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Please react to a movie called How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. It's a Thai movie, it centered around a young male who, after received news that his grandma got diagnosed with cancer, decided to take care of his grandma while he himself trying to secure his inheritance from his grandma. This movie is a seriously tear-jerker movie, full of family-themed lessons and, I can dare to say, this movie is a lot better than any family movies that you've ever seen or reacted before.
I give the movie five stars for the visual effects, the original story and the very fitting parallels to real world events. I would love to see a sequel if they could find another original solution to the conflict. (A sequel has been planned for a long time)
One thing I love about this movie is they didn't make the aliens pretty. Traditionally, ugly equates to evil, but District 9 makes you sympathise with the Prawns. They're refugees, victims. And the humans are the villains.
In District 9, the aliens are referred to as “Prawns” by humans, which is indeed a derogatory term due to their appearance resembling that of shellfish. The proper term for the alien species in the film is actually never specified, but they are generally referred to as “non-humans” or “aliens” in official documents and by the government within the context of the story.
Using a sci-fi film in 2009 to explore apartheid, migrant and refugee crises still holds true today. It's brilliant how it portrays society as disjointed since the bodies created to deal with the "aliens" waylaid any sense of humanity in their dealings. The point of Wikas becoming one of the aliens is to show how any of us could be subject to the same circumstance at any time.
Fun fact: This film was actually based on true events. It was based on events that occurred in District Six in Cape Town during Apartheid. Of course they just substituted the South Africans with aliens but a lot of the real world events (evictions, political stuff, etc) were mostly pretty accurate to the events.
I don't know if that's a fun fact...but you are correct. The townships are still like no other place on earth. My mother works there with a non-profit.
This movie received a Best Picture noination at the Academy Awards that year. It came along and blew people away, was a critical and commercial success, and had everyone going to see it. It really was gosh darn cool as heck.
I love Wickus's character journey. He was a coward, a racist, and he was selfish. But in the end he did the right thing and saved Christopher. He evolved.
Agreed. I would love to see more of him. He's incredibly talented, and his performance really grounded this film, though a fabulous screenplay never hurts (there aren't enough of them these days). Hollywood just doesn't seem to know what to do with him. I believe District 9 was his first film as well, though I could be wrong on that.
I haven’t watched this movie since it came out in 2009, and I still remember the plot, story and themes distinctly. Very unique and memorable film, Neil Blomkamp caught lightning in a bottle with this film.
This movie still feels relevant because it's been 15yrs and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Talk to some older folks and you'll start to realize that problems are never dealt with, only pushed on to future generations.
As my dude Slug says in Seismic Waves... "Things ain't been the same since Trayvon, s#*t, Things ain't been the same since Reagan, wait... ain't a single thing change from the days when the Gods went crazy and broke the languages."
@@KayosHybrid love of money is a sickness. When you know things could be done differently and better, without money, it's very frustrating. more info - The Venus Project founded by Jacque Fresco. Money and politics are both outdated.
The spiritual follow ups to this movie are Elysium and Chappie. While neither is a direct sequel, they are like District 9 very interesting takes on the Sci-Fi genre.
Same, and I'm someone who actually likes to rewatch stuff that makes me cry (train to busan in particular) but this movie just hurts too much on a huge scale. It is too realistic in how it portrays the cruelty of humanity because I KNOW people are treated like this. I can never rewatch this.
@@lafatte24if that ain’t me. And then the last scenes with the babygirl and her dad in the train…. I always think “I already watched this too many times I’m not going to cry…” and then there it goes…. But District 9 boils my blood a bit and always makes me go into a rabbit hole of research and readings and societal debates and deep thinking all the time.
@@Vatti. If you're interested, the podcast Behind the Bastards is a really accessible historical podcast (very casual and humorous) but their episode on Leopold the II and what the mofo did to the Congo... oh my god... Just truly sickening shit that most people don't really know the details about today.
@@lafatte24 you’re hitting all my buttons. I know about his horrific doings. As an African myself. Born in Angola, (raised in Europe but…) Congo’s neighbour, I’ve been self studying a lot. I’ll be checking that channel. Probably I’ll be getting into another rabbit hole. Appreciate your suggestion.
With a budget of $30 million it was quite a marvel compared to todays standards, and a $200 million box office earnings. Us fans have been keenly interested and hopeful of a sequel someday, but on-again, off-again go ahead have dashed interest over the years since.
I'm pretty sure they already started filming the sequel or something? But there was a confirmation that unfortunately it would be set in the US with none of the original cast...
@@USER.EXE.RUclips while i agree, i dont think it applies here when comparing the 2 films. Both used the resources they had, and both did it extremely well with the limitations that they had. I say they would both deserve the Oscar and both definitely used VFX fair better than most Hollywood blockbusters today
So fun fact Neil Blomkamp was ment to make the Halo film back in the 2000s. But the project was on hold (eventually cancelled) due to lack of funding. So Peter Jackson and Neil made District 9 instead. Even used props and items ment for the Halo film
One of my fav films honestly. So gonna list some fun facts. 1. Blomkamp, the creator of it, was originally tasked with making a Halo (the game) movie. But it get scrapped and he instead made District 9. So they changed this around for this. 2. The next movie after this, not a sequel or anything is Elysium. I HIGHLY recommend it if you liked this. It's more scifi/future oriented. But expect some returning cast and what not. 3. Disrict 9 is more or less tales of South Africas racial issues, but with aliens instead. Elysium is along the same lines expect about inequality. 4. Blomkamp a year ago was working on District 10. Though its been rumored its on hold again. It would continue the story from D9. 5. District 9 won 32 wins and had 117 nominations. Including script, effects...etc. 6. Blomkamp really wanted to film in South Africa using actual actors from south Africa as he was born in Johansberg, South Africa. He grew up with the aparthid.
This movie is what you get when you really are passionate and have a vision. This movie is memorable. It has a gripping story and a high level of uncomfortable but still you want to watch.
I am so glad you guys reacted to this. I remember being obsessed with this movie when it first came out. There wasn't another movie like it. The whole concept of him turning into one of them and then that shot of him fully turned at the end was so interesting and it was all so well done, especially for the time it came out. I've always wanted a sequel but it's so underrated I'm not sure if we will ever get one. Hopefully it will get a second life here and get picked up again. Great reaction, as always guys! Also, this is right up there on the list for body horror for me, some scenes really stick with you 😂
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you show someone "real" sci-fi: you blow them away. By "real" that I guess I mean like O.G. science fiction. For it to be "real" sci-fi it has to be thought provoking, it has to be a clear (or veiled) criticism of some aspect of society or humanity or something like that and it has to grip you, keep you on your toes and entertained. Stuff like this movie and Arrival are much more interesting than Edge Of Tomorrow type of movies. Those are action movies that have a sci-fi setting, not really sci-fi. Not that action movies are bad in any way, they're super fun. But nothing beats a good O.G. sci-fi or horror movie that has real thought and weight behind it.
I kind of feel like it doesn't need to. I don't entirely see how they could recapture the same feeling as this one, with the gritty look, obvious social commentary, narrative framing device, and such.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, there was a huge promotional campaign for this movie. Everywhere on the street you could find signs prohibiting aliens like the ones in the movie, even in the bathrooms of movie theaters and shopping malls there were signs separating human bathrooms from alien ones.
Literally watched this for the first time this past weekend then started acknowledging the audiences’ very vocal appreciation for the film. Excited to hear your guys’ thoughts when I’ve got through your reaction!
Fun fact this was originally supposed to be the Halo movie based on the video game, but due to a lack of budget they switch lanes and reused there props for this movie. That's why you see the halo warthog and halo sniper rifle
Yeah, it’s pretty awesome how both of them feel. I’ve watched Halo Landfall countless times, and I love the camera angles and editing for the action scenes. This movie feels so similar to those scenes from Landfall that one could consider them as brother-projects.
@@Jitterzzmy bro and I were just watching all those halo commercials last night and reminiscing about how awesome they were. That ODST one still to this day is easily one of the best short films I’ve seen. Barely a word spoken but so, so many emotions. I also knew that there was some link to Landfall and a Halo project with a well known director. Sure enough I see this reaction today and y’all’s comments about the link between them. So cool.
This is beyond awesome, this movie always deserves more attention! 🙂 Update: this is great you all enjoyed this, it definitely stands on its own. My brother introduced me to the movie after it was released and I was as entranced as you guys. Would be great to see a sequel, especially if it matched this one for greatness.
I love, love, love this movie! this is what more sci-fi films should be like, not cash grabbing with celebrity cameos we don't care about and re-hashed plots, but new concepts, cool effects and gritty horror. And the way they set it up like its a documentary adds so much more in terms of telling us plot rather than spoon feeding it to us or pulling it out of thin air, they make the world feel so real. As you can probably tell I really like this movie :)
I kinda figured their race is ran in a Caste System. This ship was was full of worker caste or slaves, they dont need to be smart. They said in the beginning that they think the command crew died of something. SO i think this is one of those races where they may have a worker caste, soldier cast and leadership caste. This ship was just workers where the leadership just happpend to die.
That was pretty much my interpretation as well. Christopher was one of the only smart ones to have survived. His son obviously inherited that intelligence.
I always assumed this was just one ship of several that maybe veered off course and got lost, eventually landing on Earth due to lack of fuel or food (hence why it ‘landed’ over Johannesburg instead of NYC or L.A.) Maybe the caste theory is correct, but this one ship only contained the lower level workers. The other ships may have arrived at their original destination. Plus, Christoper seemed to input a specific destination into the computer, so he knows where the other ships are or their home colony.
I just read that the director gave Gizmodo the alien's backstory which essentially went that they are a hive mind species and their leader on the ship died so the drones didn't know what to do since they lack the intelligence needed to right the situation and Christopher was the new born leader who was able to get the ship operating again.
Excellent film. It's also basically a sci-fi adaptation of South African issues. District 9 comes from the real life District 6 in Cape Town which the apartheid government declared a whites-only area and then evicted all the non-white people living there, moving them to other places (like the MNU does with District 10). You see the prejudice against aliens also mirrors apartheid society. And so does the naming. Christopher Johnson is almost certainly not the alien's real name; during apartheid, some white people couldn't pronounce black names and so they gave black people a "white" name which was easier to pronounce. Like Nelson Mandela's birth name was Rolihlahla. He got the name Nelson only when he went to school (in that case, from a black teacher because it was just how things were done).
Трудности в произношении имён не имеют никакого отношения к предубеждениям. Когда человек учит другой язык и имеет акцент, вы назовёте это предубеждением?
@AlisaM-L no not just difficulties. But here, a deliberate lack of interest in trying. I have a Chinese cousin who has a Chinese name and an American name, that is a difficulties in pronounciation, but her father never choose an "american" name because the family could correctly pronounce his name.
Such a great and underrated film from South Africa. For Diamond Dave's rating - He has high expectations for rating movies and doesn't give a high score easily. I loved his appreciation for this film.
Poor Wikus. Not the "brightest crayon in the box", as they used to say, and he had made some foolish and perhaps cruel decisions in his work, not even understanding the bigger picture, (yes, he made mistakes) but I do hope Christopher comes back to heal him. He worked to redeem his foolishness. I'm glad she knows that her gifts are from Wikus. (I don't defend some of his actions, BTW)
My favorite part of this film is that he resented turning into them at first. It didn’t make him more sympathetic toward them but actually disgusted. His change of heart was very organic and felt so real
I’m so happy you guys did a react to this movie. One of my favorites! The main actor Sharlto Copley is in another great sci-fi film with Matt Damon also directed by Neill Blomkamp called Elysium , another movie you guys may enjoy!
I'll be surprised if we ever get District 10 he's been trying to get it made for awhile. He wanted to do an Alien movie but Ridley wouldn't let him and them we got that dumpsterfire Covenant. Blomkamp has some short films here on YT, Oats Studios. I know Sigourney Weaver is in one. Some of them went on Netflix.
I was so disappointed he couldn't do an Alien film. I thought that if anyone could do a worthy follow up to the last good film in that franchise (Aliens) it would have been him. Instead we've gotten years of increasingly terrible garbage Alien movies. HUGE opportunity missed for everyone.
I remember bringing this movie up to a film professor who had never seen it and accidentally made myself a teacher's pet just for the recommendation. 😂
So glad you guys reacted to this! First watch for me was just completely astounded how dang good it is. Didn’t know what I was getting myself into 😂 Take care guys
Hey this is a South African film which I freaking love and as Badd Medicine's resident South African I'm so freaking pumped to see your reactions my dudes!!🔥🔥 Also fyi, this is meant to play into the themes/actual things that happened to people of colour in Apartheid South Africa. Such a great film.
The CGI still looks amazing today. Check out some of the behind-the-scenes footage, the aliens were just guys on stilts speaking English. It's pretty funny and amazing to see how well they replaced them.
J'adore tellement ce film ! Je suis trop contente que vous le regardiez. La scène où il perd ses dents et ses ongles me donne encore la nausée et des frissons de dégoût des années après. Ce film est si intelligemment fait et dénonce tellement de choses.
Rating of 5..! But maybe I'm biased because I'm South African... but the thing is, this makes me proud it shows that if South Africans work together, we can contribute to the rest of the world. Thank you for taking the time to watch this... Much love, guys ❤
I can tell you that seeing this on a huge screen added such impact as to make you truly emotional, almost to the point of crying. You just cant get the same impact from a monitor or TV.
such an underrated gem. remember seeing it at the cinemas an was so excited for it, ive always wanted a sequel to this, love sci fi with body horror/transformation an would be so keen to see how it plays out. but also am fine with this being a stand alone, they'd be hard pressed to top it.
26:04 his name is Sharlto Copley hes awesome so underrated, you should watch Elysium with him and Matt Damon, great Sci-Fi grimy futuristic film, and Sharlto plays a scary mercenary.
One of my global studies professors in uni assigned us this movie, I forgot the exact course name but it was about disenfranchised groups throughout history and how institutions often cripple and ostracize groups that don’t fit within their larger system. You can see how this movie relates!
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What a wild and interesting film this was! Would you want a sequel to this film? What is your Answer rating on the 1-5 scale?
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5 for originality and social commentary.
TRY WATCH IN ENGLISH DUB "B13 MOVIE" PART 1 AND PART 2 , AFTER THAT WATCH THE OTHER SIMILAR MOVIE "DISTRICT 13 - brick mansion", the main actor is PAUL WALKER from fast and furious , highly recommend for action and ninja Parkour fighting style
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Please react to a movie called How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies. It's a Thai movie, it centered around a young male who, after received news that his grandma got diagnosed with cancer, decided to take care of his grandma while he himself trying to secure his inheritance from his grandma.
This movie is a seriously tear-jerker movie, full of family-themed lessons and, I can dare to say, this movie is a lot better than any family movies that you've ever seen or reacted before.
I give the movie five stars for the visual effects, the original story and the very fitting parallels to real world events.
I would love to see a sequel if they could find another original solution to the conflict. (A sequel has been planned for a long time)
One thing I love about this movie is they didn't make the aliens pretty. Traditionally, ugly equates to evil, but District 9 makes you sympathise with the Prawns. They're refugees, victims. And the humans are the villains.
In District 9, the aliens are referred to as “Prawns” by humans, which is indeed a derogatory term due to their appearance resembling that of shellfish. The proper term for the alien species in the film is actually never specified, but they are generally referred to as “non-humans” or “aliens” in official documents and by the government within the context of the story.
We usually are in reality, just not in movies.
Using a sci-fi film in 2009 to explore apartheid, migrant and refugee crises still holds true today. It's brilliant how it portrays society as disjointed since the bodies created to deal with the "aliens" waylaid any sense of humanity in their dealings. The point of Wikas becoming one of the aliens is to show how any of us could be subject to the same circumstance at any time.
Fun fact: This film was actually based on true events. It was based on events that occurred in District Six in Cape Town during Apartheid. Of course they just substituted the South Africans with aliens but a lot of the real world events (evictions, political stuff, etc) were mostly pretty accurate to the events.
I don't know if that's a fun fact...but you are correct. The townships are still like no other place on earth. My mother works there with a non-profit.
and much of the footage of riots and interviews with people on the streets were real footage and interviews not about aliens.
@anthonycochran6492 it is a fact that is fun
@@TomTucker4157 Said by a white boy living in Iowa.
@TzunSu of course you gotta bring race into everything, it's the only thing you care about 😐
This movie received a Best Picture noination at the Academy Awards that year. It came along and blew people away, was a critical and commercial success, and had everyone going to see it. It really was gosh darn cool as heck.
as a South African, I AM READY LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!
Such a masterpiece of a grounded sci-fi movie that genuinely feels so unique and yet so relevant especially in real life politics.
Since its release 15yrs ago, Writer/Director Neill Blomkamp has struggled to top the brilliant job he did on District 9!
I think chappie was a nice movie
He's never come close. He's never even made another GOOD movie.
@@joshuabarnett88I liked Chappie
@@duttyow8766 I absolutely hated it.
@@EvripidouM Goated film
I love Wickus's character journey. He was a coward, a racist, and he was selfish. But in the end he did the right thing and saved Christopher. He evolved.
Yeah, but he only did it for selfish reasons.
Peter Jackson's company Weta FX did the CGI, thats why it holds up. Great reactions to a classic.
yeah, he and Peter were good friends and also, Niel's background is in SFX, so he knew hot to get the most out of a limited budget.
Sharlto Copley is insanely underrated as an actor. It's a shame he's found himself in several subpar films lately, he deserves much better.
Agreed. I would love to see more of him. He's incredibly talented, and his performance really grounded this film, though a fabulous screenplay never hurts (there aren't enough of them these days). Hollywood just doesn't seem to know what to do with him. I believe District 9 was his first film as well, though I could be wrong on that.
He was awesome in Hardcore Henry
Absolutely 👍 I put Kruger up there with Joker in the dark knight.
He was a great villain in Elysium with Matt Damon!
I haven’t watched this movie since it came out in 2009, and I still remember the plot, story and themes distinctly. Very unique and memorable film, Neil Blomkamp caught lightning in a bottle with this film.
This movie still feels relevant because it's been 15yrs and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED. Talk to some older folks and you'll start to realize that problems are never dealt with, only pushed on to future generations.
Watch Strange Days
As my dude Slug says in Seismic Waves... "Things ain't been the same since Trayvon, s#*t, Things ain't been the same since Reagan, wait... ain't a single thing change from the days when the Gods went crazy and broke the languages."
There’s money to be made
@@USER.EXE.RUclips That movie is seriously underrated.
@@KayosHybrid love of money is a sickness. When you know things could be done differently and better, without money, it's very frustrating. more info - The Venus Project founded by Jacque Fresco. Money and politics are both outdated.
The spiritual follow ups to this movie are Elysium and Chappie. While neither is a direct sequel, they are like District 9 very interesting takes on the Sci-Fi genre.
Both pretty good movies imo
Elysium, I don't know about chappie, though. It's a good movie, but those two musicians are sick bastards in real life.
This is one of my favorite movies. It breaks my heart every time.
Same, and I'm someone who actually likes to rewatch stuff that makes me cry (train to busan in particular) but this movie just hurts too much on a huge scale. It is too realistic in how it portrays the cruelty of humanity because I KNOW people are treated like this. I can never rewatch this.
@@lafatte24if that ain’t me. And then the last scenes with the babygirl and her dad in the train…. I always think “I already watched this too many times I’m not going to cry…” and then there it goes….
But District 9 boils my blood a bit and always makes me go into a rabbit hole of research and readings and societal debates and deep thinking all the time.
@@Vatti. If you're interested, the podcast Behind the Bastards is a really accessible historical podcast (very casual and humorous) but their episode on Leopold the II and what the mofo did to the Congo... oh my god... Just truly sickening shit that most people don't really know the details about today.
@@lafatte24 you’re hitting all my buttons.
I know about his horrific doings. As an African myself. Born in Angola, (raised in Europe but…) Congo’s neighbour, I’ve been self studying a lot. I’ll be checking that channel. Probably I’ll be getting into another rabbit hole.
Appreciate your suggestion.
Me too.
With a budget of $30 million it was quite a marvel compared to todays standards, and a $200 million box office earnings.
Us fans have been keenly interested and hopeful of a sequel someday, but on-again, off-again go ahead have dashed interest over the years since.
Ex Machina 15 million dollars budget and guess what? Won an Oscar for best vfx and beat other movies that cost way more budget
I'm pretty sure they already started filming the sequel or something? But there was a confirmation that unfortunately it would be set in the US with none of the original cast...
@USER.EXE.RUclips to be fair, Ex machina doesnt use as much CGI or VFX as D9.
What botj films did do was use what they had extremely well.
@@shadowphoenix1696 quality over quantity. Rightfully earned Oscar award and would put a shame on current Hollywood vfx/cgi
@@USER.EXE.RUclips while i agree, i dont think it applies here when comparing the 2 films.
Both used the resources they had, and both did it extremely well with the limitations that they had.
I say they would both deserve the Oscar and both definitely used VFX fair better than most Hollywood blockbusters today
So fun fact
Neil Blomkamp was ment to make the Halo film back in the 2000s. But the project was on hold (eventually cancelled) due to lack of funding.
So Peter Jackson and Neil made District 9 instead. Even used props and items ment for the Halo film
No wonder the design felt so familiar!
If I'm correct the basic animation rigging for the Prawns are from the Elites.
Chris has to come back. Not necessarily for the promise he made to a promise breaker, but because of how many other prawns he left behind.
One single actor by the name of Jason Koepp did the motion capture and performances of all the Prawns.
He was one of the guys being interviewed as well
One of my fav films honestly. So gonna list some fun facts.
1. Blomkamp, the creator of it, was originally tasked with making a Halo (the game) movie. But it get scrapped and he instead made District 9. So they changed this around for this.
2. The next movie after this, not a sequel or anything is Elysium. I HIGHLY recommend it if you liked this. It's more scifi/future oriented. But expect some returning cast and what not.
3. Disrict 9 is more or less tales of South Africas racial issues, but with aliens instead. Elysium is along the same lines expect about inequality.
4. Blomkamp a year ago was working on District 10. Though its been rumored its on hold again. It would continue the story from D9.
5. District 9 won 32 wins and had 117 nominations. Including script, effects...etc.
6. Blomkamp really wanted to film in South Africa using actual actors from south Africa as he was born in Johansberg, South Africa. He grew up with the aparthid.
oh hell yeah, one of my favorite movies - still waiting for a sequel
This movie is what you get when you really are passionate and have a vision. This movie is memorable. It has a gripping story and a high level of uncomfortable but still you want to watch.
I am so glad you guys reacted to this. I remember being obsessed with this movie when it first came out. There wasn't another movie like it. The whole concept of him turning into one of them and then that shot of him fully turned at the end was so interesting and it was all so well done, especially for the time it came out. I've always wanted a sequel but it's so underrated I'm not sure if we will ever get one. Hopefully it will get a second life here and get picked up again. Great reaction, as always guys! Also, this is right up there on the list for body horror for me, some scenes really stick with you 😂
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when you show someone "real" sci-fi: you blow them away. By "real" that I guess I mean like O.G. science fiction. For it to be "real" sci-fi it has to be thought provoking, it has to be a clear (or veiled) criticism of some aspect of society or humanity or something like that and it has to grip you, keep you on your toes and entertained. Stuff like this movie and Arrival are much more interesting than Edge Of Tomorrow type of movies. Those are action movies that have a sci-fi setting, not really sci-fi. Not that action movies are bad in any way, they're super fun. But nothing beats a good O.G. sci-fi or horror movie that has real thought and weight behind it.
I'm never getting over this movie not having a sequel.
Legit
It's coming.
I kind of feel like it doesn't need to. I don't entirely see how they could recapture the same feeling as this one, with the gritty look, obvious social commentary, narrative framing device, and such.
Nah, it's better this way
yes it feels bittersweet indeed, but im sure they won't be able to top this movie
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, there was a huge promotional campaign for this movie. Everywhere on the street you could find signs prohibiting aliens like the ones in the movie, even in the bathrooms of movie theaters and shopping malls there were signs separating human bathrooms from alien ones.
As a fellow South African. I really enjoyed your reaction to this movie that was filmed in Johannesburg.
Literally watched this for the first time this past weekend then started acknowledging the audiences’ very vocal appreciation for the film. Excited to hear your guys’ thoughts when I’ve got through your reaction!
We gotta be vocal since theres not a whole lot of us these days
Fun fact this was originally supposed to be the Halo movie based on the video game, but due to a lack of budget they switch lanes and reused there props for this movie. That's why you see the halo warthog and halo sniper rifle
Yeah, it’s pretty awesome how both of them feel. I’ve watched Halo Landfall countless times, and I love the camera angles and editing for the action scenes. This movie feels so similar to those scenes from Landfall that one could consider them as brother-projects.
@@Jitterzzmy bro and I were just watching all those halo commercials last night and reminiscing about how awesome they were.
That ODST one still to this day is easily one of the best short films I’ve seen. Barely a word spoken but so, so many emotions.
I also knew that there was some link to Landfall and a Halo project with a well known director. Sure enough I see this reaction today and y’all’s comments about the link between them. So cool.
Halo, for the director was AFTER this
Alot of assets were reused in other movies. Elysium has the obvious Halo Ring and you can also spot UNSC uniforms
yeah, landfall is an amazing short film. all the props that had been meant for the Halo movie looked perfect. and it was just shot so well.
I love this movie, it is so raw and real in a very interesting and creative way, an excellent movie without a doubt
I saw this in the theater with my dad. We both had a hard time getting into it but we were hooked into the movie by the time it was over
Chappie is another unique sci-fi film
and _Battle: Los Angeles_
@@flanagamer Hahaha.
Good grief
Including those idiot musicians ruined it
@@flanagamer You're joking....right? That's a baaad kind on "unique".
This movie is a total sleeper. So well done and so creative. It just grabs you and never lets go. Brilliant
This is beyond awesome, this movie always deserves more attention! 🙂
Update: this is great you all enjoyed this, it definitely stands on its own. My brother introduced me to the movie after it was released and I was as entranced as you guys. Would be great to see a sequel, especially if it matched this one for greatness.
Seeing oak just hitting the stank face the entire time got me giggling to myself so hard
I love, love, love this movie! this is what more sci-fi films should be like, not cash grabbing with celebrity cameos we don't care about and re-hashed plots, but new concepts, cool effects and gritty horror. And the way they set it up like its a documentary adds so much more in terms of telling us plot rather than spoon feeding it to us or pulling it out of thin air, they make the world feel so real. As you can probably tell I really like this movie :)
This is one movie I need a sequel for
Looks like it's finally happening or close to happening.
@@BaddMedicineCant get our hopes up, might be on hold yet again. They've been on and off making a sequel for many years
👀 I didn’t even know it was being discussed!
@@SphericaICow Neill has confirmed he's doing it but we don't know anything more.
It's been a thing since around 2011, iirc. The project has never been abandoned, it's just an on and off thing that might happen someday.
This movie was great. Heartbreaking. But good
My new favorite reactors reacting to my favorite movie! Awesome! This is gonna be a treat :)
I kinda figured their race is ran in a Caste System. This ship was was full of worker caste or slaves, they dont need to be smart. They said in the beginning that they think the command crew died of something. SO i think this is one of those races where they may have a worker caste, soldier cast and leadership caste. This ship was just workers where the leadership just happpend to die.
That was pretty much my interpretation as well. Christopher was one of the only smart ones to have survived. His son obviously inherited that intelligence.
I always assumed this was just one ship of several that maybe veered off course and got lost, eventually landing on Earth due to lack of fuel or food (hence why it ‘landed’ over Johannesburg instead of NYC or L.A.) Maybe the caste theory is correct, but this one ship only contained the lower level workers. The other ships may have arrived at their original destination. Plus, Christoper seemed to input a specific destination into the computer, so he knows where the other ships are or their home colony.
Worker caste or slaves. That's the thing, they don't need to have a social hierarchy at all. It could be entirely biological.
I just read that the director gave Gizmodo the alien's backstory which essentially went that they are a hive mind species and their leader on the ship died so the drones didn't know what to do since they lack the intelligence needed to right the situation and Christopher was the new born leader who was able to get the ship operating again.
@@bloomwiththestars That scans.
The fingernail scene everyone was squimish but Quinn and he was just setting there looking 🤣.. Very good reaction from my favorite guys & channels!!!
Watch ELYSIUM 2013. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp , Matt Damon main character. very impressive visuals , You will like it)))))
Watched this one in theatres not knowing what to expect, just blown away.
Excellent film. It's also basically a sci-fi adaptation of South African issues. District 9 comes from the real life District 6 in Cape Town which the apartheid government declared a whites-only area and then evicted all the non-white people living there, moving them to other places (like the MNU does with District 10). You see the prejudice against aliens also mirrors apartheid society. And so does the naming. Christopher Johnson is almost certainly not the alien's real name; during apartheid, some white people couldn't pronounce black names and so they gave black people a "white" name which was easier to pronounce. Like Nelson Mandela's birth name was Rolihlahla. He got the name Nelson only when he went to school (in that case, from a black teacher because it was just how things were done).
Трудности в произношении имён не имеют никакого отношения к предубеждениям. Когда человек учит другой язык и имеет акцент, вы назовёте это предубеждением?
@AlisaM-L no not just difficulties. But here, a deliberate lack of interest in trying.
I have a Chinese cousin who has a Chinese name and an American name, that is a difficulties in pronounciation, but her father never choose an "american" name because the family could correctly pronounce his name.
This movie made me hurt, thanks a bunch for showing it. Its a gem!
Me too, I think it’s the point. Empathy ❤ not /s btw, I agree with you.
Such a great and underrated film from South Africa.
For Diamond Dave's rating - He has high expectations for rating movies and doesn't give a high score easily. I loved his appreciation for this film.
ooh, i studied this film for my gcse in film studies, so interesting to analyse and learn about!!
When I saw this in the cinema, the beginning was so well done it made me feel genuinely ashamed to be a human.
Множество людей в мире делают много хороших вещей.
Занятно, как люди любят ненавидеть себя.
Poor Wikus.
Not the "brightest crayon in the box", as they used to say, and he had made some foolish and perhaps cruel decisions in his work, not even understanding the bigger picture, (yes, he made mistakes) but I do hope Christopher comes back to heal him.
He worked to redeem his foolishness.
I'm glad she knows that her gifts are from Wikus.
(I don't defend some of his actions, BTW)
Me too, but I cried for him in the end anyway
Sharlto Copley Is awesome. Definitely check out another Neill Blomkamp movie with him, Elysium.
One of my favorite movies of all time! It did not get anywhere near the appreciation it deserves
My favorite part of this film is that he resented turning into them at first. It didn’t make him more sympathetic toward them but actually disgusted. His change of heart was very organic and felt so real
I was 28 when I saw this and it creeped me out so bad I had nightmares. I watched again when I was a lot older and could appreciate it more.
The true tragedy of this movie is Christopher's promised return in "three years" never happening, with no sequel even after 15
A great movie that definitely deserves a sequel cause that would be awesome on Christopher returning
Besides Elysium, Sharlto also acted in Maleficent - the role of the King (Maleficent's love interest...)
In Elysium, Sharlto actually plays a badder version of Koobus (David James), aka "bald antagonist", "bald, bigger Chris Pine" (lol)
The main character is in Elysium with Matt Damon. Another gritty sci-fi movie that I hope is being recommended and voted on.
I walked into the theatre pretty much blind and it's definitely one of the best movie surprises I've ever had.
The transformation of Wikus was reminiscent of Jeff Goldblum in The Fly.
One of the bleakest, but best indie Sci-Fi films of the last 35 years.
Ex Machina and also won an Oscar for best vfx with just 15 million dollars budget
I’m so happy you guys did a react to this movie. One of my favorites! The main actor Sharlto Copley is in another great sci-fi film with Matt Damon also directed by Neill Blomkamp called Elysium , another movie you guys may enjoy!
I'll be surprised if we ever get District 10 he's been trying to get it made for awhile. He wanted to do an Alien movie but Ridley wouldn't let him and them we got that dumpsterfire Covenant. Blomkamp has some short films here on YT, Oats Studios. I know Sigourney Weaver is in one. Some of them went on Netflix.
I was so disappointed he couldn't do an Alien film. I thought that if anyone could do a worthy follow up to the last good film in that franchise (Aliens) it would have been him. Instead we've gotten years of increasingly terrible garbage Alien movies. HUGE opportunity missed for everyone.
Realized why I like watching you guys. You remind me of my dad and his friends, feels kinda nostalgic to watch you guys watch TV
I watched this movie when it came out and since then this is still a 5/5 for me. One of my favorite movies out there :D
I love this movie, great reaction, thanks guys! 🙏
This will always be one of my favorite movies.
This is my favourite alien movie! Im so glad you guys are watching it
This is one of those films that you never get tired of watching it over and over again
one of the most underrated movies of all time, they need to make a sequel!
I watched this movie years ago, had no idea what it was about. I ended up crying so much in the end. This is the only movie that REALLY needs a sequel
I remember bringing this movie up to a film professor who had never seen it and accidentally made myself a teacher's pet just for the recommendation. 😂
Amazing film that deserves a sequel.
So glad you guys reacted to this! First watch for me was just completely astounded how dang good it is. Didn’t know what I was getting myself into 😂 Take care guys
As a South African, thank you for checking out this masterpiece! This is my favourite local film.
Chappie and Elysium next?
The Soundtrack is Awesome!
Great movie! I'm happy you've reacted to it. It's a fave.
Hey this is a South African film which I freaking love and as Badd Medicine's resident South African I'm so freaking pumped to see your reactions my dudes!!🔥🔥
Also fyi, this is meant to play into the themes/actual things that happened to people of colour in Apartheid South Africa. Such a great film.
Oh man! I freakin LOVE this movie
The CGI still looks amazing today. Check out some of the behind-the-scenes footage, the aliens were just guys on stilts speaking English. It's pretty funny and amazing to see how well they replaced them.
This was amazing
This movie is absolutely heartbreaking to me. Watched it once and I could never watch it again.
J'adore tellement ce film ! Je suis trop contente que vous le regardiez. La scène où il perd ses dents et ses ongles me donne encore la nausée et des frissons de dégoût des années après. Ce film est si intelligemment fait et dénonce tellement de choses.
i watched this when I was a kid. Watching this back, I would definitely cry if the protagonist have a child. especially a daughter. This need a sequel
Rating of 5..! But maybe I'm biased because I'm South African... but the thing is, this makes me proud it shows that if South Africans work together, we can contribute to the rest of the world. Thank you for taking the time to watch this... Much love, guys ❤
The crazy thing about this movie is that it's a little too real, a little too grounded.
That's one if it's strengths, I believe. It's not easy to do that with sci-fi; it takes a solid script and some next-level acting to pull it off.
Arrival and District 9 are probably my favorite Scy Fy / Alien movies.
I can tell you that seeing this on a huge screen added such impact as to make you truly emotional, almost to the point of crying. You just cant get the same impact from a monitor or TV.
Another movie with the same actor is hardcore Henry. The whole movie is shot in a first person view, very fun.
This movie actually reminds me of that black mirror episode..
The look on the oaks face when the thing went off in the dude head .... epic! 😅
my second favourite movie, the ideas are so original, the aesthetics and the design are just amazing.
such an underrated gem. remember seeing it at the cinemas an was so excited for it, ive always wanted a sequel to this, love sci fi with body horror/transformation an would be so keen to see how it plays out. but also am fine with this being a stand alone, they'd be hard pressed to top it.
26:04 his name is Sharlto Copley hes awesome so underrated, you should watch Elysium with him and Matt Damon, great Sci-Fi grimy futuristic film, and Sharlto plays a scary mercenary.
One of my favorite sci-fi movies! Very underrated and ahead of its time.
One of my global studies professors in uni assigned us this movie, I forgot the exact course name but it was about disenfranchised groups throughout history and how institutions often cripple and ostracize groups that don’t fit within their larger system. You can see how this movie relates!
Dude this is a CLASSIC
Greetings from South Africa.
Great reaction as usual.
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This is such a good movie. So original. I remember watching it when it came out, and I haven't watched it in years now. Fun to see you react to it!
damn, wasn't expecting a reaction of this. This was my favorite movie for a while from way back when i was still a student :o
Yall gotta watch Elysium with Matt Damon. Sharlto Copley is in it and his character is insane!! Great acting