District 9
District 9My wife and I saw it at a opening night midnight showing just to make the event more exciting. District 9 however needed no such condolences. It's so awesome, it took me almost a week to say anything about it.
Though there are some heavy handed references to District 6, the epitomal area characterized by the Apartheid, casting off District 9 because of it would be like being disappointed in Alien/Aliens because they're allegories for rape. It, like Alien/Aliens, is simply awesome despite it. It's incredibly well thought out within its own universe and build upon what all good sci-fi tends to be, a morality play.
I could go on and on about how well thought out the movie is and about all the nuances that are fleshed out and sublimely critical, but it would be spoiling. Suffice it to say that it is a modern classic in the veins of the original Star Wars, Alien\Aliens, The Matrix, and maybe RoboCop.
Go see it.
Though there are some heavy handed references to District 6, the epitomal area characterized by the Apartheid, casting off District 9 because of it would be like being disappointed in Alien/Aliens because they're allegories for rape. It, like Alien/Aliens, is simply awesome despite it. It's incredibly well thought out within its own universe and build upon what all good sci-fi tends to be, a morality play.
I could go on and on about how well thought out the movie is and about all the nuances that are fleshed out and sublimely critical, but it would be spoiling. Suffice it to say that it is a modern classic in the veins of the original Star Wars, Alien\Aliens, The Matrix, and maybe RoboCop.
Go see it.
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