Comments on: DISTRICT 9, Review – You Will See This Movie.

By: Hil

Hil — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:20:38 +0000

Great review of a totally awesome movie. Almost a year has gone by and, although I have seen many other movies (some good, some not so good) I keep coming back to “District 9″! I had such an emotional connection with the characters, brilliant story … On the other hand, my partner’s thoughts were: “Well, it was OK I suppose …” Did we even see the same movie? Strange, that. Anyway; there have been arguments against it, but I really do hope there will be a sequel! I have been giving it a lot of thought – what will happen in 3 (No – 2) years time when Christopher Johnson & small son Oliver return …?

By: Brian K.

Brian K. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:02:07 +0000

If you are looking to just copy Peter’s review…I can’t say I blame you.

By: Matlhodi

Matlhodi — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:32:12 +0000

Heya.
Hey guys. I had to watch the movie because I am doing a movie review about it in my exam this friday for my Features and Review -Advance Reporting subject and I was not really quite sure what the hack I was going to write about it.
Sure i knew it was a documentary like movie, btu I tend to get too emotionally taken away by a movie and find my self speechless, but with this websites help, I’m sure I’ll come up with a well structured review. Great movie though -totally awesome what SA’s movie industry is coming-up with.

By: Willem

Willem — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:06:18 +0000

D9 is actually not a sci-fi movie at all. It is a satire and social commentary in sci-fi disquise. It is also not a commentary on the Apartheid era, though there is some stylistic reference to it. It is, as SouthAfrican stated above, about the xenophobia surrounding the Zimbabwean immigrants/refugees. But it also is about the betrayal, alienation and abandonment of the poor in SA by both the ANC goevernment, the rich as well as the middle classes in general. Schack dwellers in SA are made to feel that they live in an alternative universe.

See…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abahlali_baseMjondolo

…and…

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/xenophobia_in_south_africa.html

…for insight into the South African social realities that this movie is based on.

By: SouthAfrican

SouthAfrican — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:49:10 +0000

“#1. why is an alien named Christopher Johnson.”

White South Africans just couldn’t pronounce black SA’s names, so they gave themselves ‘easier’ names. (mostly from the bible: John, Lucas etc..,)

#5 Yes, definitely apartheid references, but even more so taken from the xenophobia explosion last year because of the Zimbabwean immigrants streaming into SA.

By: watch love happens

watch love happens — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:26:27 +0000

Great review. Loved the movie watched it in theaters. The plot was intense and the characters were well formed. D-9 was a really good movie overall.

By: BambooPanda13

BambooPanda13 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:02:39 +0000

I think some people may be judging it too negatively because it wasn’t what they expected. In my opinion, and with this movie, something unexpected is a good thing. It was definitely not what I thought it was going to be, which was good because I thought it was another “aliens visit earth” type movie. This was much better. Some of the gripes people had, why do aliens have human names? Because they’ve been living there twenty years and the government wants to keep track of them, and yes to the person who said like a name given to them like slaves. It could also be a part of their trying to assimilate. Some immigrants sometimes change their names to more American sounding names. And the person who said that it makes sense that the fuel can change DNA and power the ship because their technology is biology based is right in my opinion. That makes the most sense. I liked the idea that the liquid can also be used to change other species into a prawn if they need help with something, and the question that maybe prawns were actually some other species or a mix of different species who got turned into prawns. Them being there for 22 years answers some of the simple questions people have. I mean, some of them even wore articles of clothing. And yes, lighting on fire a bunch of prawn eggs probably wouldn’t feel as disturbing as shooting a full grown one. I thought it was disturbing that they just lit their babies on fire like that, but I’m sure that is why it was in the film. Yes, the main character flip flops his views on prawns. If you were turning into another species or whatever and had no where else to turn, what other option would you have? And at first, even when he was with Christopher he wasn’t exactly nice. Not until a little later when the government was attacking and he went in to save Christopher, whether for his own gain (Christopher said he could change him back), or whether he really felt for him. I thought this was a good movie with a good message. We probably would treat aliens this way. Instead of trying to understand them or assimilate them into our culture we would just move them as far away as possible. Out of sight, out of mind. Which is why I don’t blame them when they did do anything violent. Who wants to be forced to live in a dirty shanty town like that? It looked worse than a ghetto. I thought it was funny that they really loved cat food. Also, they always had to opportunity to use their weapons against humans, and they never did. They traded them for cat food. They didn’t want to hurt the humans, or eat them, they just wanted to go home. And I’m sure if the humans would have been kinder and tried to do more for them, they could have learned so much. And I bet the aliens would have been more willing to share their technology while they tried to search for more of the substance. I don’t understand why the humans, if they disliked them so much, wouldn’t be doing all they could to try and help them leave. That doesn’t make too much sense. If they would have gotten together with some scientists, maybe they could have figured out what the black stuff was earlier on, and then rounded up everthing that contained that material, or made more, and they could have blasted off long ago.

By: Edward

Edward — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:54:58 +0000

I’m going to agree with post #11. It is obvious that their technology is biology based… brilliant idea in the film.

This film is great I would say. Not because its deep, or the message it sends with parallels to “District 6″ <— google it. Really because its different and thought provoking. It's dark and sometimes amusing scenes are fresh for this type of film.

If you are expecting big explosions and huge fight scenes this movie is probably not for you, although there are some and really good ones. The story follows one main character and explains how his relationship with himself, family and ultimately the alien "Christopher Johnson" who's name we can assume was given to him by the MNU collide in a very disturbing but entertaining manner. This film is done very well and I recommend you stop reading these comments and go see the movie.