District 9
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I saw it for the second time this weekend, and liked it even better than the first
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I watched it tonight on dvd for the first time.
Thought it was a great film, with a racial undertone that could only be achieved in South Africa.
I was in Cape Town in October and we were talking about district 6 when it suddenly hit me that District 9 was based on this .....DOH.
Bloody hell, this sounds as though it should be in "the tank".
As a film, I probably won't watch this again, although I thought the young alien was quite well done, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I got the feeling that he was originally a human child infected with "the liquid" who wanted to see his home planet.
Having read no previews or had any real insight into the film prior to watching it, it didn't pan out as I had expected it to.
Thought it was a great film, with a racial undertone that could only be achieved in South Africa.
I was in Cape Town in October and we were talking about district 6 when it suddenly hit me that District 9 was based on this .....DOH.
Bloody hell, this sounds as though it should be in "the tank".
As a film, I probably won't watch this again, although I thought the young alien was quite well done, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I got the feeling that he was originally a human child infected with "the liquid" who wanted to see his home planet.
Having read no previews or had any real insight into the film prior to watching it, it didn't pan out as I had expected it to.
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"This is Glasgow- we'll just set aboot ye"
"This is Glasgow- we'll just set aboot ye"
Holy smokes, was this ever a great flick! Just saw it last night. Without thinking too hard about what could or could not have been done by the writers or the humans in the story re plausablility, I was throughly entertained at many levels and consider it one of the best scifi movies I have seen in at least a couple years.
Cowboy: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
I understood the child to be an actual Prawn child, one who escaped the "abortions."Phantasm wrote:As a film, I probably won't watch this again, although I thought the young alien was quite well done, and correct me if I'm wrong, but I got the feeling that he was originally a human child infected with "the liquid" who wanted to see his home planet.
Great film, and it could not have been based anywhere else.
Kil, the cowboy in your quote is Turkey Creek Jack Johnson. indicted in Frank Stilwell's murder and participant in Wyatt Earp's vendetta.
"How do you say 'we're screwed' in your native tongue?" ~ John Crichton
And on the Eighth Day God created Whiskey so that the Irish would not rule the Earth
And on the Eighth Day God created Whiskey so that the Irish would not rule the Earth
Yes, I know, but that was too long a name for a simple quote where it was more important to focus on Doc's response than some fellers long jawin name.Kalkin wrote:Kil, the cowboy in your quote is Turkey Creek Jack Johnson. indicted in Frank Stilwell's murder and participant in Wyatt Earp's vendetta.
Cowboy: Why you doin' this, Doc?
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
Doc Holliday: Because Wyatt Earp is my friend.
Cowboy: Friend? Hell, I got lots of friends.
Doc Holliday: ... I don't.
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Saw in the last week or so
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This movie covers so many topics, right's and abuses of oppressed peoples, multinational corps, biotechnology abuses, and it is similar to Alien Nation. I'm not sure I'd consider it a great movie, but it's a very good movie. Prior to my seeing it I did not know it was done in a semi-documentary format.
This movie covers so many topics, right's and abuses of oppressed peoples, multinational corps, biotechnology abuses, and it is similar to Alien Nation. I'm not sure I'd consider it a great movie, but it's a very good movie. Prior to my seeing it I did not know it was done in a semi-documentary format.