Mike Reviews District 9
Posted in Movie Reviews on August 27th, 2009 by Mike Fotis – 8 CommentsHappy Thursday!
1. Last night I saw the new sci-fi alien flick District 9. District 9 is truly one of the most original movies I’ve seen in a long while. Bear in mind, I don’t actually see that many movies, so whether or not this movie truly is original is probably best answered by someone more “sci fi” informed than me. And that person might be the asshole fan boy who sat behind me and at the end of the movie proclaimed with more authority than I think he truly has in any other aspect of his life, “I hated the ending!”
And that was that. Fan boy had spoken. His penis may never feel the inside of a vagina, but on this night his fear of dying a virgin was overridden by the rage he felt over D-9′s ending. I feel pity for those who shared the same District 9 chat board with him later that evening. Surely his venomous posting was not for the faint of heart.
What I do know is that it turns out I really respond to movies about ugly aliens, segregation, the evil of bio technology and the human impulse to create an “us vs them” scenario when dealing with anything that’s different from the norm or threatens what we consider to be normal, and endings that leave everything in doubt.
Ray felt overdressed when he realized he was the only person who wore riot gear to the BBQ.
D-9 is not a bang bang shoot em’ up alien flick, at least the majority of it isn’t. That’s not to say the movie isn’t gory. It’s gory as all get out. It’s simply that the gore comes in different ways than I expected and is central to what I thought was a brilliant plot device.
I would tell you more about it, but I am not a good enough writer to do so and NOT give away major plot points.
If you’re expecting Independence Day, don’t go. If you want to continue eating shrimp without guilt, don’t go. But if you’re looking for the “thinking man’s” alien movie, then District 9 is right up your alley.
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