District 9

[SCFinfan]

Anyone else pumped for this movie?

The best trailer I've found is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PDlMggROA

The Yahoo movie summary is as follows:

Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them.

Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare -- they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable -- he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809961221/details

It sounds awesome to me, and with Peter Jackson at the helm, how can you go wrong? 

[Dave Gray]

Interesting, but it looks a bit B-movie-ish to me.

I will wait to hear reviews.

[Sunstroke]

Right on top of my "movies I need to see" list at the moment... The storyline looks good (for one involving aliens anyway) and the action scenes look pretty intense in the previews. I'll probably pony up to see this at the theater.

[Phishfan]

You put up the wrong link.

I'm not sure this sounds like my type of movie though.

[Buddhagirl]

I want to see it and am already on Team Aliens.

[SCFinfan]

You put up the wrong link.

I'm not sure this sounds like my type of movie though.

Fixed.

[GUATARICCAN]

I'm skeptical cause most of PJ's movies suck serious ass! Other than Lord of the Rings and a few campy horror flicks he hasn't done much. I think he's the next George Lucas, outta touch and lost it. And don't even mention King Kong!! How you can stretch out an 1.5 hour movie about a big ass gorilla into nearly four hours is crazy retarded!!

[Pappy13]

Watched this movie last night and was extremely disappointed.  Nearly turned it off once, in fact I did turn it off and then thought "maybe it will get better" and turned it back on.  I should have left it off.

This movie had so much potential, I can't believe it turned out this bad.  It doesn't even stick to the basic premise of the movie which is that not all alien landings are about special effects, superior weaponry, large explosions and lots of chase scenes.  Apparently they ARE all about that, just not necessarily in the first hour.

I can't begin to list the problems with the story.  They are everywhere.  Practically nothing in the entire movie makes any sense whatsoever.  I could never figure out if they were trying to make a serious movie here or a dark comedy it was so bad at times.  I'm still not sure.  The acting is atrocious.  The special effects are anything but special.  There's no message or meaning or anything to take away from the movie.  I couldn't find a single redeeming facet of the movie.

I had several people tell me this was a good movie. Did any of you enjoy it?  If so, what did I miss?

[StL FinFan]

I freaking love this movie.  It says a lot to me about how people treat each other without being heavy handed.

[Brian Fein]

I agree this movie was pretty bad.  For all the hype it got, I was expecting so much more.

[Pappy13]

I freaking love this movie.  It says a lot to me about how people treat each other without being heavy handed.

Go watch the Day the Earth Stood Still.  Not the remake in 2008, but the original from 1951.  100 times better movie than this with basically the same message.

[Frimp]

I didn't think it sucked, but I won't watch it again.

[bsmooth]

Watched this movie last night and was extremely disappointed.  Nearly turned it off once, in fact I did turn it off and then thought "maybe it will get better" and turned it back on.  I should have left it off.

This movie had so much potential, I can't believe it turned out this bad.  It doesn't even stick to the basic premise of the movie which is that not all alien landings are about special effects, superior weaponry, large explosions and lots of chase scenes.  Apparently they ARE all about that, just not necessarily in the first hour.

I can't begin to list the problems with the story.  They are everywhere.  Practically nothing in the entire movie makes any sense whatsoever.  I could never figure out if they were trying to make a serious movie here or a dark comedy it was so bad at times.  I'm still not sure.  The acting is atrocious.  The special effects are anything but special.  There's no message or meaning or anything to take away from the movie.  I couldn't find a single redeeming facet of the movie.

I had several people tell me this was a good movie. Did any of you enjoy it?  If so, what did I miss?

There was no message? The message was so in your face that South African complained they were being targeted. If you could not get the message out of that movie( here is a hint it has to do with putting someone who you do not understand and different into "special camps") then I cannot image how to explain it to you.

[Dave Gray]

I loved this movie.  It was one of my best films of the year.  I think it will stand as a classic.

[Sunstroke]

I enjoyed it enough to watch it multiple times...thought it was an excellent movie.