviews I had read were positive...which I suppose is why I was disappointed; my expectations were too high. It was good solid summer fare, but not "Holy Shit!" amazing.

If I had to give it a score 1-100, I give it a 70. not terrible, but not that great.

barjockey

08-17-2009, 12:09 PM

It was a good way to spend a 100 degree day. I liked the style of the movie and the action was sic

HBox

08-17-2009, 12:24 PM

Hbox said it best. I hadnt read his review before seeing the film. In fact, the only reviews I had read were positive...which I suppose is why I was disappointed; my expectations were too high. It was good solid summer fare, but not "Holy Shit!" amazing.

I'm glad we finally seem to agree on something! You seem like to good a guy to be in a vicious argument every time we converse about something.

Fallon

08-17-2009, 01:30 PM

Good movie, I purposely didn't watch any of the commercials after hearing about it, just wanted to go and see it without any expectations.

Good action and I've never heard the word 'fuck' said so many times in such a cool accent.

foodcourtdruide

08-17-2009, 02:24 PM

It was a good way to spend a 100 degree day. I liked the style of the movie and the action was sic

The action was as if you were quoting someone that had spelled something wrong?

Landblast

08-17-2009, 03:29 PM

Just saw it today and I thought it was as good as I thought it would be, I didnt read a single review and only saw the first teaser trailer, and only heard of what Ron thought today. The FX looked pretty damn seamless, to the point I didnt even think about it, it was cool to see a different take on the overplayed alien contact storyline. I didnt mind the formula type drama in the third act because the effects were so well generated. The aliens weapons looked familiar but what they did was cool as shit. Great mother ship wanted to see more of the inside.

I thought the very last flower scene was well shot.

ChrisTheCop

08-17-2009, 03:33 PM

I'm glad we finally seem to agree on something! You seem like to good a guy to be in a vicious argument every time we converse about something.

This movie must have reached us both.

barjockey

08-17-2009, 03:57 PM

The action was as if you were quoting someone that had spelled something wrong?

I was wondering what happened to my Latin teacher. Mrs Starr is that you?

Brad_Rush

08-17-2009, 04:11 PM

Landblast

08-17-2009, 04:22 PM

My question is this:
Why did the Christopher character give the canister to his friend to hide when they had just extracted the fluid? He said he was going to be searched, but they never showed him being searched. He just sneaked out the back door and no one ever knew he had been there. If he had just kept the canister, the whole movie could have been avoided.

Still, I overall kind of liked the movie. I got bored at parts, but I've seen a lot worse.

Christopher was given the canister to hide, not the other way around, and it had to be hid, taking it would be risky, and they had to assume they would be searched, other circumatances made it that they weren't, they wore little clothes so there wasn't any place to hide anything,...did i make a valid rebuttle?

foodcourtdruide

08-17-2009, 04:23 PM

I was wondering what happened to my Latin teacher. Mrs Starr is that you?

haha ;)

foodcourtdruide

08-17-2009, 04:27 PM

Christopher was given the canister to hide, not the other way around, and it had to be hid, taking it would be risky, and they had to assume they would be searched, other circumatances made it that they weren't, they wore little clothes so there wasn't any place to hide anything,...did i make a valid rebuttle?

This wasn't a big deal to me until I just saw it pointed out, however considering there were so many weapons inside the house Christopher should have known it would have been the worst place to keep the cannister. Also, at no point are any Aliens actually searched. Christopher snuck off in that scene, right? Why wouldn't he have just taken the cannister?

Landblast

08-17-2009, 04:37 PM

This wasn't a big deal to me until I just saw it pointed out, however considering there were so many weapons inside the house Christopher should have known it would have been the worst place to keep the cannister. Also, at no point are any Aliens actually searched. Christopher snuck off in that scene, right? Why wouldn't he have just taken the cannister?

i'm thinking their thought was if they took the canister out of there to hide it somewhere else, they wear little to no clothes and they would be seen holding the canister, i guess they thought it would be safer to hide it there than taking it somewhere, that one alien said that the place was crawling with MNU. my beef was how easy the guy found the canister in all that shit.

I loved the movie, but as far as the details of the story, like Ronnie said there are a million loop holes.

MC Pee Pants

08-17-2009, 04:45 PM

I would have liked to know why the aliens showed up in the first place. It was a pretty cool take to an alien movie though, I liked it alot and my little brother was losing his shit in the theater.

Perhaps more will be explained in District 10. I said it.

fezident

08-18-2009, 03:00 AM

I suppose... if they make a sequel.... it will focus on the prawns that continue to reside on earth while the mothership is making it's journey.
It's safe to assume that they're gonna go apeshit, right?

Chigworthy

08-19-2009, 08:22 AM

I was so excited to see this movie, but it really disappointed me. I have heard it described as intelligent over and over, but I just don't get it. The story was so small and skeletal. I was extremely bored by this movie, as it seemed like one long shootout sequence. I fell asleep twice. What was that fluid? How does it power a ship and alter genetic code? Where did it come from? Why did their ship jettison the "control pod" into the ground if the ship was going to need it to fly back home? Why not just stash the tiny vials of "fluid" that can power the ship for years at a time all over the ship?

Alice S. Fuzzybutt

08-31-2009, 09:49 PM

I saw it last night. I mulled it over-- didn't like it.

Spoilers:
I wanted to know SOMETHING about Christopher; something that would explain how he knew about the fuel. I wanted to know more about the prawns. That would help create a SEQUEL.

Granted, I did enjoy seeing someone die by a hurled pig. You don't see that every day.

instrument

08-31-2009, 10:07 PM

Nowimstarvin?

CYYYFYYY

09-03-2009, 05:27 AM

I did not like it at all. I was bored watching it. HAd millions of flaws in the movies. I hate to be a not picker but my biggest issue is this.

It took the aliens 30 years to get the fuel. Then the guy spills what looks like at least half of it on himself and yet the aliens still have enough to fly home.

Other issues

Makes no sense at all. Other issues. Why did not the aliens use the damn weapons on the humans?

How the heck would the alien know spilling gas on a human would turn him to an alien? Did the alien spill it on his dog in his home planet and the dog become a human.

The aliens were MO-rons at the beginning of the movie and then we find out they are nice caring smart people. That is not character developement, that is just changing crap.

The main character is a jerk, he only does crap to help himself and at the end we are supposed to give a crap about him.

Really that big ship can be flown by one alien?

Did the alien forget there is NO FOOD on the ship he is on that he is making this long trip home.

I have other issues but that is it for now

fezident

09-03-2009, 07:19 AM

CYYFYY,
I'm feelin' ya. I thought the same thing about the "precious" fluid! In fact... that whole component of the plot makes no sense.

The fluid takes years to locate and consolidate into one tube, and yet... when a portion of it spills.... there's no need to harvest more of it?
I also found it rather corny and convenient that the INSTANT the aliens put the final drop of fluid in the vial is the exact INSTANT that the agents arrive at the door to evict the aliens. I mean really.

And WHY THE HELL WOULD THE ALIENS KEEP IT A SECRET??!
They aliens are anxious to go home.
The humans want the aliens to go home.
So.... why not just tell the humans "hey... help us to gather this fluid, and we can get outta here."
Or, better yet, why not simply say to the humans "there is no need to evict us. We now have the means to travel back to our planet. Thank you for all you've done but... we would like to leave now."

And, why not take all 1.2 million aliens back with you? Why travel in an empty ship?!

And...why did the aliens even HAVE weapons with them? Was it to protect themselves in the event that they met up with some hostile creatures on another planet?! Hmmm.

And finally, why the hell does that videogame-y looking suit even exist?? Who was it even designed for? Why the fuck did it fit a human?? The aliens didn't even know they were gonna be stranded on earth? Why the heck did they have an automated bio-mechanical suit that perfectly fits a human being? That doesn't make a lick o' sense.

Fuck this movie.

foodcourtdruide

09-03-2009, 03:47 PM

fezident and cyyfyy are dead-on. If the magic fluid was able to power the ship why didn't they just use it IMMEDIATELY? Why wait for it to get scatterred all across Africa? Also, if Christopher had more intelligence than the other aliens, why wasn't he their representative? It just made no sense at all. And what annoys me is how people are saying this film is brilliant and is a new take on the sci-fi film. I can think of 10 sci-fi films that are much smarter off the top of my head.

CYYYFYYY

09-04-2009, 07:29 AM

I hate when you are told that you do not like this film I am told it is becuase I am not DEEP and I did not fully understand it.

foodcourtdruide

09-04-2009, 03:47 PM

I hate when you are told that you do not like this film I am told it is becuase I am not DEEP and I did not fully understand it.

I agree, then in the same breath they will call YOU a snob for not enjoying the film.

biggestmexi

10-25-2009, 07:49 AM

god Awful

stinkbud

10-25-2009, 08:04 AM

Okay, I hear all the complaints about plot flaws and no one as picked up on this one...

The dude turning into an alien, HE HAS THE BEST CELL PHONE BATTERY OF ALL TIME!!!

Seriously, my windows mobile phone craps out after a day of non-use, let alone casual use. This phone lasted forever, and not once did he say "um, my battery is gonna die if I stay on much longer. I'm turning into a prawn here, so I think I may need to conserve this shit..."

Flaws aside, I still enjoyed the movie. It was a fun watch but yeah, it was WAY overrated.

hanso

10-25-2009, 09:15 AM

It was a weird movie.
Thats why I liked it.

Contra

10-25-2009, 12:09 PM

Wow thank goodness I didn't go to the theater and pay money to see this movie.

Recyclerz

10-25-2009, 12:19 PM

As usual, the Ronnie B take was dead on - wanted to like it more than I actually did.

booster11373

01-18-2010, 12:46 PM

What a great idea but terrible fucking movie

The bad "Office" rip first 10-15 minutes the guy seemed like his was channeling Steve Carrel

The the whole logic of the film is ridiculous from the beginning

Lets take unknown life forms and put them in ghetto like conditions unsecured next to a human population

Then give criminals acess to them

just stupid from the credits forward, made more disapointting because the concept was good

foodcourtdruide

01-18-2010, 01:08 PM

I don't understand the defense of this movie. Why is it ok that this movie has a million plot holes, but its not ok that Phantom Menace does?

Furtherman

01-18-2010, 01:22 PM

The the whole logic of the film is ridiculous from the beginning

Lets take unknown life forms and put them in ghetto like conditions unsecured next to a human population

They were on Earth for 20 years. We learned what they were capable of, and their situation is no different than the thousands of shanty towns with commons and criminals in most countries everywhere. That was the most realistic point of the movie.

TripleSkeet

01-18-2010, 03:01 PM

I don't understand the defense of this movie. Why is it ok that this movie has a million plot holes, but its not ok that Phantom Menace does?

Why dont you write that guy and tell him so we can have another epic review?

"Whats wrong with your face???"

I actually liked it alot.