District 9 vs. Other Summer Movies

This is not a direct comparison, but how it stacked up against the big fish (i.e. Transformers 2, Star Trek, & Watchmen) no spoilers

Review Opinion
By Godl1ng - Aug 14, 2009 06:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Sci-Fi

First, this movie was easily the poorest and misleadingly advertised film since "Watchmen." My first thoughts were "Independence Day" vs "Transformers," but this movie is the most refreshingly original take on aliens since "Signs."
The story line is a surprise, and really deep. I wouldn't say it keeps you guessing, but you really want to see what happens next. The acting is amazing, on everyone's part, including the cg aliens. The action fit perfectly, not over done, and didn't do anything beyond believability. No one flips along cars, or defies gravity and physics. No alien kung fu or spaceship testicles. The mech sequence is hilarious and fun. The gun fights are crazy (it earns its R rating, no blue balls on mars needed). You find yourself anxious to see how the main character will get out of each predicament. Do not watch this as an action film, because with that all said, once you extract the action from this movie and watch only those segments, it does not stack up against Transformers, Watchmen; yet was probably on par with Star Trek. But it competes well with all of those movies because of the story and the characters. This is the must watch movie, as opposed to G.I. Joe, which I was saving until after this movie. I don't care how wrong they say the bad buzz about it is, it has a Wayans brother in it. I enjoyed this movie as thoroughly as "Watchmen" and "Star Trek" (I liked both of those movies a lot). 5 out of 5 (:^o

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answer - 8/14/2009, 6:28 PM
I really want to see this film right now but apparently its not our in the UK til September! WTF!!!
Godl1ng
Godl1ng - 8/14/2009, 6:31 PM
lol, yeah my friend from the UK was telling me about that, apparently they're going to stop doing that soon because it only results in a lot of British people buying bootlegs... your day will come lol.
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 8/14/2009, 6:43 PM
This movie was F***ING AMAZING. Period.
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answer - 8/14/2009, 9:00 PM
@ Godl1ng, It only seems to be the samller films they do it with! I've only heard of this film online and no one i knoe has heard of it! I still dont download crappy quality bootlegs though!
Godl1ng
Godl1ng - 8/14/2009, 9:43 PM
lol dl is so several years ago, you stream you cinema theft now-a-days... OVGuide.com, a directory that gives you a bunch of websites that host the movies, most of the time you get good quality, every once in a while you get a camcorder or xmen:origin, but that movie was butt ne way lol. trust me, 9 out of ten times, you don't want the crap that comes out of our country...
Godl1ng
Godl1ng - 8/14/2009, 9:45 PM
and tyler... uhhh yeah, i think it was...
CRITIC17
CRITIC17 - 8/15/2009, 12:43 AM
This movie RULED!!!!! Hands down it is the best film of the year so far!!!!!!
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