DISTRICT 9 (Escape to the Movies)
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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District 9 is one of my favorite movies of all time. It really has something to say about the result of socioeconomic inequality. Here is this far superior race, yet when they are subjected to oppression and segregation they start resorting to crime and the black market. This leads the citizens of South Africa to think of them as a lesser species, even though they traveled lightyears to get here! Goddam this movie has so much to say about the state of our culture...
Saw this in the theater with my Mom, I loved it, shed a tear for good movies existing in the mainstream..
District 9 jumped to one of the 'best films I've ever seen' spots after I saw it. I'm so glad there's others who loved it as much as I did.
Dude
I remember seeing it in theaters and when I was done just thinking wow that was the most realistic take on an alien species and Men converging and the story's ending is just mind blowing
Lol
I'm still waiting for the mother f***** to come back
Halo is a hard lore to get into and may seem bland, but if you actually learn it is one of the greatest and most in depth lores out there
all you really have to do is look at like one expanded universe thing to get into it, after that it's pretty cool
I would have to agree, the lore in the games is pretty vapid compared to some of the books and short stories, and you'd have to do some reading before saying the franchise is without backstory.
Yeah, and they have done a great job of keeping the games lore friendly, or even supporting the book lore
Annalee H I think Halo 2 trumps all others in terms of an interesting adhesion to Halo's Lore. Without it's story, I highly doubt anyone would care as much about Halo a they do.
They were a deep social commentary into the mindset of people in a stressful situation. It's not about the story it's about the people, sometimes they are more interesting. The second one in particular is effectively about how people maintain their humanity in an chaotic situation.
Saying thank you doesn't even begin to describe how much i love this video. I saw District 9 as soon as it went into theaters and it is my favorite movie of all time. unfortunately every single person around me said they hated it. thinking it was boring. Thank you for boosting my love for this movie, and as soon as I can, Im going to watch it again
this was like an R-rated version of the same film we've seen before, but it was done differently and I di like it quite a bit. I like how it is shot sort of off camera footage and I did enjoy that this was a movie that would not skip out on the brutal/gory details, I liked the alien dad and his son bits, there should have been more of that, I mean you know that he's going to help them out in the end, you know his opinion and views will change, the bad guy is a generic bad guy, a evil corporation never seen that before, I do like that this was based on actual events of segregation in south Africa, but I think it would have been neat to see that instead of an alien dramatization of it.
Hold on there cowboy. I get that you don't like modern gaming (circa 2009) and halo is a relatively perfect symbol of all its pros and cons, but i do believe that it was Bob who said you can make a good movie out of anything. If a goddamn GI Joe movie can work, so could a Halo movie.
***** In Bob's own words, it did. Personally, I thought GI Joe was garbage. Also, this was six years ago so his opinion has probably evolved into something more rabid and instinctual. CAN a good Halo movie be made? Of course. Has one been made? Not even close, but enough people have grown up with the series that maybe one young blood with talent can turn it into something great.
***** Was that supposed to be a joke or something? If not, what does your ethnicity have to do with anything?
+Rabidchu Yea but you'd have to actually give the fuckin thing some depth. They'd have to take the Halo theme and make their own movie. Halo doesn't even have a story set up that would work in a movie. The filmmakers would have to do everything themselves.
Damien Cross You say it like "doing everything yourself" is a bad thing. If they went that route, it might be even better. However, on the off chance that you're merely being facetious and making a point that the game has almost nothing narrative to contribute, I wholeheartedly disagree. The games dialog is almost completely composed of exposition for world-building's sake and that is useful for a movie. What the filmmakers would really need to double down on would be the characters and their interaction.
Rabidchu It's not a bad thing, but in the end, would it resemble Halo? The filmmakers might use the same names and same space suits, but I don't think the game gives filmmakers enough to work with. They'd either get stuck trying to make a movie that resembled to the games or would go off and do their own thing.
I only see the latter working out. More often than not when filmmakers have stuck to the narratives given in games, their movies fail. If someone wanted to do a badass sic fi film, he/she should probably stay away from calling it Halo, because trying to mold a movie around that game's narrative would probably make for a bad movie. A really bad movie. A really really really bad movie. Like Street Fighter or Mario Bros status.
Look at game-based movies that were successful to see that they deviated enormously from the game they were portraying. Resident Evil is a prime example. I think trying to stick to Halo would give us something similar to Star Ship Troopers without the cheese factor and caricature, essentially a snooze fest with too much CGI and characters you forget as soon as you leave the theater.
This is a rare breed of movie I put along side Cabin in the woods, Chronicle, Citizen Kane, and Dark Knight; films that make you think!
I may not outwardly enjoy then as much as much more moderated flicks Pixar produce but by God do I I respect them.
thank god fianlly someone who likes it this was my fav movie of 09 and my fav sci fi movie of all time
how come you didn't do dredd?
Something else more interesting or "bigger" came out against it.
yeah you were a little too quick too give blomkamp that much praise. but hey we all did.
Dude gets alien powers AND CAN SHOOT COOL GUNS-THEN JUST MOANS ABOUT IT FOR THE WHOLE FILM.
I feel bad for you bro, my dad and I love district 9.
I think you missed too many things. Peter Jackson was only the producer, it was Neil Blomkamp who directed District 9, which was inspired by a video he did in 2005 called Alive in Joburg.
That 9 minute preview of The Halo movie you talked about was supposed to get people excited for Halo 3.
Funnily enough, the current state of the Halo Universe is very similar to what he says District 9 is in. An uneasy ceasefire with corporations up to their usual dickery and interspecies relationships tense enough for violence to be a major problem.
this is one of my fav movies ever
I fucking adore this film , I carnt describe my love for it , the 2nd act was such a gut wrench and fucking hell , it blew me.
bobs right, king kong was awesome, why did a lot of people hate it? god forbid someone make a remake with love and affection for the original
Oh hey, this is one of those videos from the before time when Bob swore without being bleeped out! I still don't understand why the censorship started...
Disagree on Halo... Disagree on Star Trek... TOTALLY FUCKING AGREE ON D9. FANTASTIC FILM.
have you read fall of reach (book not game)? just because the source material is bland doesn't mean you can't create a deep and fantastic narrative out of it.
Watched it at the cinemas when me and some mates were bored one weekend, blew me away as I had zero expectations and just wanted to kill time.
Have it sat on blu ray since the week-ish it was released and not taken it's packaging off... I think I'm remembering it too fondly as i had no idea what was coming, and I'm afraid of overhyping myself to watch it again.
people have compared this to pocahontas for it's message, but to me, district 9 doesn't save it for the end, it's not like that were building up the message as if it's never been done before, and for that matter district 9, to me, puts characters and plot before message, it's not like they made the movie just to get this message across
Am I the only one who thinks these reviews are better if you've seen the movie beforehand?
You were right about that man. This movie did not pussy around.
As is always is with RUclips there is a disagreement, and then the offended party says that the other person's opinion is wrong, and instead of just leaving it if they don't like it they continue to try to prove their point, and ultimately, they fail.
I loved district nine!! I also like Star Trek the original series, and next generation.
District 9 is the best sleeper movie of all time.
cmon, video game movies dont work well, but cmon, this guy's never made a bad movie before. you said it yourself, bob. and if that doesnt convince you, that "Halo movie" he was working on is what influenced and inspired district 9. did you even SEE the 9 minute preview for the halo movie this guy made? look it up! it's amazing!
I would have to disagree; it had an obvious cliff hanger ending, the majority of the aliens were retarded, and the super weapons only showed up for about 15 minutes out of the 2 hour movie. I would say it's best point is how real the characters and corporation act during the film, but I'd still only rate it 7/10.
Halo is the best, it was the first real console first person shooter, and a watershed moment for the genre, having tighter controls, and arguably better cinematics than anything before it, so yeah, halo fucking rules!
my parents didn't like this movie because of some reason I can't remember but I liked it
I downloaded this from a torrent site (also, not standing up for them, but "Douchebag" is such a sickeningly american term I want to punch anyone who uses it) like a twat. I then watched the movie, as you do, and was so blown away by it I went out and bought the DVD just because the movie was THAT GOOD.
I had it in HD, already had seen it, and thought they deserved my money anyway because it's incredible.
Just who are YOU to belittle me for my tastes?! Yeah, I happen to like alien movies with action, so what's it to you? Why don't you use your wise advice yourself and get over the fact different people have different tastes? So to all of you who replied, I've kept silent until now, grow up and accept that some people didn't like the movie. You like this movie, good for you, you DON'T need everyone else to agree, OKAY!?
Yeah I saw it, but I found it kinda disturbing. Good film, but not my cup of tea.
+Grieyls part of the point
this is a grown man doing this, one who has sat and watched more movies then either you or I combined, and is a trained and experienced movie critic, while I do not always agree with him I find his opinions to be very well supported and given some thought, this isn't some kid giving his worthless 2 cents about something he has a different opinion on, by the way that's why it's called an opinion, it's not a fact, no one is forcing you to buy it, live by it or even acknowledge it.
rewatched recently i noticed something,only prawns of a certain color are smart
i had to refrain what i was gonna say but may i quot zoidberg "You are bad and and should fell bad"
While I will agree, if the Halo movie was made, it would have been bad, I just don't get the hate for the series in this review. Yahtzee's review of Halo 3 was completely understandable, and he said it was decent not garbage. It's like this guy played The Library or Cortana, and then called it a day.
Lastly, the storyline is amazing for Halo. I don't know any other FPS that spans 100,000 Yr.
Back on topic, I agree completely with the review.
you know if he had made a halo movie i bet he could have made it fucking amazing
i think you got this mixed up with avatar the space smurfs
FKING LOVED THIS MOVIE !
of an alien father and his son, which really to me was and should have been the main focus of the film, these two dealing with all the crap humans are pushing on them, just trying to get home, second when the guy turns I was thinking oh obviously he will side with them and yes, but they should have shown how he has become or if he becomes part of the alien culture, nope though movie's finished for now, there are so many ways this could have pushed the norm, and boundaries of how we view...
am i the only guy who reads the extended halo universe books? they're freaking good and make the story really wich (sorry if i sound like a fan boy) is good in the halo games at least it has a story with some level of thought besides (sorry if a insult older gamers) doom which had no plot or (not sorry if i insult COD gamers) COD's story which is ALWAYS russians (or germans) are bad america good good shoot russians (or germans)
Halo legends showed that good CAN come out of the franchise with a little imagination.
now while that sounds absolutely prefect, it is done in a very cliché and unsurprising way, while one might assume brigning all these elements together is epic, it is, but it lacks the intrigue that could have made this movie more then just an overused message, one is no way would humanity give up on these aliens, if not in south Africa then in the global community, that is not how we think operate, nor would we allows a private company to manage aliens on their own, they explored the aspect...
"Go watch this movie"
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"Don't download it of some douchebag torrent site"
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Best movie i've ever seen
Not Pocahontas with Aliens (you want that, go watch Avatar, *rimshot*)
This movie does a damn good job at shaming the human condition while ironically making the parallel of Humans being some of the most disgusting, greedy, evil, prejudice beings fathomable (cuz people expect big bad aliens to act like that, never us) and it does it WELL.
I felt embarrassed for my species after watching this, because this movie had the balls to tell people how humans act if put in a position of dominance.
Whether you enjoy Halo or not, it would actually be easy to adapt to the screen. First person shooters tend to be a lot of running and gunning, so it would be easier to compress than other genres. I'll admit the story isn't exactly groundbreaking, but again, seems like an easy one to adapt to the screen, just develop the characters more. I enjoy Halo, but I can see it's not the greatest thing ever, I just don't see why it gets so much hate.
Dang, Bob was the saltiest of the salty back in the day.
This movie is nothing more than a metaphor for apartheid in South Africa. Its just another one of those movies about Steve Biko (the alien main character) and Wikus' transformation into an alien is a metaphor for how he has changed in seeing that racial prejudice against blacks (the aliens) is wrong
Don't portray me bad for having an opinion that doesn't match with yours. After all, many disagree with me on this, and I don't call them bad things, or tell them to feel bad. :-)
Why does everybody shit on Halo... It is actually a pretty FUCKING good game with an excellent and immersive story and universe and has a pretty strong "cult" following and they sure as hell put a lot more effort into the series than they did on District 9 (which albeit is a pretty damn good movie too) I just don't think it has done enough wrong to deserve that kind of narrow view it is given. It doesn't have the constant failures of CoD(which is also a good gaming franchise) thats for sure.
10 out of 10 FUCK YEAH
One of the Best directorial debut. Better than Citizen Kane.
I thought the acting in District 9 was lame and the main character flopped back and forth with his morals a bit much to make his compassion at the end for the alien believable
@mhermenault I AGREE
i hear you man. screw Inception of The Dark Knight, my mom would rather watch Batman and Robin.
Still a better movie than Avatar. I have also read some pretty good fan fic that delves into what you were wanting. Not to mention tons of good ideas for sequels.
I Agree with this review of District 9, amazing movie
but you still have no fucking idea when it comes to Halo
But yea District 9 is a damn good movie.
Thank you, this movie could have been good. I do find everyone who says it's a good movie fails to give reasons as to why. They all seem to come off as it's good because I say so.
Woah don't diss halo!
understatement much?
I've heard the movie is very intelligent and all that jazz, but I personally couldn't stand the kind of news broadcast recording style of the movie. That doesn't mean I think it's bad, but that one style choice made it difficult for me personally to connect to, and made it boring as shit (for me at least). I don't know if there's anyone out there that feels the same way but just getting that off my chest.
I prefer Half Life rather then Halo anyway, and if any FPS deserves a movie, it's Half Life (not Halo)!
Bob really need to ease up on Halo...
i wish someone would make a GOOD halo movie.....i think the game has earned it
how can you respect the fucking dark knight films?
they were well executed yes but the story was lacking to say the least.
rises is a straight up beat for beat telling of knightfall, right down to the story of:
bane comes to gotham to kill batman.
he frees all the prisoners, then waits for batman to tire himself out.
then he jumps batman at his weakest at his home.
he breaks batman, then he takes over gotham until he is defeated by the hero.
Just like Avatar, which pretty much the same thing but with better action.
halo fucking rules!
excuse me, unbelievable
alien movies, instead the aliens get revamped into an obviously metaphor for the aged old plot line, humanity is a bunch of racist dicks, the same thing that has been hammered into us, especially with the alien aspect in avatar, and while I consider this film better and more character/plot developed then avatar, it still fails on the same message level. we get it, how about exploring why we act like that, instead of just showing how we do it, that would be something huh? to actually explore why.
@XperimentorEES i agree the Story line was very predictable and the real action didn't start till the end and this was more to do with actual refugees in the world. NOT ALIENS to be honest they were not a big part in this movie at all which was clever because this movie looks and feels cheap as a bag of monster munch crisps
Okay I must have watched a different movie, I thought it was a terrible movie with many problems including:
1. Hokey acting
2. Poor plott
3. All the humans were bad guys (which I am sick of)
4. It wasn't as action heavy as you claim
5. Crappy ending that requires a sequel wich will probably be just as crappy
6. Poorly written characters
They did a terrible job advertising this movie. If i knew it was about a guy who starts to turn into an alien due to a freak accident, and as such can use their tech, while being hunted by the same people he was working for, I would have watched this! instead all i got was this stuff that was easily confuseable with that battle:La stuff that was going around.
I thought act 1 was fantastic but after that kinda flopped
Halo, the first console fps? Hah.
Perfect Dark and Goldeneye still shit all over Halo.
@mhermenault How about this: It brought a genre to consoles that should have stayed on the PC, it made the 2 weapon limit and regenerating health the two worst trends in gaming history, it bred, together with Halo 2, the insufferable xbox live crowd that has now come to define online gaming in the public eye, and it is repetitive, has bad level design and loads of backtracking, and it's slow and ugly as shit.
I like Doom better then halo
to recap this movie is okay but it's not the masterpiece it is claimed to be, once again something that is slightly different and re-hashed in a new way, has caught us so off guard that it get's overhyped and is regarded as deep and meaning something, well yes obviously the message is very simple, of course it turns into a commentary on racial issues and prejudice throwing in everything for the whole family; aliens, giant mechs, alien weapons, intense action scenes, gore, and social intrigue...
The movie was a flop. Great atmospheric buildup, which fell low once the action started. When I watch an alien movie, I kind of expect to see something alien related, NOT aliens being put on a leash by governments and minorities being mistreated, like EVERYTHING I SEE ON ANY NEWS channel and ANY TIME, minus the aliens. When the movie ended, I was surprised and disappointed, because 5 minutes before the ending I thought-FINALLY the movie is getting to the good parts!
man nice job shoving words into peoples mouths. oh wait youtube comment section... nevermind par for the course
Um king kong freakin blew chunks. I cant stand that movie.
Okay, i'm sorry but WTF? Intelligient? what part of this movie is intelligient? It's a splicing of other movies/TV series (seriously i can go through almost every part of that movie and tell you who their ripping from) and the storyline is the standard "who's the savage?" plotline. That plotline has been done to death even before the 90's. It's a popcorn flick at best but to say it's an intelligient movie is total tripe.
This movie sucked i found it uninteresting and the action was short this was a just a crappy budget movie imo
District 9 sucked to me
i saw this movie and it sucked!!!!!
it isn't intelligent like he saed. go ahaed and torrent this shit if your curious. but ist still bad
I dislike this movie.
Still waiting for District 10
@Eqvil I think you missed the point.