District 9 (2009) (R)
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka
Daddy Says:
District 9 is the story of what would happen if a huge alien spaceship got stalled while hovering in the sky above South Africa. Us humans go up to help out the refugee aliens, bring them down to earth and set them up in their very own slum (the title refers to the area the aliens are housed in). A government agent (Sharlto Copley), while informing the aliens that they are being evicted to even worse conditions, gets accidentally sprayed with a liquid which slowly begins to change him into something else. Upon learning that his government now wants to harvest him for spare parts, he is forced to go on the run and rely on the very species he was persecuting only days before.
This is a wonderfully made film. It's technically brilliant (the aliens are completely CGI, but never do they seem to be less than real). The film manages to bring true emotions to both their plight, and that of the agent on the run. It has incredible action, a great script full of imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.
Grade for District 9: A-
Daughter Says:
I was really impressed by District 9. It took me on an adventure of a life time. I have never seen so much violence and transformations in an alien movie since, well, Alien. I enjoyed District 9 a whole lot and was only grossed out once; it wasn't even caused by the weird looking aliens, or the blood splattering onto the cameras. It was the part where he pulls off whole fingernails that made me want to throw up, and it ends pretty fast.
Its a very detailed story about trusting other kinds when you have no where else to turn. I liked this alien story a whole lot and hope they come out with a sequel, because they left it on a good cliff hanger.
I rate District 9 a "A-" for the cliff hanger.
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka
Daddy Says:
District 9 is the story of what would happen if a huge alien spaceship got stalled while hovering in the sky above South Africa. Us humans go up to help out the refugee aliens, bring them down to earth and set them up in their very own slum (the title refers to the area the aliens are housed in). A government agent (Sharlto Copley), while informing the aliens that they are being evicted to even worse conditions, gets accidentally sprayed with a liquid which slowly begins to change him into something else. Upon learning that his government now wants to harvest him for spare parts, he is forced to go on the run and rely on the very species he was persecuting only days before.
This is a wonderfully made film. It's technically brilliant (the aliens are completely CGI, but never do they seem to be less than real). The film manages to bring true emotions to both their plight, and that of the agent on the run. It has incredible action, a great script full of imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.
Grade for District 9: A-
Daughter Says:
I was really impressed by District 9. It took me on an adventure of a life time. I have never seen so much violence and transformations in an alien movie since, well, Alien. I enjoyed District 9 a whole lot and was only grossed out once; it wasn't even caused by the weird looking aliens, or the blood splattering onto the cameras. It was the part where he pulls off whole fingernails that made me want to throw up, and it ends pretty fast.
Its a very detailed story about trusting other kinds when you have no where else to turn. I liked this alien story a whole lot and hope they come out with a sequel, because they left it on a good cliff hanger.
I rate District 9 a "A-" for the cliff hanger.
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