Movie Review: District 9
Best Part: The first hour — nice occasional squickiness and the reveal of the backstory was, like, *interesting*.
Biggest Question: Did the dude really think that he’d just fly up to the alien’s ship, get his hand fixed, then fly back home where everything would just be back to normal?
Too Long By: 30 minutes. The last 30 to be more precise. So conventional and disappointing after the killer set-up.
Haiku Synopsis:
Alien slum raid
Helps man learn that aliens
Love their children too.
Critique of the Haiku
The haiku kind of ignores the couple thousand sentient beings that died.
Final Score
6.5/10 — At least it had that first hour.
Also
There will probably be a sequel and it will be *awful*.
Picture So the Homepage Works Out
I really liked the movie but also found the ending trite (pretty typical of Hollywood). Not sure what ending would have been better though. Flash forward to the future when the aliens come back and blow Earth to kingdom come in revenge? yes, that’s pretty awesome.