saw district 9

woah...not what i was expecting.....
great movie!

I've been interested in seeing it. Looks good.

I cant wait!

got 89% on rotten tomatoes

I don't know. It's going to have to be awfully good to compete with Transformers 2 and GI Joe.

movie was sick..

they rly shoulda did halo tho.. They had the weapons... Plasma gernade(when dude made one real quick to blow his way thru a wall), the spaceship technology (taking off and getting the thrusters started), the aliens one gun (like the plasma pistol fully charged shot).. the levels itself (the underground bunkers with the massive amount of doors and hallways etc just like halo 2) the warthog (well the white jeeps, but the treads/tires look like they were snatched right from a warthog) and what I found was the mnu people were just like the marines, the main dude was MC in a weird way and the alien dude partner was the main elite dude, and the nigerians were the flood lolll..

thewalrus wrote:I don't know. It's going to have to be awfully good to compete with Transformers 2 and GI Joe.

No comparison.

2 completely different tones they are trying to set.

joes and transformers are more of a mindless popcorn action movie (nothing wrong with that), while this one is making you think while going about it in a very sci-fi way... Its filmed kinda like cloverfield (well the beginning) but having the same tone/feel as the dark knight..


no movie is going to compare to this until Avatar and maybe legion..

also look out for the alien prequel and the new predator franchise reboot..

milleniahead wrote:

thewalrus wrote:I don't know. It's going to have to be awfully good to compete with Transformers 2 and GI Joe.

No comparison.

2 completely different tones they are trying to set.

joes and transformers are more of a mindless popcorn action movie (nothing wrong with that), while this one is making you think while going about it in a very sci-fi way... Its filmed kinda like cloverfield (well the beginning) but having the same tone/feel as the dark knight..


no movie is going to compare to this until Avatar and maybe legion..

also look out for the alien prequel and the new predator franchise reboot..

I totally agree, this movie had so much depth. and just the right amount of cgi, ie not really all that much.

Interesting. My friends said it was full of plot-holes, and beat you over the head with its message. I was kind of looking forward to seeing it, and the reviews thus far have been positive, so I'm not quite sure what to think. I'm also kind of lazy, and so probably will not get around to seeing it.

I saw it yesterday and here is my take. To those that are painting this as a cautionary tale or really anything bearing a message, i'd say they are looking too deeply. I went in expecting a children of men level of morality but for the most part this was a straight up action flick. For an action flick, i rate it very highly.

The movie does suffer from an inordinate amount of deus ex machinery, you can feel it coming every time it is about to happen. That said i'd see it in the theatre again because I like the way it was presented. I thought it was kind of weird that they'd have a ship hovering over their city for 20 years and didn't make any effort to take any of the technology other than weapons.

milleniahead wrote:

thewalrus wrote:I don't know. It's going to have to be awfully good to compete with Transformers 2 and GI Joe.

No comparison.

2 completely different tones they are trying to set.

joes and transformers are more of a mindless popcorn action movie (nothing wrong with that), while this one is making you think while going about it in a very sci-fi way... Its filmed kinda like cloverfield (well the beginning) but having the same tone/feel as the dark knight..


no movie is going to compare to this until Avatar and maybe legion..

also look out for the alien prequel and the new predator franchise reboot..

yeah, um im pretty sure wally was being sarcastic

honor man wrote:

milleniahead wrote:

thewalrus wrote:I don't know. It's going to have to be awfully good to compete with Transformers 2 and GI Joe.

No comparison.

2 completely different tones they are trying to set.

joes and transformers are more of a mindless popcorn action movie (nothing wrong with that), while this one is making you think while going about it in a very sci-fi way... Its filmed kinda like cloverfield (well the beginning) but having the same tone/feel as the dark knight..


no movie is going to compare to this until Avatar and maybe legion..

also look out for the alien prequel and the new predator franchise reboot..

yeah, um im pretty sure wally was being sarcastic

LIES!!!!! just like when he said american cars suck ass.. HE MEANT IT!!!!

btw they are already making a halo movie

Turbofrog wrote:Interesting. My friends said it was full of plot-holes, and beat you over the head with its message. I was kind of looking forward to seeing it, and the reviews thus far have been positive, so I'm not quite sure what to think. I'm also kind of lazy, and so probably will not get around to seeing it.

yea it def had a few plot holes but nothing too horrible.. Just see it so the studios will finally be aware there are people out here who like adult orientated science fiction and what not... I dont kno why someone wont do another LOTR type deal.. I mean the hobbit is gonna get made, but shit.. Why hasnt anyone made something like LOTR yet.. something like you D&D/WOW/forgotten realms type thing..



o and if u wanted to see HALO in live action form heres a 6 minute take on districts 9's director concept..

scroll to the bottom

honor man wrote:btw they are already making a halo movie

well steven spielberg and his new weta workshop are now..

1st it was neil and peter jackson but it didnt work out so thats why they made district 9..

regardless i trust speilberg

i saw this friday. definitely enjoyed it, and it was nothing like what i'd expected, based on the trailer.

I just saw it today and I gotta say I was a bit underwhelmed. The plot wasn't really what I had hoped for.

Anyone else notice the interrogation scene from the trailer isn't even in the movie?

VS wrote:Anyone else notice the interrogation scene from the trailer isn't even in the movie?

The "How do your weapons work?" scene? Yeah, I definitely noticed that too.

i want to see it when it comes out over here. im loving all these good scifi films coming out this year alongside all the usual hollywood junk

Omni wrote:

VS wrote:Anyone else notice the interrogation scene from the trailer isn't even in the movie?

The "How do your weapons work?" scene? Yeah, I definitely noticed that too.

+1

VS wrote:I saw it yesterday and here is my take. To those that are painting this as a cautionary tale or really anything bearing a message, i'd say they are looking too deeply. I went in expecting a children of men level of morality but for the most part this was a straight up action flick. For an action flick, i rate it very highly.

The message is actually there, you just have to think more about the movie.

*******Spoilers*********

The Dr. was basically a "goody 2 shoes" and a wuss. Wait, he is actually killing prawn babies (that scene with the cow corpse feeding the eggs). He is being all funny and dorky yet he is killing "the little buggers". How easy is it to be all "good and nice" but at the same time totally insensitive towards other cultures?

The prawns were basically refugees.

At first the humans wanted to do the right thing. Then they wanted them dead and hated them. The prawns weren't also exactly "thankful for being saved", nor did they try to be good or anything as you'd expect. Nor were they the wise, noble civilization you associate with a more advanced race. They were brutal motherfuckers who set things on fire for fun. The humans were pieces of shit themselves as well. In the end, you discover both species are just as bad. Except for the Dr., the techno-prawn and his son.

There's so many symbols and analogies in the movie. It is not "one big message", but little messages here and there.

Where are you getting this "Dr" business from? He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing, bigot asshole who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall. I don't think anything portrayed about him early on was supposed to suggest their was anything nice or good about him. I have no idea why you excepted him from being a piece of shit along with Christopher and his son. Even towards the end of the movie he knocked out Christopher and took the ship to save his own ass. Only after he failed at that and seemingly doomed the prawns and himself for good did he decide to do the right thing (although possibly as much for himself as he was becoming one of them) for once

The prawns were in general not complete pieces of shit at all. They were dumped in a fenced off slum and occasionally provided with cow heads and cat food. They had little to be greatful for and behaved as humans would as well if put in the same situation by rebelling and being aggressive. They were the good guys of the film as far as i'm concerned, although you don't realise that so much earlier on in the film when they are shown acting out. It only really becomes apparent further into the movie.

dunnas wrote:Where are you getting this "Dr" business from? He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing, bigot asshole who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall. I don't think anything portrayed about him early on was supposed to suggest their was anything nice or good about him. I have no idea why you excepted him from being a piece of shit along with Christopher and his son. Even towards the end of the movie he knocked out Christopher and took the ship to save his own ass. Only after he failed at that and seemingly doomed the prawns and himself for good did he decide to do the right thing (although possibly as much for himself as he was becoming one of them) for once

The prawns were in general not complete pieces of shit at all. They were dumped in a fenced off slum and occasionally provided with cow heads and cat food. They had little to be greatful for and behaved as humans would as well if put in the same situation by rebelling and being aggressive. They were the good guys of the film as far as i'm concerned, although you don't realise that so much earlier on in the film when they are shown acting out. It only really becomes apparent further into the movie.

He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing bigot asshole, yes. But the people around him didn't see him that way...

The thing I do disagree is that the humans SAVED the prawns. Saved their life. Tried to treat them, etc. If they had been civilized from day 1, maybe it'd have been different.

The_Edge wrote:

dunnas wrote:Where are you getting this "Dr" business from? He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing, bigot asshole who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall. I don't think anything portrayed about him early on was supposed to suggest their was anything nice or good about him. I have no idea why you excepted him from being a piece of shit along with Christopher and his son. Even towards the end of the movie he knocked out Christopher and took the ship to save his own ass. Only after he failed at that and seemingly doomed the prawns and himself for good did he decide to do the right thing (although possibly as much for himself as he was becoming one of them) for once

The prawns were in general not complete pieces of shit at all. They were dumped in a fenced off slum and occasionally provided with cow heads and cat food. They had little to be greatful for and behaved as humans would as well if put in the same situation by rebelling and being aggressive. They were the good guys of the film as far as i'm concerned, although you don't realise that so much earlier on in the film when they are shown acting out. It only really becomes apparent further into the movie.

He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing bigot asshole, yes. But the people around him didn't see him that way...

The thing I do disagree is that the humans SAVED the prawns. Saved their life. Tried to treat them, etc. If they had been civilized from day 1, maybe it'd have been different.

ur both wrong. the dr was liked by everyone except the mercenaries. it wasnt a setup at all.. No one knew about the fluid or even knew it existed until he found it. He earned the right to lead that team

and the prawns like any race of people would start acting out etc if they lived in the slums of somewhere.. Think of some places in africa u always see on tv .. Same thing. sure some prawns were dicks but also some wanted out and a better life etc.. Who the hell wants to be locked up in a camp for 20 something years anyway? srsly

milleniahead wrote:

The_Edge wrote:

dunnas wrote:Where are you getting this "Dr" business from? He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing, bigot asshole who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall. I don't think anything portrayed about him early on was supposed to suggest their was anything nice or good about him. I have no idea why you excepted him from being a piece of shit along with Christopher and his son. Even towards the end of the movie he knocked out Christopher and took the ship to save his own ass. Only after he failed at that and seemingly doomed the prawns and himself for good did he decide to do the right thing (although possibly as much for himself as he was becoming one of them) for once

The prawns were in general not complete pieces of shit at all. They were dumped in a fenced off slum and occasionally provided with cow heads and cat food. They had little to be greatful for and behaved as humans would as well if put in the same situation by rebelling and being aggressive. They were the good guys of the film as far as i'm concerned, although you don't realise that so much earlier on in the film when they are shown acting out. It only really becomes apparent further into the movie.

He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing bigot asshole, yes. But the people around him didn't see him that way...

The thing I do disagree is that the humans SAVED the prawns. Saved their life. Tried to treat them, etc. If they had been civilized from day 1, maybe it'd have been different.

ur both wrong. the dr was liked by everyone except the mercenaries. it wasnt a setup at all.. No one knew about the fluid or even knew it existed until he found it. He earned the right to lead that team

and the prawns like any race of people would start acting out etc if they lived in the slums of somewhere.. Think of some places in africa u always see on tv .. Same thing. sure some prawns were dicks but also some wanted out and a better life etc.. Who the hell wants to be locked up in a camp for 20 something years anyway? srsly

That first paragraph is completely insane. Some of his coworkers appeared to like him, but that doesn't mean he is actually a good person. The director's aim early on seemed largely to show the audience that he was indeed not a good person despite appearances. He didn't even really become a good person throughout the movie which would be typically what you find in a movie with a regular Joe forced to endure bad circumstances. That's not a bad thing though, it's just a fact about the movie.

dunnas wrote:

milleniahead wrote:

The_Edge wrote:

dunnas wrote:Where are you getting this "Dr" business from? He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing, bigot asshole who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall. I don't think anything portrayed about him early on was supposed to suggest their was anything nice or good about him. I have no idea why you excepted him from being a piece of shit along with Christopher and his son. Even towards the end of the movie he knocked out Christopher and took the ship to save his own ass. Only after he failed at that and seemingly doomed the prawns and himself for good did he decide to do the right thing (although possibly as much for himself as he was becoming one of them) for once

The prawns were in general not complete pieces of shit at all. They were dumped in a fenced off slum and occasionally provided with cow heads and cat food. They had little to be greatful for and behaved as humans would as well if put in the same situation by rebelling and being aggressive. They were the good guys of the film as far as i'm concerned, although you don't realise that so much earlier on in the film when they are shown acting out. It only really becomes apparent further into the movie.

He was a low level, pencil pushing, arrogant, ass kissing bigot asshole, yes. But the people around him didn't see him that way...

The thing I do disagree is that the humans SAVED the prawns. Saved their life. Tried to treat them, etc. If they had been civilized from day 1, maybe it'd have been different.

ur both wrong. the dr was liked by everyone except the mercenaries. it wasnt a setup at all.. No one knew about the fluid or even knew it existed until he found it. He earned the right to lead that team

and the prawns like any race of people would start acting out etc if they lived in the slums of somewhere.. Think of some places in africa u always see on tv .. Same thing. sure some prawns were dicks but also some wanted out and a better life etc.. Who the hell wants to be locked up in a camp for 20 something years anyway? srsly

That first paragraph is completely insane. Some of his coworkers appeared to like him, but that doesn't mean he is actually a good person. The director's aim early on seemed largely to show the audience that he was indeed not a good person despite appearances. He didn't even really become a good person throughout the movie which would be typically what you find in a movie with a regular Joe forced to endure bad circumstances. That's not a bad thing though, it's just a fact about the movie.

again if u read how you ate... you are the one who said

"who was promoted by his father-in law not because of being worthy of it, and not because of loyalty from 'family' but seemingly because he didn't like his son-in-law and was setting him up for an inevitable fall."

And that my big fat headed friend is wrong. He did earn it, and you could tell with the rapport he had with all the people giving him high fives and the congratulations.. Besides he was obviously popular since everyone in the building knew him while he was walking through the halls while he was getting ready to go out. He WAS liked by them. Even at the end and most of the beginning you heard the testimonies people gave of him and they even said he was great and he was the right one UNTIL what he did at the end. Which was help the prawns escape.. Im not talkin about how WE view him, im talking about how his co-workers veiwed him. U didnt kno his father in law was a scumbag until he started to fuck up. So stfu fatman.

It wasn't what i was expecting and honestly didn't like it at all. I hated the whole documentary feel of the beginning. Also the plot holes annoyed me even more so. What the fuck was the point to begin with in hitting christopher in the head when getting into the shutte? Could he fly the motherfucker? Could he fix himself? No so why did he do it? Makes no sense at all to begin with. Also all the "alien weapons" ok it shows them ferrying down the prawns in helicopters did they just let them bring along their weapons too? Fucking no they wouldn't. Also how the fuck did the big suit even get down? You think someone flying the helicopter would be like Oh look a giant suit with guns all over it lets take it down to the planet.

Yeah, those are all good points. None of that really made any sense at all.

They had 20 years, i think you were supposed to assume they built those guns. Additionally, how is it a plot hole that he cracked christopher in the head? He was shown to be selfish prior to that and was just told it was going to take 3 years to fix his condition so he was pissed. The part I don't get is why the prawns never decided to fight back or anything with the weapons they had.

VS wrote:They had 20 years, i think you were supposed to assume they built those guns. Additionally, how is it a plot hole that he cracked christopher in the head? He was shown to be selfish prior to that and was just told it was going to take 3 years to fix his condition so he was pissed. The part I don't get is why the prawns never decided to fight back or anything with the weapons they had.

+1

TheLightedPath wrote:It wasn't what i was expecting and honestly didn't like it at all. I hated the whole documentary feel of the beginning. Also the plot holes annoyed me even more so. What the fuck was the point to begin with in hitting christopher in the head when getting into the shutte? Could he fly the motherfucker? Could he fix himself? No so why did he do it? Makes no sense at all to begin with. Also all the "alien weapons" ok it shows them ferrying down the prawns in helicopters did they just let them bring along their weapons too? Fucking no they wouldn't. Also how the fuck did the big suit even get down? You think someone flying the helicopter would be like Oh look a giant suit with guns all over it lets take it down to the planet.

I don't see how hitting christopher in the head is a plot hole.

He took his chances of going down there and trying to fix himself. Instead of that he ended flying the thing.

Saw it last night. Not terribly impressed - good movie, but not as great as I was assuming it would be. Some of the camera work was almost nausea inducing at the start.

Still, nice to see a totally new idea come out of Hollywood - not just another remake / sequel / reboot.

its actually based off of a short story.

I fucking hated it. What a shitty shitty movie.

Thank god im not the only one that thought so.

Thats how I feel about the hangover

Just saw it. Not at all what I was expecting. I thought it was going to be a lot better. Didn't like it. There was about 30 mins in the middle or so that were really good but the first 40 mins or so were boring. Started feeling sorry for that Chris alien. Definitely going to be a sequel based on the "I'll come back in three years" stuff.

Omni wrote:

VS wrote:Anyone else notice the interrogation scene from the trailer isn't even in the movie?

The "How do your weapons work?" scene? Yeah, I definitely noticed that too.

Yea, or the "We just want to go home." part. I was looking forward to that, but

nobody will remember this movie in 15 years