"District 9" Best Sci-fi Movie of 09?

Travis wrote in with a story that says much of what my friends have been saying to me all weekend: "Slashdot covered 'District 9' back in July. I was originally excited to see this movie for its exhibition of exoskeleton robot 'mechs' (see images and video at Hizook.com ). After watching the film this opening weekend, I can honestly say that it was an amazing science fiction movie! Everything was spot-on: the plot, the human elements, the alien elements, the technology, and the seamless blend of special effects with real camera capture. This film should vault Neill Blomkamp into sci-fi stardom, on par with George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix fame). This is certainly a must-see movie — easily the best movie of the year."

Comments

its a repeat

[Anonymous Coward]

if it were not for the special effects there would have been no difference between the movie and the alien nation tv series/movies of the 80's

Dire warning

[DoofusOfDeath]

This film should vault Neill Blomkamp into sci-fi stardom, on par with George Lucas and the Wachowski Brothers (of Matrix fame).

Okay, thanks for heads up! I will definitely avoid the sequels!

A lock for "Most Naseauting Cinematography"

[bugeaterr]

It's high time the Academy recognized Joe, the epileptic cameraman, and his trusty pogo stick named "Earthquake".

Seriously dude, it would still have that extra realism if the jerkimeter was at 5 instead of 11.

WHEW --- almost feinted there

[tomzyk]

I just briefly scrolled through the list and for a half of a second thought I saw "90210" listed as an up-and-coming Sci-Fi movie.

Re:WHEW --- almost feinted there

[Guppy]

I just briefly scrolled through the list and for a half of a second thought I saw "90210" listed as an up-and-coming Sci-Fi movie.

Our SF club used to refer to "Space: Above and Beyond" as "Space: 90210". Or sometimes "Melrose Space". Too many young, good looking, vapid actors.

Re:WHEW --- almost feinted there

[An ominous Cow art]

One of the actresses in that, I believe Kristen Cloke is the name, looked pretty much exactly like an ex-girlfriend of mine. Twin sister/clone level of similarity... made watching it interesting and painful.

Re:Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves Here

[ArhcAngel]

there's going to be more depth to the story than Starship Troopers

So much of District 9 happens in underground caves?

Re:Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves Here

[LordLimecat]

Well, beer does make you cool, noone can deny that,...

Text-Only Version of Article:

[A. B3ttik]

Quoted directly:

District 9 is liquid cocaine fed intravenously to your veins for two hours. It is a visual 2 1/2 hour orgasm. Watching this movie will be the most important event of your life and by far the most pleasurable. District 9 was better than my wedding, better than watching my first son born, better than the time I had sexual intercourse with an entire college cheerleading squad while high on peyote.

Words cannot express it. It is like viewing the face of God. Forget the trailers, forget any stills you've seen, forget whatever anyone else has told you. Forget religion, forget God, forget science, forget everything you thought you knew. There is only District 9, and it is beautiful.

Neill Blomkamp is brilliance incarnate. He is divine. I am not sure how exactly he created this masterpiece of visual neurological cues which induce pure pleasure, but I now owe him absolutely everything. He has perfected visual neural interface with the genius stroke of a Renaissance Master and the prowess of an angel.

Watch this movie, repeatedly. You will want to take off work for the next week (perhaps longer) just to watch uninterrupted back-to-back showings. I am currently writing this from a netbook that I sneaked into the early matinee showing. I must now continue to watch.

-Travis

Re:Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves Here

[vishbar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Noone

Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits. I must say, he's a very nice person. Whenever I talk to my friends about an issue that's important to me, they tell me "Noone cares" and "Noone likes you." He must be a very kind and outgoing person. I guess he hates beer though.

Re:It's a good thing either way

[Anonymous Coward]

From my perspective the past few years have been on average a baron wasteland of terrible purely "Hollywood" style sci-fi films not worth half of what I had to pay to go see them in theaters.

Are you suggesting a Captain Planet villain is behind it all?

Re:Compared to Lucas

[Anonymous Coward]

It might also be that everything they've done since The Matrix (including the sequels) has bombed, either critically or financially. Just like Lucas.

Re:Let's Not Get Ahead of Ourselves Here

[Anonymous Coward]

I beat people like you up in high school, when I wasn't drinking beer. Now I sell women's shoes.

Fixed that for you.

Re:Plot holes big as swiss cheese!

[MarkLR]

The really big question - what happens in three years when the alien says he will return? Do the Prawns get picked up by a few transport shops and leave peacefully or is there a fleet of really well armed and angry aliens coming to Earth? Will the humans end up working in cat food factories for their alien overlords?

Re:Great movie, but shakycam?

[ErikTheRed]

Shakeycam is used to hide crappy FX. I don't care what BS the director tries to put out there it's really easy to hide crappy EFX if you shake the hell out of the camera.

That's not true. Shaky-cam is also used by hack directors to hide a complete lack of fight choreography.