District 9 is about aliens who get stuck on Earth, and the humans force them to live in slums. One worker of MNU starts to realize what the humans are doing (plus something else that I won't giveaway) and helps the aliens. First off, see this movie in theaters. This movie is a movie to be seen on the big screen with good sound. Everyone has seen the "Non-Human" billboards, bench posters, etc. around, and definitely brought up a question of what they are for. An awesome marketing plan for a great movie. At first, the film started pretty slow. There were interviews with a documentary-esque style to the film (which turned into a major plus) and I was just not giving a sh*t about it. But then the movie got out of 1st gear and skipped all the way to 4th. When the lead character started to change and understand what's happening, everything became better. Action grew exponentially, the visuals became even more amazing, and other crazy stuff began. The filming was one of the coolest parts of the film since it was like a documentary at time, you felt you were in the middle of fights as blood splattered/covered the lens. But, the best parts were the weapons! The guns and robot in the film were so freaking cool, and not just that, the film makers made the way they killed people so realistic looking. People in the audience all the time were cringing or cheering when one of the guns went off. The guns weren't completely creative (if you play v-games you know a good range) but their realism is what made it beastly, along with the smooth interaction of the alien robot.
The entire visuals of the film turned out for the better too. The
CGI was so seamlessly put into the film, you begin to think the aliens were real. Director, Neill Blomkamp, said he treated the CGI like any other part of film making, instead of glorifying it like other films, which is why the creatures look and feel so realistic. Not just that but the budget of his film was only $30 mil, compared to
Transformers 2, which was $200 mil, just proved Blomkamp's point. The aliens looked so real, and their design was pretty unique too. I also liked that it took places in South Africa since I've never seen a Hollywood blockbuster have zero-USA relations, and it was able to utilize the culture. And, the acting was pretty spot on. For an ensemble with zero-named actors, they all meshed very well together, but the aliens definitely out shined the humans. Some negatives to the film was the slow start, some of the shots were too jostled, and there were one or two slow parts.
Overall, see this movie in theaters. It has created a new feel, treatment, and style to the Sci-Fi genre. It may have started slow, but it definitely picked up and then some. Awesome weapons! Brutal visuals! and definitely B Worthy!
Rating: 4 / 5 Bs
If you're a fan of Grindhouse, Shoot 'Em Up or just want to see a funny ass zombie movie, then this is it! The movie pretty much is a mash-up of those shooter arcade games that had the actual guns you use to play as a kid meets blockbuster Hollywood, and actually done right. The cast is actually really well picked: Jesse Eisenberg is pretty much a brunette Michael Cera (Superbad), Emma Stone is great along with Abigail Breslin, and (an actor I'm not usually a fan of) Woody Harrelson made this movie. He was freaking hilarious with his lines and attitude. MINOR SPOILER: this movie has one of the funniest cameos I've seen in a movie with Bill Murray. I'm not going to give anything away but every scene Murray is in, is laugh out loud funny.
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