Kirk Honeycutt from the Hollywood Reporter digs the movie:
Combining the very best of the postwar sci-fi movies with their trenchant political undertones and pulse-pounding dynamism and contemporary movie technology that can blend aliens seamlessly into a realistic human world of urban and moral decay, “District 9″ flirts with greatness. This science fiction film from South African-born Canadian Neill Blomkamp, a protege of Peter Jackson, who produced the film, stumbles in a few crucial areas but even so it’s a helluva movie. No true fan of science fiction — or, for that matter, cinema — can help but thrill to the action, high stakes and suspense built around a very original chase movie.
Woo-hoo! We’ve been pimping District 9 for awhile here and here. Can’t wait to see it. How about you?
It's the first movie I've been excited about in awhile.
Ditto Alissa.
Though I was initially excited about Transformers 2…
What a fool I was!
Scott, when "District 9" comes out yout welcome to see it with me and my family. I'll even spring for your popcorn!
(Which these days at the Bonney Lake multiplex is like a a $7.00 value)
One of my mom's favorite sci-fi's of all time was the 1994's "The Arrival," which is headed by a then pre "Two and Half Men" Charlie Sheen. When I told her the aliens in "District 9" had legs like the ones in "The Arrival," (which I got off a trailer you so kindly provided) her ticket got punched! Which is a rarity for her, as my mom's not exactly a movie nut. But big, global conspiracies involving aliens no less! Well, THAT'S a different matter completely.
- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
It had me hooked from the original trailer. Canna wait.