Aug 12 2009
Movie Review - District 9
Tim Falletti
This summer hasn’t been to kind to movie buffs. Transformers sucked. Wolverine sucked. Terminator was meh. Harry Potter was meh. If you really think about it, there has only been one or two movies that have really been good this whole season. (Hangover and Hurt Locker) I can remember as far back as being a kid in little league talking about Jurassic Park and as little as last year talking about The Dark Knight. Each summer, there is one movie that just has to be talked about over dinner, with friends, and in your head over and over again. This year really didn’t have that. Until now.
District 9 is this year’s “Holy Shit” movie. It’s like seeing dinosaurs on the big screen for the first time. It’s like seeing Spider-Man swinging from web the first time. It’s like seeing Heath Ledger’s Joker make a pencil disappear. District 9 is like nothing I have ever seen before and seeing it for the first time is like a rejuvenation in my eyes. I have faith in Hollywood once again.
OK this is going to sound like hyperbole, but seriously, you should really stop reading this review and come back later this weekend after you have seen this movie. I am not going to give away ANY spoilers in this review, but the less you know about this movie going in is better. Period. OK, not that that is out of the way:
The basic premise is that aliens came to earth, and got stuck here. (God, that’s all I really want to tell you) There is no one in this movie you know. But you will know them when it’s over. The special effects in this movie are so good, it’s hard to believe they didn’t cost anything. The movement and pace of this movie is so perfect, so wonderful, you will find yourself forgetting where you actually are. The last 30 minutes….oh man the last 30 minutes…This movie is so good, you will seriously stand up when the movie is over and want to buy another ticket.
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This is without a doubt the best movie of the summer. It will be my top movie of the year. It will blow you away. Just go see it.
(Sorry this review isn’t really a review. You will understand after you see it).
