District 9

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

I went to see it after hearing everyone going all "OMG! See it like NOW!"....I thought it was a pretty good film. Not mind blowing but it'll definatly be put on my "buy on DVD when it comes out" list.

Im glad we got to know the aliens (Christopher and his cute son mostly).

I was also warned that the film was not for the squeemish. I laughed when people blew up (especially that Nigerian gang leader). I don't think I've seen that bloody of a movie since Robocop.

The one thing I didn't get was that everyone was saying the events occured 20 years ago. 1982 - 2010 (computer screens and such said that was the year) is not 20 years ago... 28 years ago yes...but not 20.

I thought I kept hearing them refer to the time as twenty + years, not 20 years exactly. And the trailers did mention the 28 years ago.

Regardless, it's instantly a favorite of mine for the year. It's at a tie with Star Trek. I liked the over all story more in D9 than in Star Trek, but I like the overall characters in Star Trek more than D9. But Chris and his son were absolutely fantastic! At first, I really wanted Chris to tear apart some of the humans in the end, but he's definitely the better one. He just wanted to get him and his son home.