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Fox
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 Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:35 am Post subject: District 9 |
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| Anyone else seen this movie yet? |
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captain kirk
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:40 am Post subject: |
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| I've heard, from the reviews, that it's a truly original, well-executed, cult film out of the egg just hatched and I really look forward to it tomorrow or the next day. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| great little movie- aliens, explosions, gore and even a robot- but with brains and without merchandising tie ins- yay! That early scene where Wikus first enters the district kind of put me off popcorn though... |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:58 am Post subject: |
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It really goes to show how decent the movie industry could be if, instead of relying on high budgets and celebrities, it focused on interesting ideas.
I especially liked the main character. He had an awkwardness, humor, and combination of selfishness and decency to him that gave him a certain reality. |
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E_athlete
Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Location: Korea sparkling
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:44 am Post subject: |
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just watched it on my computer. It's a really well done movie in terms of special effects. Everything was pretty believable except the part when wikus and the alien go to retrieve that liquid with just 2 alien rifles. That was pretty unrealistic. Then again, if you analyze everything like that I'm sure there are 20 different holes in the film like how aliens would sell their uber powerful weapons for food...
I personally hated the main character so much from the get go I was wishing he'd die but he didn't. I guess he did get some poetic justice so I shouldn't be that unsatisfied. |
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AgentM
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:08 am Post subject: |
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I quite enjoyed the movie. Definitely a different take on the alien encounter theme; humans oppressing aliens instead of them kicking the crap out of us. A nice change of pace. 
Personally I felt sympathetic for the main character, he was just an average guy trying to do his job.
What I didn't get is why Earth would allow an unaccountable, profit based weapons developer to take charge of the aliens. That's just asking for trouble. You'd think it would be like some UN agency or something. |
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koreajim
Joined: 21 Mar 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely original. It also strikes a note where the ALIENS are forced to live in the slums and are treated less than human. I suppose because they are not human, but it really reminds me of... never mind.
Korea Show Times In English
http://koreamovietimes.com |
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crlb2006
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Seongbuk-gu, Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| is this thing playinh in Korea? |
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MattAwesome
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:49 am Post subject: |
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this movie was really well done. i havnt done any research to check its originality, but i liked it.
GI:Joe on the other hand. the movie was good but i thought the acting was mediocre. |
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AminoUp
Joined: 19 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| is this thing playinh in Korea? |
If you've got army buddies, it's playing at Yongsan next month, but IMDB doesn't have a Korean release date listed yet... |
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beercanman
Joined: 16 May 2009
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| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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| My buddy told me I should see it, so if I get near a half-decent DVD shop any time soon, will try to find. |
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He with Horns on Head
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Cybergoat farm
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| Probably the best movie to come out of South Africa since 'The Gods Must Be Crazy'. It's more action than sci-fi, and a pretty good social commentary on apartheid, as that's what I believe the underlying message was about. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: |
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People like you are going to kill the South African film industry.
| E_athlete wrote: |
just watched it on my computer. It's a really well done movie in terms of special effects. Everything was pretty believable except the part when wikus and the alien go to retrieve that liquid with just 2 alien rifles. That was pretty unrealistic. Then again, if you analyze everything like that I'm sure there are 20 different holes in the film like how aliens would sell their uber powerful weapons for food...
I personally hated the main character so much from the get go I was wishing he'd die but he didn't. I guess he did get some poetic justice so I shouldn't be that unsatisfied. |
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furtakk
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida wrote: |
People like you are going to kill the South African film industry.
| E_athlete wrote: |
just watched it on my computer. It's a really well done movie in terms of special effects. Everything was pretty believable except the part when wikus and the alien go to retrieve that liquid with just 2 alien rifles. That was pretty unrealistic. Then again, if you analyze everything like that I'm sure there are 20 different holes in the film like how aliens would sell their uber powerful weapons for food...
I personally hated the main character so much from the get go I was wishing he'd die but he didn't. I guess he did get some poetic justice so I shouldn't be that unsatisfied. |
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...yes because we would have paid to see it where exactly?
it had a 30 million dollar budget and it grossed 37 during it's opening weekend just in the u.s. i think things will be fine mate. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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Yep. No ethics here.
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| Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida wrote: |
People like you are going to kill the South African film industry.
| E_athlete wrote: |
just watched it on my computer. It's a really well done movie in terms of special effects. Everything was pretty believable except the part when wikus and the alien go to retrieve that liquid with just 2 alien rifles. That was pretty unrealistic. Then again, if you analyze everything like that I'm sure there are 20 different holes in the film like how aliens would sell their uber powerful weapons for food...
I personally hated the main character so much from the get go I was wishing he'd die but he didn't. I guess he did get some poetic justice so I shouldn't be that unsatisfied. |
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...yes because we would have paid to see it where exactly?
it had a 30 million dollar budget and it grossed 37 during it's opening weekend just in the u.s. i think things will be fine mate. |
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