District 9
| Directed by: | Neill Blomkamp |
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| Written by: | Neill Blomkamp |
| Cast: | Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young, Vanessa Haywood, Kenneth Nkosi, Devlin Brown |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Official Site: | www.d-9.com |
Oh boy... ANOTHER one of those damned movies that everyone loves but me. I'm going to get sideblinded by naysayers all over the movie forums now. I'm going to keep this brief, and loose.
District 9 is a very stupid movie. I couldn't see most of what the hell was going on, and when it finally tried to go "balls to the wall" action packed, only so many exploded CGI bodies can make me grin. It's just more depressing when I can't see what's going on thanks to the smeary, 2-dimensional CGI. And the excessive "visceral" shaky-cam. Shaky cameras only work about 2 percent of the time that it's used, and this is part of that other ninety eight percent.
Story-wise, I hated the main character. From beginning to end. He was a conceited, selfish and arrogant prick that deserved to be destroyed. His character arc is barely even a fraction of a parabola. It would take amazing math skills to really figure out where he started, and where he finished with lessons learned during the movie's run time. I also didn't give a damn about these aliens.
The social commentary is so silly that I can't believe it's regarded as "smart". Bookending the movie with horrible documentary-style interviews and an even more melodramatic and laughably contrived finish, really gave me an emotional headache.
Moreover, what the CRAP was up with that over-the-top evil soldier? He even laughs like a villain as he heartlessly exterminates a prawn. He says "I love this job!" He should have died 20 times over, yet he somehow still ends up untouched. It makes no sense.
When the soundtrack kicks in with the moaning woman's voice, my eyes started rolling back into their head. Then, the extra slow motion scenes during the action parts didn't add any drama to the stupidity.
Sorry, I pretty much hated this.
GRADE: D
