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you can't tell me the scene where wasn't exactly like the

oh yeah. I see what you mean. I dunno, I just didn't think of it when I was watching the scene. I guess my mind took it in as a mech/robot trope of sorts. District 9 spoiler:
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Saw this a few hours ago and I was totally blown away. The character development, overall story, themes, atmosphere, everything was just perfect (imo). I loved how I was manipulated into making judgements about Wikus and then watching his character grow throughout the movie. I hope they do something more with this IP.
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Cool, good to hear it's watchable. I was on the fence about this one! Going tuesday maybe...
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30 million dollar budget and they make this movie, which basically shat on every single Hollywood action movie released this year. Amazing movie. Sharlto Copley, the guy who played Wikus, gave an incredible performance. That guy should get an Oscar nomination or something.
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I heard that most of the stuff he said in the documentary style shots was improvised.
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Saw this yesterday. It was technically very well made and it definitely didn't suck by any means, but something about it left me cold... I'm not quite sure what, though. There's nothing specific that I disliked, but I left the theatre feeling mostly indifferent.

I hated the lead character, though. Ultimate douche. However, Christopher and baby prawn were the best thing that's ever happened to cinema.

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Beautiful.

The layers upon layers built on each character.

Humans suck.

I don't know what to say I was blown away.

Even in the midst of all the action sequences, there was something to them. There was a purpose.................

Neill Blomkamp the new young visionary director like James Cameron?

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Psyburn you're starting to sound very odd... but interesting none the less.
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the way this movie made me learn to love a douche was just amazing.
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I dunno I saw and though I wanted so badly to like it, I thought it kinda dragged!
I thought the acting was great, though the ripping body parts off and stuff looked a little too edited. There were also a couple things that didn't make sense to me:
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That's why I asked.
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I just watched this and thought it was amazing, the main guy was great despite what everyone else seems to think.. he wasn’t your typical all American built macho man fighting for what’s good but a regular guy trying to survive. It wasn’t as predictable as I thought it would be and loved the style the movie was shot in.
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That's why I asked.

It started as the Halo movie but thank God the idea was dropped.
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Saw District 9 last night and was thoroughly impressed! Great action, great story, a bit too much gore perhaps but I suppose if there's going to be shooting you might as well show the consequences of doing so! 100% satisfied... will probably buy it when it comes out on DVD.
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I liked it too. It reminded me a bit of Enemy Mine, where Dennis Quiad and a rival alien soldier crash and have to learn to help each other out to get back to their respective homes. It was really refreshing to see a big budget movie cast with foreign actors who are well above the game. I like the balance it shows in terms of the different kinds of prawns and people, where most of them are just violent idiots and others are contemplative and intelligent on both sides. Christopher is probably the most lucid and well-meaning character in the whole cast, but because Wilkus has that arc we can say that maybe he comes to be his equal in the end.

Best movie I've seen this year, IMO.
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It started as the Halo movie but thank God the idea was dropped.
(it is a book, right?)
It's based off a short film called Alive in JoBurg (if I remember the name correctly) that Blomkamp made before he was put onto the Halo movie train. After Halo was shut down he and Peter Jackson discussed and said that they should take what they'd learnt so far from Halo to make something new and original, which was District 9.

You can watch Alive in JoBurg on Youtube if you guys want to look it up.
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http://io9.com/5340409/is-district-9-racist
... wow... just. wow.
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The woman who wrote the article is racist. Its not like I perceive all Africans to be heartless cannibals, just the African gangster and witchdoctor in the movie. We know for a fact that there are witch doctors in Africa who do practice some crazy shit, so why not use it in the movie?

Why are there always people who bring this crap up and its not like its something made to be obvious, they actually go out of their way to look for it.
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The woman who wrote the article is racist. Its not like I perceive all Africans to be heartless cannibals, just the African gangster and witchdoctor in the movie. We know for a fact that there are witch doctors in Africa who do practice some crazy shit, so why not use it in the movie?

Why are there always people who bring this crap up and its not like its something made to be obvious, they actually go out of their way to look for it.
There is no way you have to LOOK for the racist portrayal of Africans in this movie it's THERE moreso than so many other movies you don't LOOK FOR IT.

Granted, I don't really think the movie is racist, or intentionally racist, but I was a bit eh about the whole voodoo shit.

WE KNOW FOR A FACT MANY ASIAN MALES ARE REALLY SKINNY DON'T TAKE SHOWERS HAVE GLASSES AND BUCK TEEETH AND ARE GREAT AT MATH SO WHY NOT PUT IT IN THE MOVIE????????????

wait are there even any asian people in District 9????
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