Anyone see District 9 yet?

[87NAT]

Why did it suck to you?

I felt like I was watching a documentary in Rowanda about transplanting refugees and they didnt want to go. Except the refugees were from a place 1.6 billion light years away. It was not what I thought it was cracked up to be.

The HALO 3 trailer you posted was better than DIstrcit 9. Thats what I thought the movie was gonna be like.

 

[BASS]

Why did it suck to you?

Without ruining the movie for anyone that wanted to see it, the plot was very bad. It makes no sense that some supposedly advanced alien creatures would just be rounded up into some secluded area (let alone have thier mothership be stuck hovering over south africa). Also, they were more like primitive overgrown grasshoppers acting like animals rather than sophisticated aliens...

 

[WeAreVenom]

Unfortunately the movie was marketed as a sci-fi/action film. The studio doesn't care whether people like it in the end, they just want you to buy a ticket. I personally think the whole "documentary" aspect of it was the best part. It draws you in more effectively than conventional filming IMO.

And the aliens were dumb because their leaders were nowhere to be found as stated in the first part of the movie. Imagine a "hive mind" with the brain removed. Or a bunch of ants with a queen that has disappeared. We have no idea why they chose Earth or even South Africa. All of this is explained in the movie but I think most people were just so turned off by the look that they immediately stopped paying attention.

 

[GNBRETT]

Now im thinking this will be a RED box rental at best... I was really looken foward to seeing this but too many people have stated it pretty much sux.

 

[UNGN]

Without ruining the movie for anyone that wanted to see it, the plot was very bad. It makes no sense that some supposedly advanced alien creatures would just be rounded up into some secluded area (let alone have thier mothership be stuck hovering over south africa). Also, they were more like primitive overgrown grasshoppers acting like animals rather than sophisticated aliens...

It made sense to me.

If I was a leader of an advanced alien race and I had an army, I wouldn't want them to be too smart, because when I sent them off on obvious suicide missions or (wiping out every living thiing on a planet indiscriminantly including babies, puppies and kitties), I wouldn't want them coming after me if they refused. They were swimming in weapons, so it was likely they could do damage if they were ordered to.

If a malevolent alien race doesn't have a collective brain, then its going to have to have stupid "muscle" aliens to carry out its dirty work. The muscle would only kill when ordered to, however, to avoid them killing each other or accidently killing an ally (which is why they aren't wholesale killing humans).

If these stupid aliens end up in a place where they aren't having orders shouted at them, you get district 9.

 

[datant69]

had a chance went to see the hurtlocker instead

i wasn't dissappointed in my decision, i have enjoyed some of PJ's movies but i still want to see this one. wife isn't into all that so looks like it'll be that time travel movie for her and district 9 to me. i'll keep the keys to the car incase she gets mad when i send her off to watch that movie by herself.

 

[marleyskater420]

Without ruining the movie for anyone that wanted to see it, the plot was very bad. It makes no sense that some supposedly advanced alien creatures would just be rounded up into some secluded area (let alone have thier mothership be stuck hovering over south africa). Also, they were more like primitive overgrown grasshoppers acting like animals rather than sophisticated aliens...

See UNGN's post. They say in the movie that they believe all the "smart" aliens were killed, or at least thought to not have made the trip. As you can tell in the movie there were aliens still at their home planet (as you hear at the end of the movie).

If you paid close attention you wouldn't have assumed that it made no sense. It made perfect sense with how they described it.

Think of it like this...if all we had were basic privates in the infantry over fighting our wars, with no one to tell them what to do, and no one took charge, we would have a similar situation, more or less. That was their whole explanation. And before you retort "well someone would take charge" that is what the main alien was doing-quietly taking charge, it just took him so long with the resources he had.

I felt like I was watching a documentary in Rowanda about transplanting refugees and they didnt want to go. Except the refugees were from a place 1.6 billion light years away. It was not what I thought it was cracked up to be.

The HALO 3 trailer you posted was better than DIstrcit 9. Thats what I thought the movie was gonna be like.

Perhaps the movie had more than one message? Maybe there was something more in it that you might have missed...

It made sense to me.

If I was a leader of an advanced alien race and I had an army, I wouldn't want them to be too smart, because when I sent them off on obvious suicide missions or (wiping out every living thiing on a planet indiscriminantly including babies, puppies and kitties), I wouldn't want them coming after me if they refused. They were swimming in weapons, so it was likely they could do damage if they were ordered to.

If a malevolent alien race doesn't have a collective brain, then its going to have to have stupid "muscle" aliens to carry out its dirty work. The muscle would only kill when ordered to, however, to avoid them killing each other or accidently killing an ally (which is why they aren't wholesale killing humans).

If these stupid aliens end up in a place where they aren't having orders shouted at them, you get district 9.

 

[87NAT]

Disregard all of my previous posts. I was plastered out of my mind when I went see it. I drank a bottle of JAck and smoked a funny looking cigarette I got from a dude on the corner. It was the best movie I have ever seen. It changed my life. I just ordered a District 9 t-shirt and coffee mug set. I even put a District 9 front plate on my GN. Aliens rule!

 

[GNBRETT]

Disregard all of my previous posts. I was plastered out of my mind when I went see it. I drank a bottle of JAck and smoked a funny looking cigarette I got from a dude on the corner. It was the best movie I have ever seen. It changed my life. I just ordered a District 9 t-shirt and coffee mug set. I even put a District 9 front plate on my GN. Aliens rule!

Nice! Now that's what I wanted to hear.... Can you get me a T-shirt to? I promise to paypal u the money Cmon, was it really that bad? Honestly? Compare it something bad.

 

[no-nos]

guys you do know there is a website that post most of these movies, some the quality is not so good but it gives you an idea of how the movie is.
Watch Movies Online For Free Full Movie Downloads and yes it is there. :biggrin:

 

[marleyskater420]

guys you do know there is a website that post most of these movies, some the quality is not so good but it gives you an idea of how the movie is.
Watch Movies Online For Free Full Movie Downloads and yes it is there. :biggrin:

you mean I can't just type in "watch movies online for free" into google and that won't work?

...just breakin' ya balls.... yeah those sites are helpful and real nice quality for older movies (out on dvd) but some of the new movies suck a bit.

Disregard all of my previous posts. I was plastered out of my mind when I went see it. I drank a bottle of JAck and smoked a funny looking cigarette I got from a dude on the corner. It was the best movie I have ever seen. It changed my life. I just ordered a District 9 t-shirt and coffee mug set. I even put a District 9 front plate on my GN. Aliens rule!

I'm glad you came to your senses.

I got "district 9" tattoo'd on my ass, and my girlfriend screams "DO ME MR.PRAWN" while I plow her in the butt.

She really doesn't like my tartor sauce when I'm finished.

 

[87NAT]

you mean I can't just type in "watch movies online for free" into google and that won't work?

...just breakin' ya balls.... yeah those sites are helpful and real nice quality for older movies (out on dvd) but some of the new movies suck a bit.



I'm glad you came to your senses.

I got "district 9" tattoo'd on my ass, and my girlfriend screams "DO ME MR.PRAWN" while I plow her in the butt.

She really doesn't like my tartor sauce when I'm finished.

Your killing me early in the morning. LOL

 

[marleyskater420]

Your killing me early in the morning. LOL

Glad someone appreciates my tartor sauce stories...