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by owichmann » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:07 pm
Saw this last night at the Cineworld and was very pleased that it lives up to the hype. This is an original piece of science fiction which deals with "difficult" subjects from which it does not shy away ala the usual empty blockbusters. The SA setting is alien in itself but also disturbingly close to home. The term "It couldn't happen here" is not applicaple! Production design is great and one can almost smell the rot and decay inside District 9. The CGI is believeable but also not over used. The acting is also natural and not having any "star" names make it more so. Though I doubt we have seen the last of the lead actor - an amazing performance especially as he starts off being very unlikable. Untill more people have seen this film it is not possible to go into much more detail.
9/10
Films 2010: It's Complicated, The Boys Are Back, The Lovely Bones, The Princess and the Frog, The Wolfman, The Blind Side, Date Night, Death at a Furneral, Heartbreaker, The Karate Kid, The Rebound, The A Team, Knight and Day, Going the Distance, The Last Exorcism, The Switch, The Runaways, Tamara Drewe, The Kid, The Town, Made in Dagenham, Life as We Know It, The Social Network, Let Me In, Tron Legacy preview, Unstppable, The American.
Films 2011:The Next 3 Days, Morning Glory, The Dilemma, Tangld 3-D, The Fighter, Rabbit Hole, Chalet Girl x 2, West is West, I am Number 4, Lord of the Dance 3-D, Hall Pass, Paul, Everywhere & Nowhere, Water For Elephants, Hop, Mother's Day, Horrible Bosses, Mr Popper's Penguin, Super 8 x 2, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Footloose, Real Steel, The Help, Captain America, Machine Gun Preacher, Moneyball.
Films 2012: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Lady.
