I needed something weird to take my mind off of real life! So we went to see "District 9"! If you haven't heard about it, it is a VERY different sci-fi movie. Seems that Peter Cook (Director of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy) was visited by a guy (Neill Blomkamp) that had an idea for a video game about aliens that were marooned on earth. Cook listened and in the end told the guy to make a movie instead. Peter Cook became the Producer (put up the money) and the movie costs $30,000,000 to make. That is a low budget movie by today's standards
"District 9" is about a giant alien ship that hovers over Johannesburg, South Africa. Eventually the aliens are removed from the ship and put in a shanty town slum at the edge of town. The movie begins with the movie version of the UN deciding to move them farther into the country to a tent city. The whole movie is done documentary style and with No name actors, it is starkly realistic. the aliens are sort of a combination insect/crab like thing.
You need to go online and see the trailer to better understand. It isn't an easy movie. It is probably the first movie this side of Star Wars/Star Trek where the aliens are the ones whom you feel sorry. It is a dark story and relates directly to South Africa's history a apartheid.
It is a messy, yucky, slimy movie and when people get shot, they explode. In other words: Guys will like it. It is not for everyone, but I liked it.
Note: It is rated R, The aliens even use the F word! go figure!
I give it *** stars. A movie with "GUTS" Lots of them.
2009 movie #53
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