District 9, Review

Plot: 10/10
Engaging, multi-faceted, and dynamic -- I honestly can not think of a single dull moment in this movie. I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire movie, and yet the ending seemed appropriate and well-placed. The story has no problem integrating you into the setting and circumstance of the movie, and the suspense is breath-taking.

Characters: 9.5/10
The main characters are well-developed and three-dimensional. Their feelings are believable and easy to relate to despite the sci-fi plot, and the movie had me feeling very deeply for them at many points. Also, despite the fact the movie had aliens, I didn't find myself feeling emotionally distanced from them like I do in a lot of sci-fi movies (i.e. AI, Signs, etc.); their characters are equally developed and their stories almost equally believable (at least, as believable as you can get for a completely fictional race). Instead of being the detached other-worldly beings they are in most movies, they were successfully illustrated as being part of our communities.

Effects/Cinematography: 9.5/10
The aliens were convincing in both design and rendering -- but their guns were even cooler in my opinion. The combat was convincing and visually engaging. The setting and camera angles all seemed suitable (though there were a few scenes shot from "the gun's perspective" that I felt were a little over-the-top). If I had to critique anything, it would be the number of times they used the people exploding gimmick. When you see people's insides splattered 4 or 5 times by alien weaponry, the visuals lose their shock value -- especially when you throw in the corny effect of their innards splattering all over the camera.

Overall: 9.75/10 Probably worthy of a 10, but I'm sure someone can find some flaw in it, so I gotta knock it down a little to safeguard the validity of my own opinion

This post has been edited by Mrs. Aforcer on Aug 19 2009, 02:57 AM

I saw it the other night with some friends. It was fantastic.

Am I the only one that found the Prawns to be adorable?

They were pretty cute, actually...

But then again you're talking to the girl who thinks Elites are adorable.

Cool, thanks for the heads up Mrs A. I've been thinking about seeing this, and it looks hellishly interesting.
Probably next Tuesday will get people to see it.
Why next Tuesday?
Spoilers:

Cause I'm cheap and LOVE Cheap Tuesdays. :3

Elites are cute too.

I just loved Christopher's lil' boy though, was so freaking adorable <3

Yey, someone finally agrees with me!

Oh, I know, right!? He was!

We could probably agree on a lot of "not cute" things being adorable then.

I for one find the Pyro to be adorable, but that's very off topic haha.

Wikus was such a lovable guy, it was sad to see him go through all that ;o;

This post has been edited by Paji on Aug 19 2009, 03:14 AM

Do you perchance live in the Ottawa region?

Or is it cheap tuesday everywhere?

i'll be honest, we were cracking up when people exploded throughout the movie.

i am v. certain we pissed some people off, but i am over it.

movie itself was great though.

Spoilers:

I loved the part where the mecha took that huge ball of bullets and killed everyone in the room with it.

haha ironic

didn't everyone bash it before its release

Everyone in the theater was doing that when I saw it.

I also agree. The little Prawn was too adorable.




And overall the movie was one of the best I've seen in years. Everything just worked very well together. I also loved how they used non known actors giving them a chance to shine.


Peter Jackson should make more movies.

Didn't the same guy make Brain Dead (Dead Alive)
Bad Taste
Meet the Feebles
Lord of the Rings?

this was more just because it evolved from the halo movie.

http://archive.mfgg.net/index.php?showtopic=246250

let me quote

Peter Jackson didn't direct this, he just worked on it as a producer.

But yes he did make those movies.

Wait, it did?

yeah once he decided the halo movie was canned he started on this on the same day

I liked the part where Spoilers:

I didn't go see this movie because it looks terrible.

Well, uh, cool story and all that. Too bad though, because it is actually a great movie.