So I just got back from seeing District 9 and all I can say is "WOW".I'm completely blown away by this film.I haven't seen a Sci-Fi film this unique and thought provoking in a very long time.I also haven't seen  a film of any kind that stirred up that many emotions in a long time.I loved the documentary style of it as well.While watching I could'n't help but think how awesome the Halo film could have been.I bet those movie studios are kicking themselves for not wanting to go with Neil Blomkamp.I would love to see a sequel,District 10 anyone? 

I'd love to see a District 10   and it's the best sci-fi film I've seen in a long time but it's not perfect - it has six or seven plot holes that might bother me the second time I watch it but I still love and was very much entertained and emotionally invested in DISTRICT 9.

Agreed,I don't think that it was perfect,but it was still awesome.Not saying that your wrong but out of genuine curiosity what were the holes in the plot that you saw?

It was okay. It wasn't an amazing film or something I'll see again or anything, though.

It was great.

I've seen the trailers and it looks really awesome. I think the story itself makes it unique from any other Sci-Fi film. I'll probably go see it this weekend. Hopefully the whole movie will be as enjoyable as the trailer!

I saw it today and it was amazing.

Awesome,I'm glad to see so many other people loved it as well : )

" Awesome,I'm glad to see so many other people loved it as well : ) "

" Agreed,I don't think that it was perfect,but it was still awesome.Not saying that your wrong but out of genuine curiosity what were the holes in the plot that you saw? "

Yeah, I just saw it a few hours ago. I enjoyed it, but I would have probably enjoyed it more if my nagging brother wasn't with me.

It was really good. Better than I thought it would be.

How did everyone feel about the "documentary style" that it was filmed in,personally I really liked it but my wife hated it so I'd love to hear how everyone else felt about it.

awesome i might see it tonight. it seems like a great movie to see.

i saw it last night best sci fi movie of the year  :)

nice, cant wait for it to come to dvd so I can see it. 

 
yeah I got back from seeing it and I got some questions... 
 
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Ok so I liked the movie it was good but I had some problems with it, I came out with the general  feeling that the movie was basically made to be a social commentary about what would happen to human society if Aliens showed up rather than try and follow conventional logic.
 
what I mean about not explaining stuff:

• What exactly happened to the alien mothership? why exactly did they get stranded on earth? its implied that they ran out of fuel so the main alien dude Chris has been collecting that liquid stuff for 20 years however I dont understand Chris and his son decided to leave the mothership in the first place, wouldn't he just be able to order his dudes to start emptying out their machines to get more fuel so they can go back home?
• Ok also the mini-ship/escape pod thing that Chris used to leave the mothership also ran out of fuel so ok maybe they needed 20 years to find that much fuel but then in the end they just kinda get in the mothership and leave why did the mothership get stranded here in the first place if all you needed to do was get on it and power it up?
•  Ok so the obvious answer to those last 2 questions I raised is that that small fuel thing that Chris collected for 20 years is supposed to power the min-ship and the mothership which I find really hard to believe
•  On a different issue, shouldn’t there have been a better military presence on the ground of district nine? I don’t get why South Africa and this private military corporation ran the show its hard to believe that the biggest militaries in the world would just let all this stuff happen

Anyway liked the movie overall defiantly refreshing and different I just wish they explained details a little better instead of being caught up in “what if” social experiments.

The documentary like interviews really pulled me out of it. Also, the love story was poorly pulled off.
 
It was different. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It just has some problems.. and I'm not the nitpicking type when it comes to movies.

" @calidan777 said:

" Agreed,I don't think that it was perfect,but it was still awesome.Not saying that your wrong but out of genuine curiosity what were the holes in the plot that you saw? "

Also interested in these plot holes. Just saw it tonight so I'm kinda' reeling, but I'm down for hearing the problems. "

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" I'd love to see a District 10  and it's the best sci-fi film I've seen in a long time but it's not perfect - it has six or seven plot holes that might bother me the second time I watch it but I still love and was very much entertained and emotionally invested in DISTRICT 9. "

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Yeh it was pretty good. I'll probably buy it when it gets released on DVD or BluRay and watch it again and thats it. I'm not gonna rave about it though.

I thought it was just okay. It was definitely different and I did enjoy the story but I can definitely see how this movie is not for everyone. There were some things that I did not enjoy about the movie but at the same time, there were things I really enjoyed. A have a very mixed feeling about this film. I would like to see it again but not in theaters. I will wait for it to be released on Blu-Ray

 
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@StarFry64:

Yea I can't wait for it to come out on blu-ray,movies are always better to me when I'm watching them at home.

" Yea I can't wait for it to come out on blu-ray,movies are always better to me when I'm watching them at home. "

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As a huge mech fan, I'd have to say that District 9 is worth watching for the last 15 to 20 minutes alone. When the chest on that robot (which sorta reminded me of the ED-209 from Robocop) opened and revealed a cockpit, I actually shouted "FUCK YES!" God, that was so awesome..

my favorite film of 2009, very impressive on many levels. i too was emotionally invested throughout the film. long live independent film. superb.

I had this on DVD and was skipping through the movie real quick to kind of see what it was about. It turns out I never watched it because I thought the look of the aliens, and the way it is filmed, was extremely crappy. Maybe I should have gave it a chance but man, I don't think I have ever been turned off of a movie so much just by skipping through a couple chapters.

Just ordered District 9 and Inglorious Bastards on blu-ray hope they are both good.

I liked the film, it was pretty good. 8/10 from me. Star Trek takes my FOTY choice though.

It's no district 13.

its okay... 
 
overrated on the internet by guys like you.  
 
ask anyone outside the geek crowd- its simply: OKAY

" its okay...  overrated on the internet by guys like you.   ask anyone outside the geek crowd- its simply: OKAY "

It was a very good movie. I did like Star Trek better but District 9 would probably be the next one down.

" its okay...  overrated on the internet by guys like you.   ask anyone outside the geek crowd- its simply: OKAY "