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District 9

The commercials made it look stupid once the robots started coming in, but I LOVE the idea of an alien race being held captive here by our governments. I will be seeing this movie simply because its the first time in YEARS ive seen an original idea from hollywood :)
 
The faux documentary style made me think of Reno 911 way to much. Some of it was just wrong :) "sounds like popcorn doesn't"
 
I'm not going to lie, I never heard of the movie until the day it came out and was all over twitter.

Preview looked awesome! I might see it this coming weekend!
 
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I was so psyched to see it, and it blew.

First: why were the aliens there?
Second: cat food? wtf?
Third: the aliens were obviously an advanced race, yet they were complete morons. And don't give me that working class vs. smart guy class, any mullet headed nascar junkie knows when they're being ripped off.
Fourth: why the hell would they shoot it like a documentary? There is no way in hell they could get half of those shots then!! There wasn't a camera guy with the main character for 90% of the movie. (PS: I am so sick and tired of faux documentaries)
Fifth: why the hell would an energy source turn what's-his-face into a shrimp?
 
^ Too much analysis, me thinks.

Wife and I enjoyed watching the movie this evening.

Not what I expected. Interesting and fun. Can easily see a sequel coming.
 
rhett7660 said:
What plot holes are you referring to?
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If the baby alien could turn on the tractor drive, why didn't they do that sometime in the last 20 years?

In the beginning, the movie tries its best to make the aliens "alien" then slowly makes them to look human (Christopher caring for his son, the empathy he feels in the charnel house). And during that transformation, Christopher talks about saving his "people." OK, so why did he leave them all behind?

Why didn't the humans just reverse engineer the weapons so they don't need alien DNA? We are pretty good at that, y'know.

Why didn't they just use an alien "hand" as a glove to provide the DNA? The weapons didn't look THAT tricky.

All in all, like others, I really liked the movie. But it did have some really big plot holes.

mt
 
mysterytramp said:
If the baby alien could turn on the tractor drive, why didn't they do that sometime in the last 20 years?
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They didn't have enough of the energy source.

In the beginning, the movie tries its best to make the aliens "alien" then slowly makes them to look human (Christopher caring for his son, the empathy he feels in the charnel house). And during that transformation, Christopher talks about saving his "people." OK, so why did he leave them all behind?
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He's getting to the mothership to presumably call for reinforcements/get more weapons/get more technology.

Why didn't the humans just reverse engineer the weapons so they don't need alien DNA? We are pretty good at that, y'know.
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They were trying the entire time. The problem is the weapons were only weapons when connected by the alien DNA. Without it I assume they're just totally foreign to the humans the weapons are so advanced.


This isn't meant as a huge insult, but it seems like people are so quick to say they found plot-holes that they barely even watched/understood the movie. Why does there need to be an explanation for cat-food? They like it, that should be enough. Humans, largely, like Filet Mignon. If we were on an alien world what if they fed their cats Filet Mignon because they had different taste receptors there and didn't like the taste much? We'd be eating cat food too, then.
 
It was a fantastic film. I left absolutely satisfied. The easiest way to write-off their complacency is to understand beehives and the hierarchy. I thought this was a strength of the film. It also had a satirical component regarding the US immigration issues as they pertain to morality.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
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I was so psyched to see it, and it blew.

First: why were the aliens there?
Second: cat food? wtf?
Third: the aliens were obviously an advanced race, yet they were complete morons. And don't give me that working class vs. smart guy class, any mullet headed nascar junkie knows when they're being ripped off.
Fourth: why the hell would they shoot it like a documentary? There is no way in hell they could get half of those shots then!! There wasn't a camera guy with the main character for 90% of the movie. (PS: I am so sick and tired of faux documentaries)
Fifth: why the hell would an energy source turn what's-his-face into a shrimp?
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Someone needs to relax and enjoy life a little. ;)
 
leekohler said:
Someone needs to relax and enjoy life a little. ;)
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No way am I going to feign enjoyment in a movie that I see serious issues with. It's great that you liked it, but poor directing (the faux documentry, gone shaky cam action flick. Seriously, stay consistent!) and plot holes that no one even attempted to explain, really ruin the illusion for me and I just couldn't enjoy it.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
No way am I going to feign enjoyment in a movie that I see serious issues with. It's great that you liked it, but poor directing (the faux documentry, gone shaky cam action flick. Seriously, stay consistent!) and plot holes that no one even attempted to explain, really ruin the illusion for me and I just couldn't enjoy it.
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When I go watch a movie, I check reality at the ticket booth and just enjoy.

Otherwise almost all movies concerning the military, aviation, computers, etc. would simply be unenjoyable as I find the holes.

Much more fun to just go and enjoy, or skip in the movie in the first place. :)
 
Once it's at the dollar theater I will go see it. Just can't see how this movie (or most others for that matter) is worth $9. Especially if there is no memorable parts I would hate to waste $9 just to not really recall the movie later.
 
synth3tik said:
Once it's at the dollar theater I will go see it. Just can't see how this movie (or most others for that matter) is worth $9. Especially if there is no memorable parts I would hate to waste $9 just to not really recall the movie later.
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Theaters around here only charge $5 if you go before noon. I usually try and go at that hour since I am a poor college student.
 
jessica. said:
I put District 1 - 8 in my Netflix queue. Once I watch those I can't wait to see District 9.
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Lmao. Looks like you won't be seeing District 9.
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I want to see it because of all the hype, but I just know I'll fall asleep in the theater because alien movies aren't my thing.
 
sushi said:
When I go watch a movie, I check reality at the ticket booth and just enjoy.

Otherwise almost all movies concerning the military, aviation, computers, etc. would simply be unenjoyable as I find the holes.

Much more fun to just go and enjoy, or skip in the movie in the first place. :)
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Am I the only person in the world who still sees film making as an art? Something not meant to be mindless entertainment. When film making loses its art it becomes pornography.
 
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