This and "Inglorious Basterds" are the only two movies I've really been excited for this summer.

Yeah. I'm hoping Inlorious doesn't disappoint like Kill Bill or Death Proof. But I've been waiting for D9 since I saw the first teaser.

I have high hopes for Inglourious Basterds, despite my usual dislike of Tarantino, so yeah, I do hope it doesnt disapoint.

This one though, I am somewhat cautious on, as it seems to at least partially be similar in style to the likes of Cloverfield and Blair Witch, albeit not with camcorders.
I think I may hold out til this one is on tv as well.

It certainly has potential, but I am not gonna get too excited about it!

The documentary feel is only for the first ten or fifteen minutes of the film, from what I've read, as a way to setup the concept of an alien slum. I remember thinking this was an Alien Nation/COPS mix when I first saw a full trailer.

Everything I'm hearing about Inglourious basterds has been good, especially when it got booed at Cannes by the French filmgoers for the title card, "Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France..." If the froggies hate it, it must be good!

District 9 is getting mostly good, but slightly mixed reviews. That said, I'm with everyone in that these two flicks are my must-see films of the summer.

I dunno. Those aliens are just too damn ugly for me to give a damn about whether or not they're being opressed. They should look more like the Tenctonese except, you know, not so fixated with sex.

And I'm tired of the Nazi angle.

Why must you hate on Uschi all the time?

Then I guess you're relieved that this is a movie directed by a South African, filmed and set in South Africa. So it's actually more of an allegory about apartheid.

No no! I was talking about--Arrgh! Forget it!

Leave Uschi alone, you bully!

Strangers in a Strange Land:

• Forget man's inhumanity to man. District 9 is a deft satire of man's inhumanity to alien....And on the guns-a-blazin' front, the director's action-savvy is unmatched so far this year. The mechanized, no-holds-barred finale is the summer's best action setpiece—all the more impressive considering the film was made for about $30 million, less than a sixth of what Michael Bay reportedly spent on his joyless, insipid Transformers sequel.

I really hope this film does well.

One, because it's the underdog.

B, because it's science fiction.

I'm seeing it Tuesday.

This movie was all kinds of awesome. You really should fucking see it.

You know what makes this movie so stupid?

The aliens landed in South Africa. That's absolutely ridiculous!

Every film maker knows that the aliens always land in the USA--it's a rule!

Do the aliens get their comeuppance in the end?

That's actually a joke in the movie.

They don't screw guys, no.

Well played.

great freaking movie. pig death for the win!

The documentary style is used on and off during the film. You're not limited by it like Cloverfield or Blair Witch. It's used just enough to give you the feeling that all this shit is real by giving exposition without having a character having to awkwardly say long lines in the middle of the narrative to get you up to speed.

(But, I already said I wanted to see it and it looked good)

It looks like I just farted...

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/39district-939-lifts-off-with-no-1-weekend-37m-ap

It's a safe bet that there will be a District 10.

You know you're my favorite Rex.

I came here just to read how "this is once again the same bleeding-heart-liberal-agenda on the treatment of illegal aliens and foreigners" and you've severely disappointed me.

Illegals come here on purpose.

So the Prawns accidentally entered our atmosphere, stalled for a month before ejecting their command module?

Blomkamp said himself that they landed here after their queen died and they needed to find a planet with resources.

DEEERRRR TAAAKIN OUR JERBS!

In that case, yes. Yes they are.

I mean just watch the "User Submitted" Videos at d-9.com

All you have to do is replace "non-human" with something else.

No need to. You've convinced me.

I don't really care either way.

If the Mexicans had half the cool shit the Prawns did, they'd be no problems.

True.

The problem with Mexicans is that they're basically worthless. Their cultural example takes all the credibility away from the idea that there's "value in diversity."

Technologically advanced aliens on the other hand would definitely have a pay off.

Um... Pariah.... I was only joking with my post.























We'd still hate the Mexicans anyway.

But they have fireworks!

They stole those from the Chinese.

And the Chinese stole them from the Yama Kings!

Well, I get my fireworks, weed and TV from those guys so they're good with me.

They give you transvestites?

They stole the fireworks from the Chinese, the weed from the Indians, and the TV from my uncle Mort. Fuck you, man!

I, for one, have great respect for the Aztecs. They knew how to treat their virgins until the stoopid Spanish raped and murdered that out of them. I think this message board should adopt the Aztec policy towards our virgins - either fuck 'em or sacrifice 'em.

Well look at the "quality" of the virgins here.
Sacrifice is the only option!

KILL MUPPET FACE!!!

Wow. That sounds like you live near the border, perhaps in L.A. If so, can you say hi to whomod (and his daughter) for us?

AO's in San Fran. Pretty far north of Whomod and me.

It's too bad Christopher can never become the leader of his people because of his African birth certificate.

He just needs to forge one from Hawaii.

Damn prawns need to get off the catfood and welfare and learn to speak English.

I hope not. I saw District 9 last night and, as much as I enjoyed it, some movies should just be allowed to stand alone and NOT be cheapened by what would be an inferior sequel.

I bet Microsoft is kicking itself in the ass right now. This was the guy who was supposed to direct the Halo movie until they fucked around too long.

Now he's said he wouldn't do it even if they asked. They fucked him over to much already.

I don't know. Large truckloads of cash have a way of changing that. It could be a negotiating ploy.

Let's just say it moved me.

TO A BIGGER HOUSE!

Yeah, it's no ploy since Spielberg's been rumored to be taking it up. Now, whether it's Spielberg directing or, more likely, Spielberg slapping his name on a producer to snag the property and let someone else direct (i.e. Transformers) remains to be seen.

Thanks, Rex...I actually did a spit take when I saw that one.

Generally sequels are inferior but they don't have to be. I just figured for the money it made that practically guarenteed a District 10.

I saw it tonight. Very good.

I saw echoes of various other movies and TV shows in it. The lead actor was almost like Steve Carrell in "the Office" at the beginning of the film. The battle suit and the corporate intrigue reminded me of "Robocop." The interplay with Christopher and his prawn-ling had elements of "Enemy Mine." The mutation was, obviously, reminiscient of "the Fly."

This isn't to say that the film was a rip off or derivative. The cool thing about it was that it paid these little nods to previous work but synthesized it into an original whole.

I also appreciate that the film, despite the clear parallels to Apartheid, didn't fall into the easy trap of making all the humans blatantly evil and all the aliens saintly pacifists. The opening, with the aliens trying to assimilate, and failing, gave a sense of why humans would have been afraid of them (even if District 9 was a terrible overreaction to that fear). It was also a nice touch that the main exploiters of the Prawn were, along with the typical "Multinational Evil Corporation", Nigerian scam artists and gun runners.

Other than the low budget showing in a few spots I can't really find much of a flaw in the film. Highly recommended.