District 9

Went and watched this last night and it was great, like unexpectedly great. Really had no idea what the film was about because i intentionally avoided reading any articles and reviews so that i didn't ruin what i was going to see.

I watched the short film Alive in Joburg a long time ago so i knew that it would be about alien refugees living in slums, which gave the film a super realistic looking backdrop.



The aliens where really quite amazing and so realistic, the way there eyes looked kinda reminder me of Transformers Bumblebee, especially the child, which for some reason i seamed to notice straight away. They love cat food, which i hate, smell of the stuff to me is blah!.

All the alien weapons i the film where really cool if not a bit nasty to the guy which get shot, they all felt like the weapons that you get a computer games which do nasty things to your enemy.

And there was a Mecha, which was one of of the highlights, that makes 3 films this year with mecha in Transformer 2, Terminator Salvation and now District 9. Like the weapons this looked like it also could be in a computer game with its awesome array of weaponry and it has anime style missiles, not alot which i was hoping for but still very cool to see upon the big screen.

Entire film where South African and aliens of course, which i think is the first time ive watched a movie set there, really unique accent they have, a cross between English and Dutch. Got to wonder if the place is as dirty as the film looked.

Ian

Here's the original which i watched again after seeing the movie, hope the film gets a sequel, District 10 maybe.