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Saw it and enjoyed it very much. It didn't really do much different in terms of the story, but it was truly unique in atmosphere and style. The CG aliens were pretty friggen incredible - i'd say best CG with Live Action I've seen to date. The guns were also quite enjoyable to see being fired.

All in all a good experience. Minus the friggen douche behind me, that talked fairly loud and then near the end decided to push my GF's arm out of the way with his foot so he could have a leg rest... idiots.
 
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All in all a good experience. Minus the friggen douche behind me, that talked fairly loud and then near the end decided to push my GF's arm out of the way with his foot so he could have a leg rest... idiots.[/QUOTE]

shoulda punched him the face.
 
I forgot to point out: Did anyone else notice that the all the white guns looked suspiciously like the guns from Halo? I don't play Halo so I don't know what they're called, but I recognized the design immediately, as did a few others around me.
 
just saw it and thought it was BAD-ASS! It did seem as though it drug on after a while, but the action was awesome and all of the blood too. I would love to see it again, but on IMAX
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']I forgot to point out: Did anyone else notice that the all the white guns looked suspiciously like the guns from Halo? I don't play Halo so I don't know what they're called, but I recognized the design immediately, as did a few others around me.[/QUOTE]


NO!!

It surprises me the Aliens have NOT tried to uprise in 20 years. They have the technology to do so, yet all they do is just hang out in Africa for 20 years pissing off the locals. How did Humans learn to communicate with the Aliens?
I am sure MNU has a plan in place to wipe out the Prawns (sp?) via a Nuke if they do start trouble.

I was thinking of watching Alien Nation in Netflix to compare this movie...

Over all a good movie to check out
 
Saw this movie earlier, I thought it was amazing and the CG was great. My girlfriend who hates these kinds of movies, also enjoyed it. Now I would put this up there with star trek as the best summer movies.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']NO!!



It surprises me the Aliens have NOT tried to uprise in 20 years. They have the technology to do so, yet all they do is just hang out in Africa for 20 years pissing off the locals. How did Humans learn to communicate with the Aliens?
I am sure MNU has a plan in place to wipe out the Prawns (sp?) via a Nuke if they do start trouble.

I was thinking of watching Alien Nation in Netflix to compare this movie...

Over all a good movie to check out

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SPOILERS!!!!!!!



i think the director commented on this. the prawns are a colony species. there is a queen that controls all of them and most of them on earth are workers that are cut off from the queen. as a result, they just wander around aimlessly. and about the nuking, they mentioned in the movie that alien rights advocates were breathing down mnu's necks. so they had to watch what they were doing. that's why they spread lies about wikus raping aliens.

in the end, i loved the movie. i will buy it on bluray when it comes out. gave a very half-life 2 feel to it.
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool'] Then when all the bad stuff started to happen to him
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we were just suddenly suppossed to sympathize, and I didn't.

It was a fun movie (with some fantastically cool kills ;)) but it wasn't as deep and character driven as I'd hoped it would be.[/QUOTE]
I didn't think we were supposed to suddenly sympathize with him. I felt like he was reacting like a typical human would, selfishly. Even by the end they don't explicitly show him accepting his fellow alien brethren though you might assume he's learned his lesson by then.
 
This film is now on my radar with all the good press it's been getting. Comes out here 4th September too bad i'm in Spain then.
 
I thought this looked good since the very first preview trailer I saw several months ago so i'm very happy to read it turned out good. I guess that made my decision between this and Sell Hard a very easy one. I wait for that the hit the cheapo theatre and see District nine later today. :D
 
[quote name='Dori-dori']I'm pretty sure that this was originally a short film, right? I remember seeing something very similar in one of my video classes. Loved the short film for the way it mixed real footage with CG, and the underlying theme of apartheid.

Definitely want to see this. I didn't know it had good reviews; hopefully I'll see it with some friends this weekend![/QUOTE]


http://movies.ign.com/articles/101/1013390p1.html

District 9 is essentially an expanded version of Blomkamp's short film Alive in Joburg -- the short which got the attention of producer Peter Jackson and Blomkamp subsequently attached to the long-abandoned adaptation of Halo.
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Great movie , wasn't quite what I expected but great nonetheless. I liked the whole love/hate relationship with Wikus , as well as how they made you realize the truth about the MNU throughout the show. Soundtrack really fit the mood as well.
 
[quote name='jcizzla']how is re5 racist and this movie isnt???[/QUOTE]
RE5 isn't racist and neither is this movie.

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i think the director commented on this. the prawns are a colony species. there is a queen that controls all of them and most of them on earth are workers that are cut off from the queen. as a result, they just wander around aimlessly. and about the nuking, they mentioned in the movie that alien rights advocates were breathing down mnu's necks. so they had to watch what they were doing. that's why they spread lies about wikus raping aliens.
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Use the spoiler tag, and yeah, it was all explained.
 
[quote name='sinned47']SPOILERS!!!!!!!
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.... USE the spoiler tags!!!! WTF.


[spoilerB]I RUIN MOVIES[/spoilerB] Remove the B's



Excellent movie. Finally!
 
[quote name='dastly75']Was there? We waited till the end and the film literally burnt up Grindhouse style, I don't think that was on purpose though.[/QUOTE]
There's nothing after the credits.

Did anyone get why the aliens are there?
I guess the ship was out of gas? That's apparently all they needed. And the gas was created from alien garbage on earth? Why wasn't that stuff on the ship? And if the aliens need a queen to function, why are they on earth without one? I guess we have to assume that there was some disaster aboard the ship that eliminated their fuel supply and cut off communication with, or killed, their leader(s).

Then there's the whole "The aliens want to leave, the humans want the aliens to leave, Christopher Johnson can make the ship leave, so why don't they just all leave?" situation. I guess it comes down to a lack of communication and understanding - the themes of the film. And even if Christopher was able to communicate his plans, I suppose MNU wouldn't let the prawns leave without access to their weapons.

And finally, when did anyone find out Christopher Johnson's name? I remember when Wikus first called him Christopher (rather late in the movie), but I didn't catch when they exchanged names. Maybe he read it off the eviction notice?

As I already mentioned in the movie thread, I thought the movie was awesome, questions aside.
 
[quote name='naes']RE5 isn't racist and neither is this movie.


Use the spoiler tag, and yeah, it was all explained.[/QUOTE]

you are right re5 and this movie arent racist but that didnt stop the douchebag liberal media from trying to boycott re5. double standard.
 
That movie was...strange. Action sequences were good though. But...

Why couldn't thy just take a helicopter up to the mother ship?
 
[quote name='ananag112']That movie was...strange. Action sequences were good though. But...

Why couldn't thy just take a helicopter up to the mother ship?
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I assume your talking about why the aliens didn't try to confiscate a helicopter to go back up to the mothership? They could have but remember that the shuttle craft that Christopher had was apparently the control center. Even if they got up there , without the control center (and fuel) the mothership was all but useless. The fact that Chris knew where the control center was and was protecting it was also why he was taking charge of making fuel.
 
[quote name='jcizzla']you are right re5 and this movie arent racist but that didnt stop the douchebag liberal media from trying to boycott re5. double standard.[/QUOTE]


No one is attacking District 9 because the whole movie was about (in it's subtext) how racism/prejudice/mistreatment is wrong. RE5 just happened to feature a white guy killing African zombies, which stupid, uninformed people saw as nothing more than "YEEEHAWWW!!! LITS GO KEEL THEM THAR DARKIES!!!"
 
I'm not watching this movie because it promotes racism against extra terrestrial beings. I'm just going to stay home and watch E.T. again.
 
I had nothing to do this afternoon so I went and saw this movie. It was better than I thought it would be. Its pretty clever morality tale. There are so plot holes but the excellent premise makes up for all of its faults.

I give this 4/5 stars. I read the that the main guy in the movie has never acted before; He was excellent in the film.
 
[quote name='Sofa King Kool']No one is attacking District 9 because the whole movie was about (in it's subtext) how racism/prejudice/mistreatment is wrong. RE5 just happened to feature a white guy killing African zombies, which stupid, uninformed people saw as nothing more than "YEEEHAWWW!!! LITS GO KEEL THEM THAR DARKIES!!!"[/QUOTE]

thats what she said
 
[quote name='CokeCola']There's nothing after the credits.

Did anyone get why the aliens are there?
I guess the ship was out of gas? That's apparently all they needed. And the gas was created from alien garbage on earth? Why wasn't that stuff on the ship? And if the aliens need a queen to function, why are they on earth without one? I guess we have to assume that there was some disaster aboard the ship that eliminated their fuel supply and cut off communication with, or killed, their leader(s).

Then there's the whole "The aliens want to leave, the humans want the aliens to leave, Christopher Johnson can make the ship leave, so why don't they just all leave?" situation. I guess it comes down to a lack of communication and understanding - the themes of the film. And even if Christopher was able to communicate his plans, I suppose MNU wouldn't let the prawns leave without access to their weapons.

And finally, when did anyone find out Christopher Johnson's name? I remember when Wikus first called him Christopher (rather late in the movie), but I didn't catch when they exchanged names. Maybe he read it off the eviction notice?

As I already mentioned in the movie thread, I thought the movie was awesome, questions aside.[/QUOTE]

Talk about COMPLETELY missing a major point of the movie and just making shit up from there!

The fuel was remnants from the ship/control center, either from when they were taken away from the ship or from when the control center fell off. They don't explicitly say where it's from, but it sure as shit wasn't from human garbage. They also needed to refine and make the fuel using equipment from the slums of Africa. And they weren't there because they were out of gas. They were worker aliens who had lost their leader somehow and didn't know what the fuck to do, and were dying until the humans entered the ship and saved them from starvation.

My review: Movie was fuck awesome and I can't honestly believe how many people are missing very simple points in this film and thinking it sucks because they can't understand anything in a movie that isn't spoon-fed to them.
 
I got back from seeing this and I was impressed. I saw a review up on John C. Dvorak's blog and I was kinda surprised that he posted a review of it. I then read Roger Ebert's review and thought I should probably see it. It was absolutely awesome! Lots of action, yet thought-provoking.

I'm already excited that I got a friend to come with me to see it again on Tuesday.
 
[quote name='Dead of Knight']Talk about COMPLETELY missing a major point of the movie and just making shit up from there![/quote]

Um... go fuck yourself?

The fuel was remnants from the ship/control center, either from when they were taken away from the ship or from when the control center fell off. They don't explicitly say where it's from, but it sure as shit wasn't from human garbage. They also needed to refine and make the fuel using equipment from the slums of Africa.
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Uh, yeah, that's why I said ALIEN garbage. Which is what they were digging through when they found that blue stuff. On Earth.

And they weren't there because they were out of gas. They were worker aliens who had lost their leader somehow and didn't know what the fuck to do, and were dying until the humans entered the ship and saved them from starvation.
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Oh, really?! And this was explained where? All we know is the ship stopped, prawns are useless without their leaders, and Christopher needed GAS to get the fuck out of there.

I realize not everything in the movie was obvious; that's why I brought up some points of discussion. And as I said, questions aside, I thought the movie was awesome. That's in my post. The first one. That you quoted.
 
If my girlfriend wants to see this I am so in. This looks pretty good, and with a lot of story like star trek. Then again she is a big fan of star trek ;).
 
I thought the movie was pretty boring. There wasn't even a lot of action so I don't know why people are praising that aspect. I don't know if I would even call it a action movie. IMO, it would be a forgettable movie if wasn't for the great blending of CG and live action stuff.
 
[quote name='winterice']I thought the movie was pretty boring. There wasn't even a lot of action so I don't know why people are praising that aspect. I don't know if I would even call it a action movie. IMO, it would be a forgettable movie if wasn't for the great blending of CG and live action stuff.[/QUOTE]

go watch transformers 2 again
 
Saw it today, AMAZING movie. I expected more action, but I was more than impressed with what I got. Its funny because I didn't expect the movie to revolve around that character. This was a fantastic piece of cinematography, I already want it on Blu-Ray.
 
i might make another movie thread. thinking about making one for avatar. Ive made this one and terminator salvation (both sci fi movies). Avatar is another movie that doesnt look like it will disappoint.
 
[quote name='DaChicagoBear1']i might make another movie thread. thinking about making one for avatar. Ive made this one and terminator salvation (both sci fi movies). Avatar is another movie that doesnt look like it will disappoint.[/QUOTE]

I'm surprised theres no Avatar thread yet. Trailer is out today and the free preview in IMAXs tomorrow (which I'll be at /score)
 
I saw it last Sunday night and I thought it was really good. It wasn't exactly what I expected, based on the trailers, but I thought it was a great film.
 
I thought it was really good, though some of the dialog was a lil' weak at times. Although, it didn't help that the fat kids behind me were shitting all over the movie the whole time.
 
Just came back from my 3rd viewing. Took my brother for his birthday, he didn't like it...bah.

Paid more attention to the music this time around.

Uh why did Victer's (sp?) replacement get put on trial for exposing the MNU experiments on the aliens? The Aliens do not have any rights according to the movie. I am surprised that the humans have not mapped out the entire ship by now. No mention of the exact size of that mothership. After 20 years of trying, man couldn't reverse engineer that shit?

A lot of holes in the story...but overall a great film.

Can't wait for the soundtrack release.
 
I hope that you didn't just say that, after three viewings of the film, you think Wikus' name is Victor.

Not that I'd be surprised.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']After 20 years of trying, man couldn't reverse engineer that shit?
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Well, their technology is tied into the physiology and biology of the aliens. We don't even know much about our own bodies, so it wouldn't be hard to imagine that after 20 years, we still couldn't figure it out. Humans probably did check out the ship and analyzed everything, but still couldn't figure any of it out.
 
[quote name='Rocko']I hope that you didn't just say that, after three viewings of the film, you think Wikus' name is Victor.

Not that I'd be surprised.[/QUOTE]

I was gonna say Dikus lol :p
 
[quote name='ananag112']Well, their technology is tied into the physiology and biology of the aliens. We don't even know much about our own bodies, so it wouldn't be hard to imagine that after 20 years, we still couldn't figure it out. Humans probably did check out the ship and analyzed everything, but still couldn't figure any of it out.[/QUOTE]

I'm surprised that thing didn't lose power and crash into the city lol.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']Uh why did Victer's (sp?) replacement get put on trial for exposing the MNU experiments on the aliens? The Aliens do not have any rights according to the movie.[/QUOTE]

Because the MNU is obviously a very powerful entity. It wasn't the fact that the aliens did or didn't have any proper rights , there were still groups who wanted them treated as humanely as possible , not to mention that the MNU themselves wouldn't want everyone to know that they've been trying to utilize the aliens genetics and technology for military purposes (not that anyone should be surprised at such a thing anyway).
 
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[quote name='Astinus Majere']http://movies.ign.com/articles/101/1013390p1.html[/QUOTE]

Hey, thanks! Good to know that I wasn't imagining things!

Anyway, I watched the movie, and I'm still a little confused on something:

Why did the alien fuel turn Wickus into a human-alien hybrid?

I might've missed an explanation in the movie, but I just don't understand how it was possible.

Sidenote: After watching this movie, me and a buddy played Resident Evil 5 for like three hours haha.
 
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