District 9 Movie Review
I have been geeking out all day today and I just got back from watching District 9. Here is what I thought about the movie:
Plus:
1) The visual style of the movie is awesome. The CGI and live action shots are mixed so well that it is hard to tell what is CGI and what is live. This is probably due to the “documentary” style that this film takes. The gritty look of the film is what I believe Cloverfield should have been like. It looks like it was filmed from a hand-held camera minus all of the motion sickness.
2) The alien weapons are AWESOME! The weapons are believable and crazy. I loved every weapon that they showed in the game. (Why don’t more games have weapons like this?)
3) The overall plot is very good. The movie had its serious overtones but had some pretty light hearted parts to balance the film. This also keeps the story from coming across as too preachy as well.
Minuses
1) I only had one gripe…..but I need to first preffice this with me being a major geek. (Suprise…suprise) I like when my Sci-Fi trys to explain HOW the Sci-Fi equipment should work. The main human character is sprayed with some “fuel” that begins to transform him to an alien. They never explain why that happened which made it seem like a convienent plot device and it hurt the story for me a bit.
Conclusion
I loved it….there were a couple areas that I did not care for but overall the move was amazing. It is one of the best Sci-Fi flicks I have seen in years. It is also probably the best movie I have seen since The Dark Knight…..which the two would be a toss-up. I really hope they revisit this movie with a sequel and I hope to see more from this team.
