Comments on: 5 Lessons Hollywood Can Learn from District 9

By: vadya

vadya — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:41:17 +0000

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By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:23:46 +0000

I dunno about #5. I’ll agree that it all felt more natural and believable without a bunch of pointless censorship, but when I went to see D9, I thought it was either going to be a sort of social commentary or a mindless action flick. After seeing it, I still can’t tell what it is. If it was supposed to make a point, I don’t think it did that very well. Maybe it just flew over my head. But if it was just made to entertain, the content just seemed too heavy, too shocking not to mean something. I mean, I enjoyed it while I was watching it, yet afterwards I couldn’t help but wonder why. I feel like the film would have made a great vehicle for social commentary, a film that said something. To me it said that we’ve (read, “I’ve”) become more desensitized toward violence than I had realized.

By: TwisT

TwisT — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:39:00 +0000

i think people should take a hint for not being overly CGI. Thats really ruining a lot of scifi & action movies for me. nothing looks realer than real. meaning a dude in alien suit looks more real, than cg aliens, in my opinion

By: bob

bob — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:27:28 +0000

Bas – “Even Blomkamp will not turn down a big budget for his next film, for better effects and a nice fat paycheck for himself and the lead-actors.” ….. You’re wrong – blomkamps next film is publicized as another low budget original sci-fi written by himself – he didn’t go to the studios and turned down their offers to stick to his own stuff – well done – maybe hollywood has found a film-maker who’s passionate about his job and the stories that he is writes- i loved d9 so let’s hope so.

By: ThaCrip

ThaCrip — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:23:56 +0000

well for me the bottom line with ‘District 9′ is that it’s plan overrated and here is a simple reason WHY it is…

for the first 38-ish minutes, it’s just plain BOOOOORING. i was about to turn it off but then it got better but given that the first 38minutes is really boring, that pretty much hurts any long term value of this film even though the rest of the film was not bad.

all in all… i gave District 9 a 6/10 (i cannot go any higher simply because of the long boring stretch from when it started til around the 38ninute range in the film). it’s one of the most overrated i seen in 2009 along with Watchmen which is just plain boring as i turned that off with about 20-30minutes left in the film as i was saying to myself ‘it’s got to get at least a little better’ but it never happened. i gave Watchmen a 4/10.

p.s. and no, i am not one of those people that needs a lot of action to enjoy a film either.

By: Maffy

Maffy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:37:13 +0000

Great Post..

I for one was pleasantly surprised when i watched this movie.

The very fact it was based in South Africa and not some big Us city was original enough in itself.

STOP THE FREAKIN’ REMAKES HOLLYWOOD!!!!

By: Petur Hinrik

Petur Hinrik — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:04:39 +0000

Stumbled upon this and I must say, as a long time fan of good moviemaking and gripping stories… this movie was boring and tiring to watch throughout about 90% of it.
I can not, for the life of me, understand why anyone could praise this for anything other than originality, the only thing it has going for it. As far as my opinion goes.

I am not one to speak my mind when it’s negative, as I often think it’s a waste. But watching this movie, for me at least, was a huge waste of time and money.

By: Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:45:53 +0000

I sure hope its wake-up call to Hollywood. I, like you, am continually fascinated and inspired by D9. Can’t get enough of it – everything about it is just moving.

By: John Wani

John Wani — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:49:21 +0000

I agree with the comments. We need to revise the film industry , we need to know what people wnat and not what we want as film makers. And we have to know that those who are on top started somehwere, so give chance to the firsttimes as well , the new comers.

By: Louis

Louis — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:20:45 +0000

SpaxyDaxy # 21

It is actually very believable that the characters would believe it is for the aliens’ own good. Early 2007 there were many xenophobic attacks in South Africa (at the same time as when D9 was shot, I believe some of footage was actual footage taken during these attacks), thousands of Somalian and other immigrants were attacked in townships across SA. In Cape Town, they were all placed in a refugee camp for their own safety. Now they are still staying there and are unwilling to move. The government wants to move them, for their “own good”. I am not saying who is right and who is wrong, but from the view of these immigrants, if government forcefully removes them, then the government would seriously seem like the ‘bad guys’. On the other hand, they are living in squalor and moving them would actually be for their own good. I don’t know, I’m just saying it is not that unbelievable as you are trying to make it out to be.

By: Bas

Bas — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:33:06 +0000

But to stay on topic: I agree with your 5 points Sean, but Hollywood will not change their ways. Even Blomkamp will not turn down a big budget for his next film, for better effects and a nice fat paycheck for himself and the lead-actors.

By: Bas

Bas — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:34:17 +0000

I’m sorry to say I agree with Sam and Ovenball. I like Cantakarous and the occasional Reed in a regular Film Junk podcast, but the D9 episode suffered from the silliness.