DISQUS

Michael_C · 3 months ago

Best movie I've seen this year, and there's a huge list of reasons why it shouldn't be this good, but it blows them away like a pig. If you've seen it, you know what I mean.

PaulSileo · 3 months ago

I had giant, monstrous expectations for District 9, and I can safely say that it exceeded them all.

Dave Allocco · 3 months ago

I thought it was Fantastic! It was so Original and so moving. The special effects were perfect, the story was deep, meaningful and superb. I will see this again this weekend!

DaveDave911 · 3 months ago

After three different varieties of long islands (yes there are many) and to Jag Bombs, it was extremly tough to stay a wake through a midnight showing, but on the flip side being woke up repeatedly by the roar of the crowd after missing something assumingly awesome will definatly earned it at least one more viewing. What I did have the ability to remain concious through was tremendous aliens at there best! P.s. was the post writen by "PaulSileo" actually by Peter Jackson or just a look alike?

PaulSileo · 3 months ago

Actually, I am an abnormally large look-alike hobbit he brought back from New Zealand.

jimbo · 3 months ago

I liked the part where they suggested that Wikus had contracted his virus through sexual intercourse with an alien. It made me hot.

stevenkar · 3 months ago

Not sure if it's an original movie as everybody claims.

It borrowed elements, ideas, and concepts from so many sources. We've seen such elements in other sci-fi movies, comic books, Japanese cartoons, hell, even video games. I would name these sources that the director borrows from, references, and pays homage to but I think it might spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it.

It surprises me when people say that it's the most original thing they've seen because it only means that they haven't watched and read enough material in this genre.

However, I thought the movie was decent, solid fun.

shijin · 3 months ago

Man, there isn't much nowadays that isn't a ripoff or hasn't been done before. Most everything has already been done.

Kangaroo Be Stoned · 3 months ago

Can you prove that the director deliberately borrowed from these sources?

facebook-1331550360 · 3 months ago

I thaught it is hands down the best movie of the summer. I had built it up in my head so much over the course of the month, that last night at the midnight showing i was a fraid it wouldnt match my expectations. The story was original and the acting was powerful (even the CGI aliens had conveyed their facial emotions over to me). The action was awsome. If i had to say simple where you should see this movie i would say yes. But this movie is a movie everyone should see, the metaphore behind this movie is also very real.

HGMIV · 3 months ago

I was extremely impressed with Blomkamp's debut. I had high expectations for this movie, and although I wasn't completely blown away by it, I enjoyed it thoroughly and would definitely recommend it to any sci-fi fan. I went from completely underestimating the main character, to sympathizing with him, to hating him, back to loving him again. Maybe not in that order. In addition, The aliens were fantastic, I rooted for them all the way through.

mychaleg · 3 months ago

i felt like staying in my seat until District 10 comes out.

pretty_weird · 3 months ago

FSR was right about this one. seriously, the whole movie I was thinking about what I was going to put on FSR. this movie was every positive thing written or said about it and more. my only gripe was that it was kind of hard to like the main character until the end (where the brunt of the badassery occurred). amazing movie, crazy guns, and funny (to me) deaths, i hope it does well. I bet everyone is kicking themselves for not letting Mr. Blomkamp do Halo.
Was there anything after the credits? there was a big storm i wanted to beat to the car.

fhallon13 · 3 months ago

maybe i am a little sensitive, but as an african american i was highly insulted by this movie. i don't know if peter jackson purposely drew upon the black experience on coming to america. the victimization, the cruelty, even calling each other that hateful word "prawns"
i was a huge peter jackson fan but not anymore! yes the cgi was fantastic, but for me i kept reading between the lines! sorry!

Kangaroo Be Stoned · 3 months ago

Why is that a bad thing?

mychaleg · 3 months ago

first off, Peter Jackson did not write this. secondly, Neill Blomkamp & Peter Jackson are not Americans, and whatever 'social commentary' they were making dealt with people in an situation very very far removed from both your experience and location. it ain't about you man - black folk ain't the only ones subject to racial slurs. i doubt you'll ever find any white people posting comments about how insulted they were when the Nigerian dude called the main white guy munshava or whatever that word is.

Kangaroo Be Stoned · 3 months ago

Do you know what apartheid is? Look it up and maybe your bullshit complaint about the film will vanish.

tmar_of_vulcan · 3 months ago

The director drew on his own experiences in apartheid South Africa to make this movie. So the fact that it got you feeling the way you did shows that the movie works. The director didn't draw on "black experience coming to America" but rather on "black and white experience under apartheid". The scary thing is that most South Africans who watch this movie will be even more affected by it than you were because we *recognize* the characters. We *know* people like them in real life. We have walked the streets and driven the roads right under where the alien ship was hovering. We've been to squatter camps; we're from or have been to Soweto. The film is uniquely South African. I'd say "don't make it about you", but the film IS about us - about all people and how they'd react. I think Kenneth Johnson (maker of the Alien Nation TV series, which shares a similar set-up) wishes he had made this film.

zerosum0101 · 3 months ago

I hate to be the one dissenting voice here but I really hated this movie. Don't get me wrong I appreciated the ideas and obvious talent behind this film, but to me it all resulted in an extremely bad movie. The concept is really very cool and I was impressed with the original take on the aliens visiting Earth; but the movie just didn't work for me. Specifically, I felt switching between three main POV's (the film crew following Wikus, interviews with people, and then what happened to him) worked against the movie rather than for it. I also really couldn't stand Wikus's stubbornness about being sick. I just don't buy someone getting sprayed by some weird alien shit NOT wanting to go the hospital right away (it really drove me crazy). There were some minor plot holes that really annoyed me too (the private security force can't track a cell phone right away... really?, and some other things but even I admit those are just some small minor gripes). I'm not saying there weren't things to like about the movie, but for me the overall movie was a major letdown and I really didn't care for it. Sometimes films don't click with people, I guess that happened with me in this instance. I do hope it does well though because I really want to see the director make whatever movie he wants to next with an unlimited budget. Anyway just my two cents.

Kangaroo Be Stoned · 3 months ago

It is made known at the beginning of the film that Wikus is not very bright, so him not wanting to seek immediate medical attention can be excused. Even his own mother basically said he was an idiot.

Sam Hardisty · 3 months ago

I'm fairly sure he was trying to act tough in front of the camera crew, the soldiers etc, and that's why he didn't want to go.

jehzlau · 3 months ago

I haven't seen it yet. But I think it's cool, based on the trailer. :)

nicky_cavella · 3 months ago

FACT - greatest film of the decade, i went in there not knowing what is was about, i thought it was just some sort of faux documentay but it was more than a documentary, all i got to say is dont watch clips of the film just look at the poster for a moment and go

5/5 #1 film of this decade even above avatar.

mateoverde · 3 months ago

there has to be a sequel don't you think?

Nicholas Robinson · 3 months ago

This movie was absolutely awesome, I wasn't expecting much when I went to view this, I didn't hear much about it, and only saw the trailer once the day after the movie came out, seeing this movie was a last minute decision but I'm glad we did.

LeeAnna · 3 months ago

The end almost had me in tears. I loved that movie. It was amazing. The way it was arranged compared to other SciFi that I've seen makes it completely original despite having such popular themes. I will shout my love for this movie to the mountains... and own it.

Reebee7 · 3 months ago

It's a good movie, though I'm not as gaga as everybody else is about it. It's very original, which i liked a lot. But the third act didn't exactly exceed anything more than most shoot-em-ups. But it was very good.

I'd call it "independence Day, Hotel Rwanda, The Fly, and Iron Man" put together.

nicky_cavella · 3 months ago

but it was better than those 3 put toghether. its going to be way better than avatar.

www.filmeshd.tv · 3 months ago

it was extremly tough to stay a wake through a midnight showing, but on the flip side being woke up repeatedly by the roar of the crowd after missing something assumingly awesome will definatly earned it at least one more viewing

littlemovieman · 3 months ago

Saw it last night, movie was amazing, i hope peter makes a sequel, 3 years down the road lol

nicogirling · 3 months ago

i much prefered the first half of the movie - shot in a documentary style compared to the second, more conventional gun fighting half although both were good and it was some of the best cgi i have ever seen. I disliked how the guard captain/bad guy was portrayed though - he seemed OTT, somewhat stereotypical and his demise was cliched

Dengar · 3 months ago

Me and my reluctant girlfriend went to see it. We had to deal with some dudes rank, hot summer B.O. stinking up the entire theatre.

I thought for sure that she hated it, but when we both got outside and got some much needed fresh air, we both agreed that it was awesome, and she couldn't wait for "District 10".

I'd have to say that for myself, it was the best movie I've seen so far this summer.

Thomas J. Ruppert M.D. · 3 months ago

absolutely engrossing, thought provoking, adequate to have me commenting here at this ungodly hour. being of an age to recall vietnam, rhodesia, apartheid's fall, and being well educated, I realize the widely differing impact this film will have (dependent on viewers experiential base). but impact is what is induced, what one takes is a product of what one is. easily written off as a thinly veiled comment on apartheid, (who remembers the dismal failure of rhodesia, but not full of gold diamonds the bulk of the western worlds chromium and uranium resources as south africa is, f'n rich) that is a feeble escape to face the reality conveyed- mans inner brutality if he believes it can be gotten away with. as a physician the hypocrisy of health care reform in a country fed disease inducing diet for profit, 80% of our food supply is consumed by fast food franchises (next fast food burger you bite into ponder it contains pieces of 1000 different cows). truly important issues are ignored, the planet is grossly overpopulated and nature/God WILL cull the herd. thats a film needing to be made. unnecessary concentration of wealth, education funds overly devoted to the bottom half of the intelligence bell shaped curve, depriving the gifted their fair share, on and on. this shows modern man as he is- mercenary opportunistic, short term pleasure in the illusion of power, yet the topic is cash for clunkers???? we deserve what is coming, defacing our home, breeding like a virus, sorry for the diatribe..... a brilliant film on the inherent evil in man looking more and more as it has won. tsunami in srilanka? God flushing the toilet. queen O cries for 500 pound social parasites, immorality excused by "disease" title, chemical imbalances replace laziness....
why am I bothering. wake up