Going to see District 9

[Taverner]

Looking good!

[Skittles]

1. seeing that Tuesday night

yes INDEED

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. It was interesting...

in a very Kafkaesque sort of way.

Not to give too much away, but it was very fitting that it was set in S. Africa.

[supernova]

3. I thought it was really good

I'm sure for those who made it it felt like some kind of catharsis.

edit: The premise is much like the late=80s movie "Alien Nation" i.e. a slave ship is stranded above a major city. What do you do with all the ex-slaves?

Alien Nation was on recently and I tivoed it. Interested compare/contrast.

[Taverner]

4. OMG - that was amazing....

Wow, just wow

[NMDemDist2]

5. I'm going Tuesday

looking forward to it......

[Taverner]

7. Probably the most innovative take on sci fi in years...

I can't say much about it - except its really good.

Enjoy!

[NMDemDist2]

9. just not tooo gory I hope

I hate lots of gore

[Taverner]

11. There is a little gore in it

It's all quick and instantaneous

But I'd be lying if I were to say there isn't any

[NMDemDist2]

12. as long as I can cover my eyes and not miss too much of the story I'm cool

:rofl:

[DBoon]

6. I found the first 45 minutes to be brutal

but very true and revealing

[Taverner]

8. That's humans

It shines a light where few would venture

No doubt the Republicans will hate a movie like this

And no doubt the corporation that rules everything is a stand in for Haliburton or KBR...

[rrneck]

10. I dug it. I might get the DVD. nt

[Dappleganger]

13. I have seen both District 9 and 9.

District 9 was an excellent story and loved the low-budget actors!

[Odin2005]

14. It's a very good movie. *SPOILER*

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Seeing black South Africans treating the aliens like they were treated under apartheid and how Jews were treated under the Nazis (medical experimentation to get the aliens weapons to work) was disturbing.

[proteus_lives]

16. Disturbing but human.

White and black South Africans no longer had a reason to be at odds with each other. They had a new "other" they could both demonize. All peoples and cultures no matter what their own history of victimization is capable of this behavior.

[BlueJazz]

15. Loved it!

[doc03]

17. I guess I saw a different District 9

the one I saw was awful. About 15 minutes into it I was thinking of getting up and leaving. But because I had heard it was good I stuck it out to the bitter end. IT SUCKED. I asked a couple other people if they liked it and they had the same opinion as me.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

18. We must have been at the same screening

It was O.K. but I could have waited for the rental DVD and not spent a bunch of money at the theater.

My general reaction...meh.

[Courtesy Flush]

19. Any non sci-fi types here seen it?

I'm not a sci-fi fan, but it looks pretty promising.

[CJCRANE]

20. I really liked it but I'm a fan of 80's sci-fi

like Aliens and Robocop (which influenced the director).

It blows all of the other summer action movies out of the water.

Hollywood was caught napping, they need to up their game. Can't wait to see how James Cameron does with Avatar...