District 9

District 9

: ellen_datlow; August 20th, 2009

I saw it the other day and enjoyed it. It's not on the level of the few great sf movies I've seen (Bladerunner, Alien, and a few others) but it's very good. I particularly liked the first third (Rick Bowes hated the whole documentary style and preferred the shoot-em ups in the last half hour)and slowly began to care for Wikus as he rediscovered his own humanity (while still remaining true to his essential human-and-self-centeredness throughout most of the movie).

Good show. As I mentioned before when I photographed some of the viral advertising in LA--it had a brilliant ad campaign. All power to the director and I beg of him: Please do NOT make a sequel.

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14theditch

2009-08-20 11:36 pm (UTC)

I saw it the other day and enjoyed it. None of it particularly bothered me, but I'll admite I'm not the most astute movie goer. I thought the second half was very exciting -- good action. They do play the cliff hanger thing to death. You know, just as the machete comes within an inch of his arm the robot thing wakes up and... Still, pretty good. I thought the gang in the District 9 was supposed to be like a byproduct of the corporate gang -- sort of a hierarchy of power abusers. Ellen, if this plot doesn't lend itself to sequels I don't know what does. I'd be very surprised if they didn't have one where Christopher Robin, or whatever that alien's name is, comes back three years later like he says to rescue Wickus and turn him back into a human. I see it devolving into a Planet of the Apes type franchise with Saturday morning cartoons and a District 9 cereal, lunch box and underwear.

Edited at 2009-08-20 11:38 pm (UTC)

ellen_datlow

2009-08-20 11:50 pm (UTC)

I know I know. Once the alien said he'd come back you know that yeah, if there's a budget there's a way --oh well.

ellen_datlow

2009-08-20 11:50 pm (UTC)

Now the franchise stuff I could get behind :-)