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offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-08-15 16:32 [#02315536]
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is SO good! On so many levels.. One of the best movies
i've seen in a long long time.


 

offline Terence Hill from Germany on 2009-08-15 16:38 [#02315542]
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please do now a list of all movies you have watched that
were not as good as District 9 in a long time, in order to
make your statement more useful.


 

offline freqy on 2009-08-15 16:43 [#02315543]
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thank you nice gorilla for your suggestions : )


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-08-15 16:52 [#02315545]
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Fargo
Trainspotting
Lost Highway
L.A. Confidential
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Saving Private Ryan
The Big Lebowski
Fight Club
American Beauty
Being John Malkovich
American Psycho
Mulholland Drive
Amelie
Donnie Darko
Waking Life
City of God
Hero
Oldboy
21 Grams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hotel Rwanda
The Machinist
A History of Violence
Children of Men
The Fountain
Babel
Pan’s Labyrinth
No Country for Old Men
The Wrestler
Milk

and last but not least: Pooh’s Heffalump Movie


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-08-15 16:54 [#02315546]
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Thanks! I didn't know that..

fuck it's a good movie...


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-08-15 19:30 [#02315568]
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i cannot wait to see this movie


 

offline hedphukkerr from mathbotton (United States) on 2009-08-16 08:23 [#02315614]
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you it's better than all those? fuck dude, tall order. i
should prolly not go in with these expectations.


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-16 09:34 [#02315627]
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lot of secrets in district 9


 

offline oxygenfad from www.oxygenfad.com (Canada) on 2009-08-16 09:56 [#02315636]
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This movie was very good! Solid 10/10, I might go see it
again.

Leaves you hanging, I want to see district 10 now !


 

offline nightex from Šiauliai (Lithuania) on 2009-08-16 12:28 [#02315680]
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sad movie, but good one 8/10


 

offline TroutMask from New York City (United States) on 2009-08-16 12:39 [#02315683]
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9/10 the only thing that didn't make it a perfect 10 was
some poor production choices (they grabbed that stupid
generic Persian music straight from a samples CD, didn't
they).

It was a very disturbing and beautifully-shot movie.
Everyone should see it.


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-08-16 22:11 [#02315809]
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absolutely brilliant, watched it tonight


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-16 23:20 [#02315810]
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I'm gunna watch it when i get home, just watched a trailer
with no audio and i felt teased


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-17 08:33 [#02315877]
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i'm so glad to come across this thead, I was fearing this
film would not live up to its potential, us in the UK have
to wait another month to see this, annoying but hopefully
worth the wait!


 

offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2009-08-17 08:44 [#02315878]
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yeah looking forward to seeing it when it reaches the uk


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-08-17 10:00 [#02315898]
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i couldnt wait that long, watched a telesync copy last
night, but will def be catching it again at the cinema


 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-17 10:06 [#02315902]
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if you wanna get it look on Avaxhome.ws the screen shots
look alright too. it's my night off work! i bought a few
beers and snacks *0* so i'm gunna watch it


 

offline rudster from the glasgow on 2009-08-17 10:53 [#02315923]
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i use projectw.org coupled with megashares and rapidshare
for all my downloading needs


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-08-17 16:18 [#02316004]
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thx


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2009-08-17 23:34 [#02316065]
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Great movie. Only dissapointment was how halfway through it
seemed to go from a series of loosely connected events to an
alien/human buddy movie. I would have liked it more if they
had continued without focusing on a couple characters.

Otherwise it was v/good. One of the best films this year.
Probably the best sci-fi I have seen in a long time.


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-18 03:53 [#02316078]
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watched the first half last night
was a bit disappointed with the acting and the saffas accent
is fairly annoying, the dialog is o.k though just not
delivered that well.
i also felt its a bit isolated to just Johannesburg, (i know
thats the point) but you never really find out how the rest
of the world is observing these aliens.
i may change my mind after watching the second half and
maybe my reviews premature but thats the way i do it.
watch the short Alive in Joburg first, as i did, cos it'll
prepare you for the style and pace of the first half.
to be continued


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-18 05:22 [#02316090]
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"watched the first half last night"

strange way to watch a film, your cinema showing it in two
parts or something.


 

offline Four Giants on 2009-08-18 11:38 [#02316162]
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Saw this last night, it's a great film all the way through.
Very few flaws.

3 years, I promise...


 

offline b6662966 from ? on 2009-08-18 12:12 [#02316165]
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This movie wouldve been better if everyone wasnt talking in
that goofy ass south african accent.

They should have made them talk in a proper american accent.


 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-08-18 12:35 [#02316167]
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"3 years, i promise..." wtf. more 2012 bullshit. ILLUMINATI.
omg.

anyway i saw this movie too and it was awesome.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-18 14:38 [#02316215]
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but its set in south africa isn't it?


 

offline b6662966 from ? on 2009-08-18 15:52 [#02316257]
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yea, why on earth would aliens choose that third-world
country to land?



 

offline pulseclock from Downtown 81 on 2009-08-18 18:12 [#02316283]
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oh woops, i think you were referring to when vikus was
supposed to get fixed, a sequel. haha i apologize i tweaked
out, thought you were saying some mess about 2012


 

offline Four Giants on 2009-08-18 20:55 [#02316287]
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yes, i was referring to Christopher's promise.


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-19 03:31 [#02316307]
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last night i watched the whole movie from the beginning to
the end.
i think its quite decent.
Blomkamp has created quite a realistic alternative alien
movie that delivers in effects and has quite an emotional
underlying story line.
the second half of the film is easier to watch for fans of
hollywood style movies
i like the inclusion of the term "fucking prawns" its seems
the filmakers were almost taking the piss out of their very
design of the aliens.
its also quite rough and brutal, especially when christopher
steps into the suit.
if i was 18 i'd love it
but i'm not, so i just like it.
i 'm giving it 3.5 burgers out of 5 with a side order of cat
food.



 

offline larn from PLANET E (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-19 14:30 [#02316469]
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foookin get the fooock off ya fooocking fock! is that all ya
got ya fooockin fock

lol good film


 

offline MAXIMUSMISCHIEF from Canada on 2009-08-20 03:20 [#02316594]
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i dont think you got it christ deburger.


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-20 05:30 [#02316602]
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if everyone thought the same, it'd be a boring world.
now piss off back to watmm


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-20 05:32 [#02316603]
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for example
you obviously like you name
and i think its shit
where as i like my name, though someone else may hate it.
so think, you complete butt head


 

offline christ deburger from helmans pr0vince (Afghanistan) on 2009-08-20 05:33 [#02316604]
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and get an avatar while your at it
penis


 

offline Jennifer_b from journey to a better me (United States) on 2009-08-21 11:19 [#02317024]
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dude this film is ill! k i think the story is kinda deep
like its just like a new perspective on EGGSISTING
PREJUDICES. also it delivers on the kickass gunss


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2009-08-22 01:36 [#02317263]
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pretty retarded movie, but entertaining I guess.

it's catering to the demographic though. If you want to see
just one more explosion rather than a line of dialogue
explaining how the fuck they got all these guns and mech
suits down to the surface in the first place
you'll
prolly love it. I also didnt care about the protagonist or
anything that happend to him.

It could have been worse though.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2009-08-22 09:26 [#02317362]
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I was thinking the same thing. I also would have liked an
explanation as to why the aliens and humans can understand
each other. It would have been nice if either the main
character spoke the alien language verbally, or if the main
alien spoke English verbally, rather than this unspoken
auto-translation where everyone mysteriously knows what the
other is saying. It's like Han talking to Chewie, except I
don't take star wars as seriously as I believe this film was
meant to be taken. I'm really not a fan of these
"documentary" films such as cloverfield, et al, that replace
substance with "eye witness footage," something that no one
should be excited about because it isn't real
. Also, the MNU troops were expert shots (helicopter
snipers) until it's inconvenient for the protagonist, in
which case they become bumbling mall-cop rejects who can't
shoot the ground they're standing on. When are filmmakers
going to stop doing sloppy shit like that and give us a film
that makes sense from start to finish?


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2009-08-22 09:48 [#02317364]
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someone did make a film that makes sense from start to
finish.

the film is called Eraserhead, and it's by David Lynch

:)


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2009-08-22 09:52 [#02317365]
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:]


 

offline IronLung from the 91fwy in soCAL (United States) on 2009-08-22 14:27 [#02317390]
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very cool movie. I saw it last night, and walked out just
pumped. One of the best sci-fi films I have seen in a LONG
time.

9/10


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2009-08-22 16:04 [#02317418]
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Only shitty storytelling will go so far as to walk the
audience through every detail of the setting and characters.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-22 16:06 [#02317422]
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lol, that sounded like an essay question or job application
question or summit.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-22 16:08 [#02317424]
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That's stupid. How can you compare such different films?
Realistically, you can't say that one film is better than
other. It is subjective, cos it's based on the emotions
evoked in the invidividual. based on their personality and
life experiences.

No?


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-22 16:09 [#02317425]
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Oh yeah. By the same director. :)


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-22 16:10 [#02317426]
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What?

You thought it was perfect? :/

Surely no movie can be perfect....


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-08-22 16:13 [#02317427]
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I just pulled a random best of last 10 years list on google

i was high on sci-fi adrenaline that day


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-08-22 16:15 [#02317428]
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k


 

offline morguean from Calgary (Canada) on 2009-08-22 16:36 [#02317441]
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but yes, i do totally agree with you


 

offline Mask 500 from now on 2009-08-22 17:05 [#02317453]
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I'm pumped to see this movie, I like that fact that it has
no A list actors, they have ruined hollywood.


 


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