Christopher WaldeckDistrict 9 review
August 11th 2009 15:14
After GI Joe I thought for sure that this summer had the worst excuse for Blockbusters. Transformers Revenge of the Fallen did nothing to change my mind either, so my hopes were pretty down for District 9 until I saw it, and let me tell you this much. It is amazing! Thank god Peter Jackson at least invests and cares about producing quality movies. This movie is a movie that will remind you of the great days when you saw Jurassic Park or Die hard as a blockbuster.
Peter Jackson picked a great director in Neill Blomkamp, who was supposed to direct the halo movie, but decided not too due to studio disagreements, so Peter Jackson and others involved decided to let him direct another film anyway. This film is beautifully directed by this director and is made perfectly. This movie should be demonstrated as at every film school just so new directors can learn what good directing is all about. The screenplay is magnificent a good collaboration between Neill and Terri Tatchell.
The hero in this film is conflicted and is far from perfect which is an ideal concept that this movie uses, unlike many other blockbusters. Our hero at the beginning seems like a worker whose working for an evil company just trying to do his job, but once he's infected with Alien DNA and starts to turn he begins to side with the aliens.
This film is not designed to aim at any political agenda even if it rarely implies it. Other wise this film has amazing special effects shot for a very low budget contrary to any other rumors. By the end you'll know you've seen the best film of the summer on par with The Hurt Locker. He shows what you can do on a small budget and a well plotted screenplay unlike your average Michael bay film because his low budget effects out do transformers by a long shot.
Thank you Peter Jackson for taking your time to produce quality films rather than just grub them for the money like Ghosthouse Pictures, Scott Fire, or Jerry Bruckheimer.
Review A
Peter Jackson picked a great director in Neill Blomkamp, who was supposed to direct the halo movie, but decided not too due to studio disagreements, so Peter Jackson and others involved decided to let him direct another film anyway. This film is beautifully directed by this director and is made perfectly. This movie should be demonstrated as at every film school just so new directors can learn what good directing is all about. The screenplay is magnificent a good collaboration between Neill and Terri Tatchell.
The hero in this film is conflicted and is far from perfect which is an ideal concept that this movie uses, unlike many other blockbusters. Our hero at the beginning seems like a worker whose working for an evil company just trying to do his job, but once he's infected with Alien DNA and starts to turn he begins to side with the aliens.
This film is not designed to aim at any political agenda even if it rarely implies it. Other wise this film has amazing special effects shot for a very low budget contrary to any other rumors. By the end you'll know you've seen the best film of the summer on par with The Hurt Locker. He shows what you can do on a small budget and a well plotted screenplay unlike your average Michael bay film because his low budget effects out do transformers by a long shot.
Thank you Peter Jackson for taking your time to produce quality films rather than just grub them for the money like Ghosthouse Pictures, Scott Fire, or Jerry Bruckheimer.
Review A
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I thought you liked Drag Me To Hell? If so, how come you're dissing Ghosthouse Pictures then?
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