District 9

Hi,

So this is my first review-blog, I don't tend to go through the events of the film, so most of my reviews should be spoiler free. I just like to talk about the things I liked or dis-liked in the movie.

"And... here… we... go! "


Last night saw District 9, a film I had been looking forward to seeing for a while. I have to say I was not disappointed at all, in fact it was better than I expected.

I must admit the shaky-cam films do make me feel ill, Cloverfield and Rec just did me in, I still liked the films but I felt rough after them! District 9 didn't make me ill! Thank God.
The documentary style of the film worked quite well and I liked the overall look of the film, slipping from the documentary into the more conventional style of filming with ease.
But what I was impressed with the most were the aliens and the special effects. We all know that CGI in films can look amazing nowadays, but sometimes it doesn't and poor CGI can really drag a film down for me. Well this film had it spot on, the alien craft suspended above Johannesburg looked amazing. But the aliens impressed even more, they really did seem very real and the interaction between the actors and them looked seamless.

Then there are the alien weapons, oh my god, devastating. The gore level was pretty high when these guns hit there targets. Brilliant. The action in this film is very good.

I'm not getting into the social commentary in this film, but sometimes it was pretty hard hitting and you really did feel for the aliens at times. Judge for yourself.

The main actor, Sharlto Copley was really good. The director Neill Blomkamp did a fine job of keeping it all very real. The cinematography was good and the music from what I can recall was also pretty good.

(9/10 - Brilliant)

This is the 3rd sci-fi film this summer, Star Trek (10/10) - now this is one great movie, now District 9 (9/10) and Transformers 2 (5/10).