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post #1 of 146
8/11/09 at 2:47pm
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I have a feeling that District 9 is going to be a good movie. I have been reading about this film and it seems to have a documentary feel to it. I just hope it does not suck like Cloverfield.

anyone planning on seeing this movie?


edit: the movie was based on this short film

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8
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post #2 of 146
8/11/09 at 2:50pm
I think it's going to be okay or it's going to suck. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong.
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post #3 of 146
8/11/09 at 2:57pm
It has the ingredients to be really good.
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post #4 of 146
8/11/09 at 2:59pm
The reviews have been few but positive so far. I'm always a little cautious with Peter Jackson, but it's looking promising.
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post #5 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:03pm
I thought it looked retarded when I first saw the ad.... but I've yet to see a single negative review (hell, even a mediocre review) for it, so I'll probably go see it.

By the way, it has a 100 on rottentomatoes.
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post #6 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:04pm
I think it will be really good. The trailer is cool.
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post #7 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:05pm
I thought it looked retarted as well, when first seeing the previews

but now I'm intrigued

I thought Cloverfield was great, hoping this will be nearly as good
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post #8 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:10pm
I've been excited about it since the first previews.
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post #9 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by Gradstudent78 View Post
I've been excited about it since the first previews.

+1 It looks like it's going to be really, really good. Though if it's not great, I suspect it's going to crash and burn. It doesn't strike me as the type of movie that will just be so-so.
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post #10 of 146
8/11/09 at 3:26pm
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I thought it looked retarted as well, when first seeing the previews

but now I'm intrigued

I thought Cloverfield was great, hoping this will be nearly as good

I guess you are right... Cloverfield didn't suck. I just had a hard time watching the movie with the camera bouncing all over the place, etc... Made me have motion sickness or something.
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post #11 of 146
8/11/09 at 4:17pm
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Originally Posted by onion View Post
I thought it looked retarded when I first saw the ad.... but I've yet to see a single negative review (hell, even a mediocre review) for it, so I'll probably go see it.

By the way, it has a 100 on rottentomatoes.

It only has 13 reviews so far though. The Godfather has 100 and it has 100+ reviews. Big difference.
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post #12 of 146
8/11/09 at 4:20pm
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It only has 13 reviews so far though. The Godfather has 100 and it has 100+ reviews. Big difference.

It should have a lot more once it goes into full release
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post #13 of 146
8/11/09 at 9:41pm
From the trailers and what very little I've read about it, I foresee this being a sci-fi flick with disguised hollywood liberal undertones of diversity, inclusion and anti-prejudice. To the kids it will just be a summer blockbuster, but to anyone a few credits shorts of a liberal arts degree it will be a "powerful and critical" self-reflection of how we treat those who are different. The sole intention of which will be to have every person leave the theatre thinking, "wow, I never thought about it before, but those aliens are just like (insert generic minority\\under privileged\\under represented group title here)"
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post #14 of 146
8/11/09 at 10:00pm
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Originally Posted by LVoer View Post
From the trailers and what very little I've read about it, I foresee this being a sci-fi flick with disguised hollywood liberal undertones of diversity, inclusion and anti-prejudice. To the kids it will just be a summer blockbuster, but to anyone a few credits shorts of a liberal arts degree it will be a "powerful and critical" self-reflection of how we treat those who are different. The sole intention of which will be to have every person leave the theatre thinking, "wow, I never thought about it before, but those aliens are just like (insert generic minority\\under privileged\\under represented group title here)"
I thought it was gonna be a cool movie about aliens.
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post #15 of 146
8/11/09 at 10:01pm
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Originally Posted by LVoer View Post
From the trailers and what very little I've read about it, I foresee this being a sci-fi flick with disguised hollywood liberal undertones of diversity, inclusion and anti-prejudice. To the kids it will just be a summer blockbuster, but to anyone a few credits shorts of a liberal arts degree it will be a "powerful and critical" self-reflection of how we treat those who are different. The sole intention of which will be to have every person leave the theatre thinking, "wow, I never thought about it before, but those aliens are just like (insert generic minority\\under privileged\\under represented group title here)"

Post-colonial sci-fi!
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