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Title: district 9
Post by: dark_lord on August 15, 2009, 03:37:05 PM
im excited to see this movie tomorrow.  any1 see it yet?  if so, and without giving spoilers, how was it?
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Kwhit10 on August 15, 2009, 03:40:03 PM
im excited to see this movie tomorrow.  any1 see it yet?  if so, and without giving spoilers, how was it?

I haven't seen it, but people I know have said they really enjoyed it for what that's worth.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Roy Hobbs on August 15, 2009, 03:40:28 PM
I saw it earlier today.  It's interesting.  If I had it to do over again, I'd probably watch it on video.  The beginning starts out kind of slow (and almost a little preachy), but the last 45 minutes or so are pretty cool.

I think the director was going for a bit of a "message" film, which I wasn't in love with, but as entertainment, it was pretty good (again, after the slow beginning).
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: dark_lord on August 15, 2009, 03:41:30 PM
im excited to see this movie tomorrow.  any1 see it yet?  if so, and without giving spoilers, how was it?

I haven't seen it, but people I know have said they really enjoyed it for what that's worth.

thats good to hear.  im really into sci-fi type movies, so im confident i will enjoy it.

i dont know if its true, but i read somewhere that this film was originally supposed to be the halo movie, but bc of creative differences, the movie was "scrapped" putting the halo tag on it.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: dark_lord on August 15, 2009, 03:42:10 PM
sounds good roy...thanks
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: angryguy77 on August 15, 2009, 03:46:57 PM
im excited to see this movie tomorrow.  any1 see it yet?  if so, and without giving spoilers, how was it?

I haven't seen it, but people I know have said they really enjoyed it for what that's worth.

thats good to hear.  im really into sci-fi type movies, so im confident i will enjoy it.

i dont know if its true, but i read somewhere that this film was originally supposed to be the halo movie, but bc of creative differences, the movie was "scrapped" putting the halo tag on it.

I believ thats right. They were going to do the halo(which needs to happen) but they did this instead. The director of this movie does eventualy want to do a halo movie. i think if it is made its going to be based on the reach story.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: dark_lord on August 15, 2009, 03:49:09 PM
im excited to see this movie tomorrow.  any1 see it yet?  if so, and without giving spoilers, how was it?

I haven't seen it, but people I know have said they really enjoyed it for what that's worth.

thats good to hear.  im really into sci-fi type movies, so im confident i will enjoy it.

i dont know if its true, but i read somewhere that this film was originally supposed to be the halo movie, but bc of creative differences, the movie was "scrapped" putting the halo tag on it.

I believ thats right. They were going to do the halo(which needs to happen) but they did this instead. The director of this movie does eventualy want to do a halo movie. i think if it is made its going to be based on the reach story.

i was hoping you would see that and respond, seeing as its your avatar  :)  thanks for the insight
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Evantime34 on August 15, 2009, 04:02:14 PM
I thought the movie was great. I feel like the best Sci Fi movies and books are very plausible, this is no exception. If a group of Aliens were stranded on earth, putting them in "refugee" camps is a plausible situation. Everything from the way the citizens reacted to the way the government and corporations acted seemed like the way things would happen in real life (if aliens were stranded above a major city).
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: freshinthehouse on August 17, 2009, 02:20:40 AM
It's definitely a cut above your typical summer popcorn movie.  Go check it out.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: cdif911 on August 17, 2009, 09:17:24 AM
I thought it was meh - the main human character was unlikeable, the premise was interesting, but the movie got too campy at times. The violence was cartoonish.  One of the big things that annoyed me was it was shot documentary style, but there were points where it was obvious a camera shouldn't have been there.  Overall an ok movie, but I would have waited for dvd for it had I known what it was all about
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Roy Hobbs on August 17, 2009, 10:55:32 AM
Spoilers

What was the deal with the ship?  It's carry a million aliens who are all starving, most of whom seem like complete morons?  How does a society of beings advanced enough to have intergalactic space flight have so many idiots?

And why did we allow the aliens to bring their weapons with them?  (I'm presuming they brought them with them, because they were searching for "their technology", complete with fuel sources.  Obviously, these came from the ship.)  And if the aliens had their weapons, why weren't they using them to revolt?

Any then, at the end, when CJ leaves with his son in that *huge* ship, why doesn't he attempt to bring any other aliens with him?  And the excuse that "we need all the fuel we have to get home as quickly as possible" for a reason not to heal the hybrid guy?  How much extra fuel could it have possibly taken on the year and a half trip back home?

I don't know, the plot holes, the preachyness, and the documentary style kept me from enjoying this movie as much as some others did.  Overall, though, it was entertaining enough, after the slow beginning.

End spoilers.


Title: Re: district 9
Post by: cdif911 on August 17, 2009, 04:04:23 PM
Spoilers

What was the deal with the ship?  It's carry a million aliens who are all starving, most of whom seem like complete morons?  How does a society of beings advanced enough to have intergalactic space flight have so many idiots?

And why did we allow the aliens to bring their weapons with them?  (I'm presuming they brought them with them, because they were searching for "their technology", complete with fuel sources.  Obviously, these came from the ship.)  And if the aliens had their weapons, why weren't they using them to revolt?

Any then, at the end, when CJ leaves with his son in that *huge* ship, why doesn't he attempt to bring any other aliens with him?  And the excuse that "we need all the fuel we have to get home as quickly as possible" for a reason not to heal the hybrid guy?  How much extra fuel could it have possibly taken on the year and a half trip back home?

I don't know, the plot holes, the preachyness, and the documentary style kept me from enjoying this movie as much as some others did.  Overall, though, it was entertaining enough, after the slow beginning.

End spoilers.




and the movie had some sweet previews for other movies...can't discount that...  ::)
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Evantime34 on August 17, 2009, 05:02:16 PM
What was the deal with the ship?  It's carry a million aliens who are all starving, most of whom seem like complete morons?  How does a society of beings advanced enough to have intergalactic space flight have so many idiots?
How many dumb people are on our planet? Maybe it was a prison ship, like how England sent a bunch of prisoners to Australia.
Also they had been there 20 years, so the ones that were on the younger side probably had no education.

And why did we allow the aliens to bring their weapons with them?  (I'm presuming they brought them with them, because they were searching for "their technology", complete with fuel sources.  Obviously, these came from the ship.)  And if the aliens had their weapons, why weren't they using them to revolt?
Remember in the movie when the part broke and fell from the ship. I assume the weapons fell out when that happened, or they were smuggled by aliens. All the Aliens were placed in the same area, and they probably did not have enough weapons to arm even a 100th of them. They were placed inside a camp that was guarded and had missiles. If they revolted the governing body of the world would have just bombed that area until all of the aliens were dead. I'm sure they tried to revolt at one point but were probably unsuccessful.


Any then, at the end, when CJ leaves with his son in that *huge* ship, why doesn't he attempt to bring any other aliens with him?  And the excuse that "we need all the fuel we have to get home as quickly as possible" for a reason not to heal the hybrid guy?  How much extra fuel could it have possibly taken on the year and a half trip back home?
He said he would heal the hybrid guy, but it would take three years. So basically CJ was only willing to go straight home then back with no interruptions in between. Why he didn't bring any other aliens with him, I'm not really sure. I think he was just trying to escape and bring back help later.
I don't know, the plot holes, the preachyness, and the documentary style kept me from enjoying this movie as much as some others did.  Overall, though, it was entertaining enough, after the slow beginning.
The only thing about the movie that bothered me was how we were treating the aliens. Mostly it bothered me because if this were the real situation the aliens would probably be treated in the exact same way
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: fairweatherfan on August 18, 2009, 12:22:13 AM
Spoilers
What was the deal with the ship?  It's carry a million aliens who are all starving, most of whom seem like complete morons?  How does a society of beings advanced enough to have intergalactic space flight have so many idiots?


Most of this is explained very briefly when they say that it appears the prawns had some commander caste who left or died off shortly before the ship stopped.  The ones who were left were like a bunch of worker bees with no queen to tell them what to do.

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And why did we allow the aliens to bring their weapons with them?  (I'm presuming they brought them with them, because they were searching for "their technology", complete with fuel sources.  Obviously, these came from the ship.)  And if the aliens had their weapons, why weren't they using them to revolt?

I think a lot of things fell off the ship early on - that's where the small ship the alien had hidden came from (they showed it falling off very early on when talking about the command module).  Still seems unlikely there'd be that many weapons unaccounted for though.

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Any then, at the end, when CJ leaves with his son in that *huge* ship, why doesn't he attempt to bring any other aliens with him?  And the excuse that "we need all the fuel we have to get home as quickly as possible" for a reason not to heal the hybrid guy?  How much extra fuel could it have possibly taken on the year and a half trip back home?

I don't think he really had time to grab anyone else in the firefight at the end.  What confused me is how the same substance was both super-concentrated ship fuel and a full-scale DNA recombinator at the same time. 


End spoilers.


I really liked this movie overall - it's one of the smarter sci-fi movies I've seen in awhile despite a few plot holes.  And the alien weapons were awesome. 
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Jeff on August 18, 2009, 08:58:37 AM
I wasn't that distracted by plot holes, it was kind of designed to be a little mysterious and ambiguous so I ran with it

what got to me was the comical gore

to be honest, I have a weak stomach for gore, so it was a major distraction for me

with that said, I enjoyed it ok overall - probably a solid B grade from me
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: LB3533 on August 19, 2009, 01:12:04 AM
I thought it was a good film too, turned into an action movie at the end or last quarter.

B+
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Emmette Bryant on August 19, 2009, 03:15:00 AM
I thought that it was a big budget ripoff of Alien Nation. Also,there is nobody in the film that I could care about.   

I did not like this film.

For a modest thoughtful sci fi film, go see Duncan Jones's MOON.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Redz on August 22, 2009, 02:14:50 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: nickagneta on August 22, 2009, 04:06:58 PM
Spoilers

What was the deal with the ship?  It's carry a million aliens who are all starving, most of whom seem like complete morons?  How does a society of beings advanced enough to have intergalactic space flight have so many idiots?

And why did we allow the aliens to bring their weapons with them?  (I'm presuming they brought them with them, because they were searching for "their technology", complete with fuel sources.  Obviously, these came from the ship.)  And if the aliens had their weapons, why weren't they using them to revolt?

Any then, at the end, when CJ leaves with his son in that *huge* ship, why doesn't he attempt to bring any other aliens with him?  And the excuse that "we need all the fuel we have to get home as quickly as possible" for a reason not to heal the hybrid guy?  How much extra fuel could it have possibly taken on the year and a half trip back home?

I don't know, the plot holes, the preachyness, and the documentary style kept me from enjoying this movie as much as some others did.  Overall, though, it was entertaining enough, after the slow beginning.

End spoilers.



Gee Roy if humanity built a ship and put a million workers/soldiers on it with the few with the knowledge to run the ship my guess is an alien would think we were all pretty stupid.

Hell, I think the average person is a complete moron. Since I know the average person isn't a Celtic fan I am sure I broke no rules here because there's no way anyone who is a Celtic fan is a moron. ;D
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: fairweatherfan on August 22, 2009, 04:39:37 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?

Basically the ship came into our atmosphere, stopped and sat there for 6 months.  The aliens didn't fight at all, they were all just huddled in the ship slowly starving.  The prawns are generally unintelligent and unmotivated - the idea is there is a leader caste that directs and coordinates the lower castes, like with ants and bees.  Without the upper castes the prawns that are left can't really think much for themselves beyond basic survival and simple pleasures (catfood and hookers apparently).  The main alien and his son were exceptions to this though it's never explained exactly why.

I might have to go see this one again, it was the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Redz on August 22, 2009, 04:48:10 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?

Basically the ship came into our atmosphere, stopped and sat there for 6 months.  The aliens didn't fight at all, they were all just huddled in the ship slowly starving.  The prawns are generally unintelligent and unmotivated - the idea is there is a leader caste that directs and coordinates the lower castes, like with ants and bees.  Without the upper castes the prawns that are left can't really think much for themselves beyond basic survival and simple pleasures (catfood and hookers apparently).  The main alien and his son were exceptions to this though it's never explained exactly why.

I might have to go see this one again, it was the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.

Thanks for filling in the blanks a bit.

Now I just need cdif to fill me in on what I missed in the trailers  :D
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: dark_lord on August 23, 2009, 06:55:54 PM
sorry for the delay on my part, i was on vacation all week.

thought the film was ok.  i thought it had a lot of promise in the beginning, until he started turning into an alien.  from that point on, it got a little "hokie" for me.  im sure there will be a crappy sequel.  its worth renting on dvd, but not worth the money to see it in the cinema, imo.  and im a sci-fi guy  :-\
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Kwhit10 on August 23, 2009, 07:13:42 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?

Basically the ship came into our atmosphere, stopped and sat there for 6 months.  The aliens didn't fight at all, they were all just huddled in the ship slowly starving.  The prawns are generally unintelligent and unmotivated - the idea is there is a leader caste that directs and coordinates the lower castes, like with ants and bees.  Without the upper castes the prawns that are left can't really think much for themselves beyond basic survival and simple pleasures (catfood and hookers apparently).  The main alien and his son were exceptions to this though it's never explained exactly why.

I might have to go see this one again, it was the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.

Thanks for filling in the blanks a bit.

Now I just need cdif to fill me in on what I missed in the trailers  :D

NSFW trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=071KqJu7WVo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUD-PFm07SI

Here are two trailers for Zombieland which I definitely want to see.

The movie wasn't as good as I was expecting, but I was still entertained.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: brodes on August 24, 2009, 01:31:01 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?

Basically the ship came into our atmosphere, stopped and sat there for 6 months.  The aliens didn't fight at all, they were all just huddled in the ship slowly starving.  The prawns are generally unintelligent and unmotivated - the idea is there is a leader caste that directs and coordinates the lower castes, like with ants and bees.  Without the upper castes the prawns that are left can't really think much for themselves beyond basic survival and simple pleasures (catfood and hookers apparently).  The main alien and his son were exceptions to this though it's never explained exactly why.

I might have to go see this one again, it was the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.

Thanks for filling in the blanks a bit.

Now I just need cdif to fill me in on what I missed in the trailers  :D
To respond the leader caste thing, a person earlier was saying that it was assumed that all the smarter ones had died. The main alien and his kid WERE the leader caste that everyone thought had died. That's what I gathered from their ability to harvest fuel, hide the ship and ultimately pilot the ship.

So "Christopher" or whatever the alien was called was actually the last leader left on earth. Only my interpretation but it explains his actions and how smart he was, especially relative to the other prawns.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: fairweatherfan on August 24, 2009, 01:39:00 PM
I missed the first couple of minutes...Why were the aliens on earth?  Why were they so easy to capture?  Why didn't the aliens use their kickass weapons to avoid being captured?

Basically the ship came into our atmosphere, stopped and sat there for 6 months.  The aliens didn't fight at all, they were all just huddled in the ship slowly starving.  The prawns are generally unintelligent and unmotivated - the idea is there is a leader caste that directs and coordinates the lower castes, like with ants and bees.  Without the upper castes the prawns that are left can't really think much for themselves beyond basic survival and simple pleasures (catfood and hookers apparently).  The main alien and his son were exceptions to this though it's never explained exactly why.

I might have to go see this one again, it was the best movie I've seen in quite awhile.

Thanks for filling in the blanks a bit.

Now I just need cdif to fill me in on what I missed in the trailers  :D
To respond the leader caste thing, a person earlier was saying that it was assumed that all the smarter ones had died. The main alien and his kid WERE the leader caste that everyone thought had died. That's what I gathered from their ability to harvest fuel, hide the ship and ultimately pilot the ship.

So "Christopher" or whatever the alien was called was actually the last leader left on earth. Only my interpretation but it explains his actions and how smart he was, especially relative to the other prawns.

Read an interview from the director addressing this - his idea was that CJ and son's high IQ was a result of the hive trying to "restart" itself.  In some hive organizations, when the queen dies a worker will transform into a queen to fill the vacuum.  The idea is that this is what happened to CJ and his kid.  Doesn't quite fit with his statements that he's been gathering fuel for 20 years, but that's what the director says anyway.

Another interesting note from the interview - the scenes inside District 9 were all shot in an actual South African slum.  The only set that was built for the movie was CJ's shack.  Everything else is an actual place where people currently live.  Sobering to think about.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Drucci on September 28, 2009, 07:49:34 PM
I saw District 9 today and I really loved it. I think it's a great movie, with an original scenario (the aliens as refugees, "victims", while they are usually on Earth to kill everybody in other alien movies), a great hero, and great sidekicks.

The action scenes are great too, but maybe too long. Some clichés are annoying too (the story with the hero's wife, the bald military during the last hour).

But overall I really enjoyed this movie, great sci-fi and it makes you think.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Schupac on September 29, 2009, 08:44:06 AM
I don't remember WHICH famous Science Fiction author said it, but I remember the quote:

"The best science fiction stories are about the problems of today."

Clearly this film was full of metaphors for apartheid, which may technically be over but you can also stretch this metaphor to any other situation with transplanted refugees (think Darfur, for example).  Governments take them in because it's the "right thing to do" but they end up being treated terribly anyways.  I thought this movie was very pertinent.

I also think any sci-fi movie changing the roles of aliens from our normal faceless destroyers to something different is a good thing.  Buck you, Hollywood.  This film switched the tables a little bit, essentially putting human beings in the role of the bad guys and pushing the viewer to, instead of just focus on the awesome special effects, consider how we would really behave in a situation like this.

Normally I'm like that old commercial "Hey, you got summer blockbuster in my deep movie!"  "No, you got deep movie in my summer blockbuster!" but I think the director walked the line.

Most impressive for me?  Tom Cruise and Nicholas Cage weren't in this movie.  IE it had big budget production values, but none of the terrible acting we normally have to suffer to watch it.


B+/A-
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: screwedupmaniac on September 29, 2009, 08:48:42 AM
just saw it for the first time the other day. so crazy when his fingernails start coming off and his teeth start falling out. i liked it.
Title: Re: district 9
Post by: Overrated on January 03, 2010, 04:46:04 PM
This bad boy came out on DVD a couple weeks ago. Anyone have it? This is definitely one I'm going to add to my collection.

Loved this movie and I've been waiting for it to be released. I'll be waiting for a [hopeful] sequel as well...