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From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and director Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original science fiction thriller that “soars on the imagination of its creators” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). With stunning special effects and gritty realism, the film plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed… only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapo… More >>
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District 9
This movie is nothing more than a really bad remake of Alien Nation. Do yourself a favor, miss out on District 9.
I’m starting to truly believe that a large segment of the human race (mostly male) has a defective gene. This defective gene causes a love of gruesome violence and a total lack of concern for the suffering of others. This gene also promotes binary thinking - the guy with the white hat is good and the guy with the black hat is bad. There’s no in-between. And if there is - who cares!
A certain segment of Hollywood knows how to precisely exploit this genetic weakness and billions of dollars pour into their bank accounts. Telling a good story is a lost cause for this segment of the population. Show as much blood, guts, torture and torment as possible. It’s such a formula recipe, it could be written on the back of a matchbook cover: Blood, guts, action = BILLIONS, year in, and year out! Why didn’t I think of that?
If you love oceans of blood, vomiting, heads and limbs popping off of bodies with regularity, a graphic torture chamber used for medical experiments and repeated attempts at cutting off someone’s arm - then District 9 is for you! And there is also ZERO sexuality in this film. (Why am I not surprised?)
The only reason I didn’t walk out was because I wanted to see if the good guys were going to win in the end. I did actually care about the main characters and the gruesome violence made watching District 9 all that much sadder and annoying to watch.
THIS NOT A FILM FOR CHILDREN!! If the images shown do not disturb your children, I suggest they need to get some help. THIS IS A WAR PORN MOVIE! It exploits the audience, plain and simple!
Beside feeling sad, I felt empty when I left the theater. Lucky for me I was able to sneak into another movie and watch it for free. It showed only a single act of serious (and accidental) violence and that story was an absolute delight! Too bad Hollywood doesn’t make more great movies that actually entertain instead of making films that are so depressing and annoying!
For a MUCH more entertaining approach to Science Fiction see:Zardoz and Enemy Mine and Fantastic Planet and A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition) and Bicentennial Man and Galaxy Quest (Deluxe Edition)
Also see: Violence and the Media and Bad Movies We Love (Plume) and Reel Shame: Bad Movies and the Hollywood Stars Who Made Them.
Oh dear if I were the producers of the original ‘ALIEN NATION’ - Jimmy Caan 1988 - I would sue …… same story - just different costumes …..
I found this movie to be nauseating, both in content (disgusting, upsetting) and camera work (unsteady handheld camera causes motion sickness). I walked out halfway though the movie, making it the only movie I have ever walked out of. I became convinced that if I stayed I was going to be violently ill, either because of the visuals or because of the content of the film.