Comments on: ‘District 9’ Is the Summer Movie You’ve Been Waiting For All Summer

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:48:13 +0000

@anon, re: racism, read any Neill Blomkamp interview in the last 3 months. It's not racism on our part at all. Try and inform yourself.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 23:44:22 +0000

brazil? original?.. you know there is this writer called george orwell who penned this great little story called 1984 and it is kinda regarded as a classic.

and you thinking the aliens as blacks is just.. wierd.

and a bit racist.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:54:51 +0000

it is a good movie. period. but i fail to see the much praised originality. since actually its derivativeness is what gives it its punch – just the way blomkamp has assimilated all kinds of influences – "e.t.", "robocop", "starship troopers" and "the fly" being the most obvious (and didn't you get a slight "brazil"-vibe from it?). blomkamp's intelligence lies in the way he works said influences in the fabric of his film. but is it an intelligent or original story itself? naah, not really. the whole pseudo documentary setup is just so yesterday's news. i guess it was cool (and worked to its advantage) the first times around, "henry" using video-footage, "man bites dog" being arranged as a docu, "blair witch project" going one step further. but ever since "cloverfield" (zzz!) i feel the attempt to make a movie seem "authentic" and "real" just backfires at this point. it doesn't draw you into the proceedings anymore, it distances you from what you see. though well made in "district 9", i found it a little tiring and lazy and, well, the opposite of original. though there's no explanation why blomkamp switches to a more classical approach in the second half of the film, that half is so much more better and convincing – and a much better showcase of blomkamp's obvious talent. but didn't the whole township-scenario leave a slight bitter aftertaste with you? i know it's meant as a critique, but i felt the whole aliens-as-blacks-as-insects just the slightest bit proto-fascistic (and not in a good verhoeven kind of way). anyway, a good film, nonetheless, but not really the savior of a subpar movie summer.

thomas

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:14:55 +0000

Seems like an interesting movie but I don't find this to be so wildly original. There seem to be so many similarities with movie Alien Nation and its sequels that I thought District 9 to be its remake. For example – big alien ship stranded on Earth and unable to leave, aliens assimiliated to human society, discrimination against aliens that is comparable with racism against minorities and immigrants in human society. So neither the storyline or concept seems to be new.