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You've heard the people's demands, Mr. Frucci. The rest is up to you.
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08/17/09
It's really a shame. I wanted to like the movie, I really did, but the writing just totally ruined it. For the sake of not releasing any spoilers to the people who might actually enjoy it I'll say this: If you can look past the paper-thin plot devices and all-too-convenient events then it'll be great.
08/17/09
HEY EVERYONE WHO HASN'T SEEN THE MOVIE. STOP READING BELOW MY COMMENT, LOTS OF SPOILERS WITH NO WARNING.
SPOILER ALERT
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Btw, the alien is bruce willis. and he's been dead the whole time.
08/17/09
I loved this movie, but my main issue was this - how is it that the same shit that changed human DNA into alien DNA is ALSO the fuel needed for the spaceship? It seems a bit of a stretch that the liquid contained in the canister can do all that...
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*obvious spoiler alert*
"You can fix me?"
"yes I'll send you to my mothership and blah blah, we need to hurry, your transformation is almost complete"
Cut scene
"I'll come back to fix you in 3 years"
"uhm...but..."
08/17/09
I actually liked that exchange between the characters. It shows that Christopher is actually a lot like us in that he just glossed over the truth to get Wikars to do as he wanted.
08/17/09
Am I alone in seeing this as a prequel to Halo? Many of the weapons and vehicles used can be seen as technological predecessors to counterparts in the game series - the "prawns" could have been "elites" with a little artistic license. . .(notice the colored garb signifying rank amongst them?).
The most compelling evidence - same director and producer that were originally slated for the Halo movie - are planning on releasing "Halo: Fall of Reach" in 3 years. (a significant timeframe in the movie)
I loved it either way.
08/17/09
I'm sorry, but you're incorrect. Jackson and Blomkomp had been working on bringing a live action Halo to the screen prior to working on District 9 (Blomkomp having directed some short films for Halo 2 called "Landfall"), however when that project was scrapped, they moved on to making District 9 from Blomkomp's short film "Alive in Joburg."
As Jackson put it, "We woke up one morning making Halo and went to bed that night making District 9."
Blomkomp has since said that he isn't interested in the Halo project any longer.
08/17/09
I doubt this would follow the halo timeline true enough to be a prequel, but I'm not sure because I never read the books.
However, I did see some similarities to Halo, those white rifles that the army guys used were very similar in shape to the Halo Battle Rifle...
08/17/09
Some other similarities - those offroad vehicles could very easily evolve into warthogs, and that command ship module could evolve into a banshee. . .
I understand that the events of the halo stories are set several hundred years in the future, and the timeframe for this movie implies that it's the not-too-distant future, but it appears to me that this could be a useful backstory to fuel the war between the covenant and humanity. . .
I'm still convinced. Too many uncanny links and similarities, and the movie sets up the franchise too well to be ignored in my opinion.
08/17/09
The sniper rifle was an NTW-20, a South African anti-materiel 20mm rifle.
08/17/09
The entire second half of the movie was far too predicable and bland. As a movie, I really didn't think it was great, and I'm guessing the initial public euphoria will wear off.
That said, the CGI was INCREDIBLE, in a sort of understated way, thanks in part to the docu/lo-res shooting style of much of the movie. Well integrated into the story, and not too over the top.
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Ok now, remember that scene in the trailer that totally hooked you where they had the alien in the interrogation room and they where translating what he said?
*****SPOILER **********SPOILER SPOILERSSSSSSSSSSSSS***********
Never happened. Nothing like that every happened.
I have one question for the makers of District 9: WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT!?!?!?
Where do they come from? How did they get here? Where in the galaxy do they come from? Backstory? History of the aliens? Everything that everyone wants to know and understand about aliens if they were here for 28 years? NOTHING. Except they figured out how their weapons work and something they REALLY like to eat.
Granted it was better then GI Joe, Transformers etc, but this is one movie that I wish would have been more 30% more like "Contact" and had less cool weapons (other then Mechs, where they really that cool?) and unnecessary fight scenes. Or be 30 minutes longer with back story that truly hooked me.
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And you know, I completely forgot about that interrogation scene from the trailer.
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The rest, including Star Trek IMO, was filler.
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@North Star: Ahhh, someone else remembers Sledge Hammer!
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08/17/09
I whole heartedly disagree that he was an idiot. Maybe you mean the character was an idiot. But the acting on his part, in my opinion, given the role, was outstanding.
my 86 cents.
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I thought it they did a great job setting up Wikus' role - he just seemed like a little douche trying to impress and be tough and hero-like, when in the end, he did man up.
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Regardless, I was really struck by how real all the CG stuff felt. That mech was my favorite, and definitely more enjoyable to me than the boring transformers and such in other movies.
08/17/09
The mech made me want this team (director/weta/jackson) to develop a Metal Gear movie as well as get them back to work on the Halo movie. I'm afraid Spielberg is going to make a lesser movie than it could have been.
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