District 9

[Syne]

I have only watched the first half hour or so and found it pretty meh. Going to try and go back over my friend's place next week and watch it all of the way through.

[Flan]

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after the main character is "infected" is when the story picks up, most notably when it's discovered he has the hand of a prawn.

[Janet_Girl]

Not fair Flan.  Not fair at all.

[Syne]

That was actually the scene that was playing when I had to head home. Really it is no surprise, it was pretty evident that was the direction it was heading in.

[Jester]

I almost wish the movie hadn't done that and had kept it's documentary tone.  But then it wouldn't have been a Peter Jackson produced summer blockbuster.

[Hannah]

If I had a prawn hand I would eat it off, wait for it to grow back and eat it off some more...yummy

Their fuel situation is interesting though and reminded me of a physics lecture a while back. There is this theory out there about anti-matter, and the Large Hadron Collider can make it in very small quantities. Supposedly a quarter-dollar sized disk of anti-matter would be enough to put the space shuttle into orbit, a gallon-jug sized chunk enough to power a trip to Mars. I know it sounds sci-fi geeky but it's real stuff! The LHC can only make a few atoms of it at a time, but a dedicated facility designed specifically for antimatter production would be less cost prohibitive.

[Sandy]

Supposedly a quarter-dollar sized disk of anti-matter would be enough to put the space shuttle into orbit, a gallon-jug sized chunk enough to power a trip to Mars. I know it sounds sci-fi geeky but it's real stuff! The LHC can only make a few atoms of it at a time, but a dedicated facility designed specifically for antimatter production would be less cost prohibitive.

Yeah, all you need is the bottle to put it in...

-Sandy

[Hannah]

Yus, that's pretty much how the lecture concluded.

[Samantha_Peterson]

I have to say that district 9 was one of the best movies I have seen in 2009 and I can hardly wait for district 10.

[Syne]

How about District 13?  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

[brainiac]

Sure, the metaphor was pretty obvious. But honestly, isn't it usually, in Sci Fi and fantasy? You always have to take it with a grain of salt.

Which is why I quite liked the movie.

[Hermione01]

I just recently watched this movie and I loved it too. The main character is fantastic. Only one plot hole I noticed regarding the oil being wasted, but otherwise it is a great movie and very relevant.

[Big Modo]

When I first saw the trailer for this I was kinda just sitting there in the cinema thinking it was some kind of Anti-U.N. documentary which kinda had me intrigued. Until suddenly you're present with a gigantic hovering mother ship and before I knew it I was sitting at the end of my seat squealing with delight over the idea of this bizarre movie about alien asylum seekers. Went to see it with a few friends, was pretty fun, officially made it into one of my favourite movies of all time lists.

What I like most about the movie is how it actually starts off off some haphazardly created documentary and almost effortlessly drops in key points of the plot and even develops upon it's narrative without you really noticing all that much. Great way it was shot, I have to hand it to the guys.

And who the HELL can not admit that the Prawn Mech Suit at the end was not the coolest thing ever? 

Sad enough to have got it on BluRay when it came out 

[Coppélia]

How about District 13?

lol, I like that movie. I'm gonna rent the sequel soon.

As for District 9, a lot of people thought the ending saved to movie, but I found the ending quite depressing actually. I don't mind a sad ending, I don't mind an open ending, but I do mind no ending. I found that D9 didn't really have any kind of resolution or sense of unity at the end.

But maybe that's film student snobbism leaking through. Or I'm not remembering it right. I can't really tell

[Iceprincess]

I watched it, and I really liked it. I think it has many parallelisms to real life, about how we treat others based on fear and bias and I believe that the combination of all the emotions was really good.

I'd definitely watch it again

[Elijah3291]

I LOVE that movie its so good

[Shang]

I have seen this movie a good three or four or ten times!  I love it!

[MRH]

I think its a great film but I see why people dont like it. Most people are expecting some sort of epic alien movie but thats not what its really about. The film is about racism but if we had a bunch of white guys abusing a bunch of black guys we would of been like "Meh we've seen this all before." and plus it wouldnt of really interested a younger audience. The film was influenced by district 6 hence the name district 9.

[without_yolk]

District 9 is one of my favorite movies! Not the top favorite, I save that spot for Trainspotting, but it's pretty high on my list.

It amazes how so much was down with such a low budget, and done with friends and loved ones.

Argh, and I really enjoyed how incredibly human the main character was... he was so selfish and yet was still able to redeem himself!

The whole xenophobia aspect of the movie is a wonderful lesson to come upon too, but I can only wonder how many got distracted from this point by the action. It's something all of the human race seems to experience, at least some of us are able to break free from such ridiculous fears.

[Shang]

I think its a great film but I see why people dont like it. Most people are expecting some sort of epic alien movie but thats not what its really about. The film is about racism but if we had a bunch of white guys abusing a bunch of black guys we would of been like "Meh we've seen this all before." and plus it wouldnt of really interested a younger audience. The film was influenced by district 6 hence the name district 9.

It's also why it's not a bunch of white guys messing with a bunch of Native Americans or a bunch of Hispanics messing with a bunch of Indians, though the Hispanic one might have drawn an audience because it isn't as well known.

I was going to use this movie in my socially class to talk about racism, actually.