OMG, that's so cool.
Saw District 9 last night, and WOW! It's pretty violent, and in most cases, graphically so, but the performances are across the board excellent, and the WETA special effects are easily the best I've ever seen in anything.
Patron: That girl is a witch. Mal: Yeah, but she's our witch.
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Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 6:43:15 am PDT #3670 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 6:52:29 am PDT #3671 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Continuing - again the SFX for District 9 are just flawless.
But what's really compelling is the story. It's openly an allegory for apartheid, and it gets you to care very deeply about the alien ("prawn") characters.
Polter-Cow - Aug 14, 2009 7:01:17 am PDT #3672 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I'm seeing it tonight!!
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 7:07:02 am PDT #3673 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I look forward to your review.
Also I feel compelled to note that this makes three movies in a row, where the movie really lingers with you afterwards (Moon, 500 Days of Summer, and now D9).
le nubian - Aug 14, 2009 7:19:36 am PDT #3674 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm seeing D9 tonight too. I worry about the comment about graphic violence, but if I dealt with Alien and Alien 2, can it be worse?
Sean K - Aug 14, 2009 7:29:19 am PDT #3675 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I would not say it's necessarily worse than either of those movies (though I suppose that's subjective), but I should note that the violence is in service to the story, and not just grindhouse gratuitous.
It would not be the first graphically violent apartheid movie. You don't have to be violent to do an apartheid movie, but neither is graphic violence out of place.
megan walker - Aug 14, 2009 7:30:10 am PDT #3676 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Whoa. Has anybody else heard about what SWINTON! is up to right now: [link]
Both Sullivan's Travels and M. Hulot's Holiday ? That is awesome.
juliana - Aug 14, 2009 8:12:07 am PDT #3677 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
You don't have to be violent to do an apartheid movie, but neither is graphic violence out of place.
Absolutely true. I read that the director also touched on how totalitarian the government was during apartheid - yes/no?
tommyrot - Aug 14, 2009 8:14:59 am PDT #3678 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.
So it sounds better than Alien Nation (the movie), huh? I mean, in Alien Nation, the aliens land, Reagan welcomes them, and all of a sudden it's a buddy cop film, where the two partners are different! "One's a human, the other alien; they fight crime!"
Daisy Jane - Aug 14, 2009 8:16:14 am PDT #3679 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I wonder how I would do seeing that movie. I cannot watch movies with people being awful to each other. I've never made it all the way through Schinler's List. Last King of Scotland had me crying so hard my husband had to change the channel for me, and The Lives of Others (or something like that) gave me nightmares.
I wonder if it will be easier if the oppressed are aliens.