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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 17 2009, 07:50 PM (414 Views) | |
| Sgt King | Aug 17 2009, 07:50 PM Post #1 |
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Saw the R-rated science fiction movie "District 9" today with my son. We both gave it ***1/2 out of 4. Intelligent original story with great action and effects. The best movie we've seen in 2009! |
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| shelbyvinje | Sep 30 2009, 01:34 PM Post #2 |
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Best movie of the year I've seen is WATCHMEN. (I also watched SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and GRAN TORINO which was great, but that was released the year previous and those were the best of the year as well.) DISTRICT 9 was not that good, in my opinion. It's a love-it or hate-it movie. Mixed blessings. |
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| Black Tiger | Sep 30 2009, 03:16 PM Post #3 |
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District 9 was certainly original. Part mockumentary, part social commentary, part action-adventure, part comedy. I enjoyed it, but felt it dragged in spots and was disappointed at the ending (or lack of same). The movie just stopped. Either the filmmakers want the audience to draw their own conclusions or are gearing up for a District 10 sequel. Impressive major film directorial debut for Blomkamp. |
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| The Batman | Jan 4 2010, 09:11 AM Post #4 |
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Great movie for the most part, the last half hour went too "Hollywood actioner" for me. Ending was a bit of a let down, too. Impressive first time effort, though. |
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| Laughing Gravy | May 23 2010, 02:39 PM Post #5 |
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Saw this last night. A massive ship hovers over South Africa; investigation shows it contains a million refugees from some other planet. They look like 7-foot-tall grasshoppers and are soon stuck in a "relocation camp" that becomes a ghetto for the "prawns", as they prejoratively nicknamed by humans. Twenty years pass, and the place becomes a crime-infested, poverty-ridden ghetto. The government decides to relocate the prawns, and the project is headed by a cheerfully clueless bureaucrat who has zero idea how to take precautions when blundering into a hellhole like this. Hmmm. I loved the special effects, and the story is kinda fun. The picture drags near the end (turns into a shoot-em-out) but I loved the most unlikely hero of this picture. A fun popcorn picture with obvious parallels with South African history. |
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