"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."

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Re:Dire warning

[Schnoogs]

Yeah, because Empire Strikes Back was a lousy sequel. Someone mod this guy troll.

Good SF is not Sci Fi

[Offtopic]

Generally, the use of the phrase "Sci Fi" indicates that the speaker is a clueless outsider who would never read, watch or appreciate Science Fiction. True aficionados use SF or Science Fiction.

Moon not so great

[bchernicoff]

Not a bad movie, but a very simple story. They could have done a lot more with it (like explore the ethics of what the lunar mining company did or how Earth reacts of the news or whether (spoiler alert) the original guy on Earth knew about the whole thing.)