I loved the dishwasher-loading contest. Thought it was one of the most appealing part of the movie. Different strokes, I guess.
This money, it is too much. You should have some small refund.
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Gris - Aug 11, 2009 4:06:50 am PDT #3515 of 30000
Hey. New board.
erikaj - Aug 11, 2009 5:07:33 am PDT #3516 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
I might have cut it...it's been a few months now. But at the time, I guess I bought it and stuff. But the overall point of the scene was that she finds the cup with her little brother's name on it right? I suppose they could have done that another way.ETA: I suppose it also says something about the family's competitive ethic(or something) but if the director had cut that sequence, I'm sure there's a shorter means of expressing that somewhere. What I took from it though is that theirs is not an easy family to be a "loser" in. Maybe I was wrong, though.
Kate P. - Aug 11, 2009 7:17:54 am PDT #3517 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I loved the dishwasher-loading contest. Thought it was one of the most appealing part of the movie. Different strokes, I guess.
That was my favorite scene in the movie! I thought it was a sweet, goofy way to show Rachel's husband (I forget his name) finding his place in her family. It felt very real.
Kathy A - Aug 11, 2009 7:52:21 am PDT #3518 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
An interesting article on the creative background of District 9.
I didn't know much about the movie other than what I've seen in the trailers, so I wasn't aware that it was actually based in South Africa (due to the Peter Jackson connection, I thought the accents were Kiwi) and is an SF take on apartheid.
Jon B. - Aug 11, 2009 7:55:05 am PDT #3519 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
megan walker - Aug 11, 2009 8:16:33 am PDT #3520 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
erika, did you like scene where they actually have a contest to see who can load a dishwasher the best?
I agree that it was too long, but I loved it because loading the dishwasher is such an individual family thing and everyone is always convinced they do it the absolutely perfect way.
tommyrot - Aug 11, 2009 8:22:21 am PDT #3521 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
erikaj - Aug 11, 2009 8:27:16 am PDT #3522 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
And, actually, the larger-than-life movie-people thing has bugged me for a long time...remember, I'm Talky Movie Chick. So I'm not very bothered by the dishwasher thing.
javachik - Aug 11, 2009 8:28:46 am PDT #3523 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Wow, I didn't know there was so much family angst about dishwashers! Maybe because I didn't grow up with one? It was about 12 minutes long, and ends with the dad finding a plate that belonged to the little brother. I also watched it at 2AM in a fit of insomnia, so I could just have been very impatient.
Hayden - Aug 11, 2009 8:49:41 am PDT #3524 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I really liked the dishwasher scene, too. I generally liked the movie, although the emotional blowout with her mother seemed a little too contrived. The mostly uncontrived remainder of the movie made up for that, though. It seemed rather Altman-esque, although I've never seen Altman's A Wedding, which I suspect was a major influence. Another thing I really liked: everybody's tense, oh-shit-here-comes-the-trainwreck look when what's-her-name, Anne Hathaway's character, stood to toast her sister/steal the limelight.