DISTRICT 9 : YOUR MUST-SEE OF THE SEASON !!!

DISTRICT 9,

by peter jackson.

my apologies as i should have written this days ago...

let's start by saying this is your must-see of the season.

there, i've said it!!

where other movies have more or less disappointed me,

such as transformers 2 which i liked but was annoyed with too many things;

harry potter & the halfblood prince was fine, in its genre;

g.i. joe-rise of the cobra was a total let-down...

it is nice to see that this far into the blockbuster season,

something like this can come up & still enchant me.

set as a mockumentary,

with the handheld camera that comes with that,

of which i'm never a big fan of,

but for which i'll make an exception here

as it is pertinent,

it is the drama that ensues

when habitants of johanesburg (south africa) wake up to find

a spaceship over their city,

filled with bereft aliens trapped in this useless ship,

& in need of asylum.

the CGI is ever present but subtle

as it never distract you from the story,

because yes,

THERE IS a story.

it is an intelligent film,

not an orgy of CGI with no plotline in sight...

a story that reveals is not the monster whom you might think.

though it is a scifi movie,

i personally felt it was way more a social critique

of the way humans treat "others"...

those others coming from another planet as in the movie,

or from across the border, as in real life.

it is way-too-close to reality to ignore that fact.

we have enough refugee camps on this planet

to bring this to evidence.

but in the last minute of the movie,

& i won't spoil it for you, promise!!,

there is a glimmer of hope for the human spirit,

as the better side of our nature may prevail [in some cases...].

see it & you'll understand.

it's the story of a man who is part of the system that oppresses those aliens,

& after becoming contaminated by some alien technology,

(i'm keeping it vague here...),

fights to retain his humanity & a grasp on his life,

while gaining a better understanding of the aliens

as he gets treated as one of them [or worse even...];

only to find out that,

no matter what happens to him,

he'll always remain "human".

(that's the part i find so moving...).

DISTRICT 9 is one of those movies

i cannot wait to add to my DVD collection.

that & STAR TREK,

the other great movie this season

both at opposing sides of the genre,

& both doing a great job at it.

this movie has graphic violence,

not too gory, just violent,

so not for too-young-a kids please,

as this is not WALL-E or E.T.,

nor should you expect a mindless over-the-top action movie.

there are plenty of sleek special effects & enough action,

but it will appeal to the two neurons you've got left

in your numbed mind.

it'll be a nice change!!

go see it!!

period!!

3 f*ck*ng thumbs up...

or 5 stars +1 in bonus!!

:)~

HUGZ