So were you among those at the "District 9" or "Serenity" screenings last night?
I'll admit, I had every intention of making it a double feature. But after the enthusiastic, GenCon-er packed revisit to the terrific "Serenity," I decided to opt out on the midnight show of newbie "District 9." Call me a wimp, if you must. I hope to get to it this week during traditional hours.
In the meantime, share your thoughts on either (or both) films.?
I'll admit, I had every intention of making it a double feature. But after the enthusiastic, GenCon-er packed revisit to the terrific "Serenity," I decided to opt out on the midnight show of newbie "District 9." Call me a wimp, if you must. I hope to get to it this week during traditional hours.
In the meantime, share your thoughts on either (or both) films.?
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The story and method of telling it were both done from a unique perspective and Sharito Copley did an outstanding job. The aliens were done extremely well and they were very realistic.
I disagree with Tim, District 9 was not good at all. Lou, you're I think you made the right decisions skipping the midnight showing.
Jeremy, I too had to recognize the Boratness of the main character. But that simple-mindedness is integral to portraying the bureaucratic goosestepping that drives us all so crazy amidst a whole range of social, political, and military issues.
District 9 was so different there will be those who don't like it. I recommend this movie be seen by people who might not normally be intrigued by science fiction and action adventure. Peter Jackson has provided a tale that can be dissected for symbolisms and interpretions and wrangled over till the aliens come home.
I think I got more of a kick out of seeing with everyone else was laughing and cheering about.
Lou, I thought you would be partying like a rockstar with the double but even Keith Richards of entertainment journalism needs to pace himself ;-)
many times I've seen it in the theater. I was amazed how much I still enjoy
seeing it on the big screen.
District 9 was impressive. It gets a bit gruesome and icky. Much to think about
related to how we treat others, w/ obvious allusions to apartheid and the
holocaust, all wrapped up with heart-pounding action that picks up towards
the middle of the movie. Fantastic special effects.
Then my friend and I raced back to Carmel to catch the midnight screening of District 9 with more friends and we all really liked that. I was amazed how concise the movie was. There wasn't a wasted second to it. It was a preachy movie, but it never had sermons that talked down to you. It's a movie where I can call it entertaining and vile in the same sentence without using either word as negative. It's an impressive movie.
Without giving away too much I must warn future movie goers that you really won’t be rooting for the majority of humans to succeed in their endeavors in District 9, indeed, it is often the Prawns who show more humanity than their host species. While watching the movie I thought about how much of what happened to the Prawns are actually happening to people throughout various locations around the globe who are at the mercy of others and who don’t have a mother ship hovering nearby to potentially carry them back home.
I do know that I can't stand that home movie style. The shaky camera makes me nauseous. I also know that without a single recognizable actor in the movie, I was impressed with the acting and even though I wanted to leave in the first 20 minutes or so...after that, even if I didn't LOVE the movie, I liked it enough and I'm happy to have seen it.
I will be seeing Shorts and Adam this week.
Do you have any passes for Post Grad?
Thanks for the passes. I really enjoyed District 9. I hope that it makes lots of money. It's nice when you can see a big-budget scale movie with characters and a story that you care about and it doesn't have to have big stars or big money.