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Shadow Knight
12-08-2009, 08:35 PM
Sooo, the hype train has really been behind this flick since about Comic-con. Produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neil Blomkamp (the team who were going to bring Halo to film) District 9 seems to be a larger scale version of one of Blomkamp's earlier short films Alive in Joberg, which is pretty freaking awesome. (see below) The film revolves around aliens who arrive in South Africa (some 20-odd years prior to events of the film) and are confined to the slums.

I really can't wait to see it, i've been avoiding reviews but it's being really well recieved. Plus it's Peter Jackson. So y'know, as a fellow kiwi it would be like, illegal for me not to see it, right?

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District 9 opens on the 13th. (tomorrow!!)

Psyched!
AranchineD
12-08-2009, 08:42 PM
Yeah, I'll probably go see it on Friday, can't wait given the impressions people on here have given.
Second
12-08-2009, 08:55 PM
I really can't wait to see this. It looks freaking awesome.
aubergine
12-08-2009, 11:15 PM
Cool short video, easy to see what Jackson sees in this guy.
Lazlow
12-08-2009, 11:56 PM
A big bag of money?
Hyperblau
13-08-2009, 11:03 AM
As i said in the movie review thread, this movie is absolutely fantastic. Go see it as soon as you can.

5/5
Slippery
13-08-2009, 11:21 AM
Seeing it on Saturday, looking forward to it
enrique
13-08-2009, 11:33 AM
A friend tipped me off to this recently, probably go see it on the weekend, I'm liking what I see so far.
aubergine
13-08-2009, 12:52 PM
A big bag of money?

Of anyone in the world, Jackson does NOT have to do anything for money.
fishfishmonkeyhat
17-08-2009, 01:26 PM
I liked it but the ET cameo near the almost ruined it.
NiB
20-08-2009, 05:48 PM
Saw it without even checking a review, went in totally blind (not drunk :p) and was blown away.

If only Hollywood would start handing out more money to people with creative and original ideas.
TrinityJayOne
20-08-2009, 11:18 PM
Yeah cannot recommend it enough! Myself & Shorty saw it on day 1, blew us both away. Seen it again since then, still awesome.
Space_Monkey
23-08-2009, 12:30 PM
Well not a whole lot of detail in this thread other than, it's amazing and go see you limey bastards.

Well I'm not the man to change that.

So I saw it last night and it was really impressive, creative, original and the special effects were amazing too.

An incredable achievement. GO SEE IT YOU LIMEY BASTARDS.
Pauly
24-08-2009, 04:30 PM
apart from the usual 'it was amazing' i thought the lead actor deserved some credit seeing as it was his first acting role and he did an awesome job. and can't believe they made it with only $30 million...
Shorty
24-08-2009, 04:53 PM
Saw it for a second time last Friday night. It's still excellent. :cool:
Gilder
27-08-2009, 09:51 PM
Saw District 9 last night. I came out really wanting a live action Robotech movie with awesome CG effects, spaghetti missiles and all.

Good movie, although the hype machine kind of killed it a little for me. It would have been really good going in to the movie fresh, without knowing what to expect.
Lex
29-08-2009, 07:50 AM
Loved it, but by the 10th heart-wrenching-beatdown-while-help-is-on-the-way scene, it got a little silly. Still, you can totally see how this became the halo movie, and not in a bad way.
BB2K
31-08-2009, 03:19 PM
A couple of my mates saw this on Saturday, don't know why they didn't invite me.
They said it was pretty bad, but you can't really trust someone who began the sentence with 'Transformers 2 is the best movie ever' to critique any movie.
VanAce
31-08-2009, 11:12 PM
apart from the usual 'it was amazing' i thought the lead actor deserved some credit seeing as it was his first acting role and he did an awesome job. and can't believe they made it with only $30 million...

Yeah same. The visuals were amazing. Although the US dollar probably goes further in South Africa. 30,000,000.00 USD = 233,526,659.04 ZAR.
Manny M
01-09-2009, 11:13 PM
apart from the usual 'it was amazing' i thought the lead actor deserved some credit seeing as it was his first acting role and he did an awesome job. and can't believe they made it with only $30 million...

Interestingly, that guy is in the 'Alive in Joberg' original... so technically not his first acting role :P

In all seriousness though, his character alone did a hell of lot for the movie. He was the kind of normal, kind guy who you felt completely compassionate for. Without him it would've been very different.
fishfishmonkeyhat
02-09-2009, 07:28 PM
I don't know, the abortion scene made him look like a bit of a jerk.
Xanafalgue
05-09-2009, 08:14 AM
I don't know, the abortion scene made him look like a bit of a jerk.

Just your average South African.
TAT
06-09-2009, 10:27 PM
Brilliant. The last movie I remember turning sci-fi on its head like this was Minority Report.
Manny M
06-09-2009, 11:57 PM
I don't know, the abortion scene made him look like a bit of a jerk.

He just liked the POP... who doesn't like a good popping sound!
Shorty
07-09-2009, 12:50 AM
I'll never look at popcorn the same way again.
AranchineD
07-09-2009, 08:23 AM
I'll never look at popcorn the same way again.

Mmmm, Soylent Prawn
TAT
07-09-2009, 09:08 AM
I also don't understand the reports of people walking out. The way the film is established is very innovative.
Vindik8or
07-09-2009, 10:16 AM
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Watchers
07-09-2009, 11:47 AM
So I wasn't the only one reminded on Murray, then.
adam_91vn
10-09-2009, 11:49 PM
Just finished it. Did not know anything about it and was pleasantly surprised :)
Zan
11-09-2009, 01:01 PM
It was a little over hyped for me. I was waiting for a big revelation in the end but what I got felt pretty out of place in the movie. The Murray factor was also a tad weird.
Inquisitor
20-09-2009, 03:33 PM
Just caught this the other day. Pretty good flick. Loved seeing how Wikus deteriorated throughout the movie. I thought last third or so of it got a bit ridiculous, but I guess it is a Sci-Fi.