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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | There's been much hype around this but i fail to see why. Yes for the most part it is a fairly solid story original gritty and fairly thought provoking.
But for about the first 45 mins to an hour the film is let down by this stupid fad of reality cinematography. Split between documentary footage and news reports this only hindered the film for me.
The second half though was pretty solid with a nice emotional undercurrent but this whole recurring thing of people blowing up was just so repetitive by the end it was ridiculous.
I thought this movie was about to hit Rambo proportions with the body count.
Also i could never realy care for the main character found him even though he changes his ways towards the end a morally ambiguous selfish twat.
It was more the struggle of the aliens that had me hook.
Decent movie i would give it 4 out of 5 despite it's faults it does redeem it self enough to meet the strengths of story but this could have been a classic.
Well thats my 2 cents happy to here what any one else has to say on this movie. | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 681 |
| | Posted: | | | | I went to see this today, and I did like it. Generally I don't like action movies, but this time - for some reason - the large body count and action sequences didn't bother all that much. Overall I felt that action was not the main thing here.
What irked me a bit, though, was the concept of having these aliens been so nicely incorporated into the human sociiety in mere 20 years. For me that was very inplausible (to have shops with signs that no prawns allowed, and things like that). I felt that people had adjusted way too easily to the arrival of these aliens, the disappearance of language barrier and things like that.
Sharlto Copley's performance was absolutely fabulous, that is a big plus. | | | Mika
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | It's the little film that cost $30M to produce and brings in over $108 million within three weeks.,
That is the success story that all studios strive for .. | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Draxen: Quote:
I went to see this today, and I did like it. Generally I don't like action movies, but this time - for some reason - the large body count and action sequences didn't bother all that much. Overall I felt that action was not the main thing here.
What irked me a bit, though, was the concept of having these aliens been so nicely incorporated into the human sociiety in mere 20 years. For me that was very inplausible (to have shops with signs that no prawns allowed, and things like that). I felt that people had adjusted way too easily to the arrival of these aliens, the disappearance of language barrier and things like that.
Sharlto Copley's performance was absolutely fabulous, that is a big plus. Yeah the whole fact an event like that would just be reserved to the South African government to is just ludicrous. It would be an international affair and the aliens would not be allowed to live like that. I also wonder where all those weapons came from as they could not get back into there ship  America would take those weapons in no time. Still it was pretty solid once it got going. | | | | Last edited: by ShinyDiscGuy |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | I thought it was a good movie...one of the best I have seen this decade and one of the few that deserves the hype. I did not have a problem with the intigration or the local nature of the settlement. I was a huge fan of Alien Nation...both the series and the film...so that might be why. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
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| Registered: February 10, 2008 |  Posts: 244 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
I did not have a problem with the intigration or the local nature of the settlement. I was a huge fan of Alien Nation...both the series and the film...so that might be why. Just what one could expect from a Martian on Earth    |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
I thought it was a good movie...one of the best I have seen this decade and one of the few that deserves the hype. I was a huge fan of Hannah Montana...both the series and the film...so that might be why. EFT |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DeathbyBubbleGum: Quote:
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I thought it was a good movie...one of the best I have seen this decade and one of the few that deserves the hype. I was a huge fan of Hannah Montana...both the series and the film...so that might be why.
EFT Once again you let your small mind get in the way. I think it's time for you to grew up. What an arse.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar | | | | Last edited: by TheMadMartian |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
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I thought it was a good movie...one of the best I have seen this decade and one of the few that deserves the hype. I was a huge fan of Hannah Montana...both the series and the film...so that might be why.
EFT
Once again you let your small mind get in the way. I think it's time for you to grew up. What an arse.  Take a joke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting DeathbyBubbleGum: Quote:
Take a joke Be funny and less of an arse.  | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote:
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Take a joke
Be funny and less of an arse. Your tag is so apt last response. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 681 |
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What's up? What does EFT mean? | | | Mika
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| Registered: March 10, 2009 | | Posts: 2,248 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Draxen: Quote:
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What's up? What does EFT mean? Edited For Truth  |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,245 |
| | Posted: | | | | I see someone brought up Alien Nation.
I haven't seen District 9 yet but it sure seems to remind me of Alien Nation.
How similar really is D9 to Alien Nation? |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 13,201 |
| | Posted: | | | | Other than the two points already made, not at all. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom.
Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.
The Centauri learned this lesson once.
We will teach it to them again.
Though it take a thousand years, we will be free.
- Citizen G'Kar |
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| Registered: May 8, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 1,945 |
| | Posted: | | | | Just seen it, most definitely one of the best sci-fi movies ever made.
cheers
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