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08-18-2009, 08:45 PM
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Also, Men In Black was a B movie, and absolutely nothing at all like District 9. They both have aliens, that's about it.
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and they both sucked.
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08-18-2009, 08:49 PM
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and they both sucked.
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Not according to me or the critics. People are expecting this to be the best foreign film of the year.
This is the first message board that I've even seen more people saying that they don't like it, than saying that they loved it.
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08-18-2009, 08:50 PM
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Also, Men In Black was a B movie
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Ummmm yeah, B movies typically star the biggest box office draw in America.
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08-18-2009, 08:55 PM
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I have to admit. I laughed when I saw the aliens (who looked just like that alien dancing with Will Smith in the "Men in Black" video) wearing pants that were too small for them. And the alien wearing the sports bra? Hilarious! lol lol and let's not forget about the cat food. "Purina cat chow..chow, chow, chow". lol
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08-24-2009, 08:50 AM
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Saw this movie Friday night - I thought the story was excellent (kstar is right about the Apartheid parallel). The violence was a bit too much for me in places, and the language was atrocious, but as a whole, I thought the movie was solid. Undoubtedly one of the best movies this summer, IMO.
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09-07-2009, 12:44 AM
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I saw this movie and I thought that it had the potential to be great. However, the satirical aspects of the movie (alien wearing a pink bra, phrases like "sign here that you understand the eviction notice") really cheapened it.
I thought it was pretty good, but the cheap, satire parts really undermined what could have been a much better film.
PS I have been to South Africa, including the township of Soweto, and let's just say, I don't think they needed to build any sets to shoot these movie.
There were elements as allegory not only to apartheid, but also colonialism / WWII (i.e. ghetto'izing a population deemed to be undesirable by moving them to a ghette or "reserve", medical experiements, etc.).
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12-25-2009, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
I saw this movie and I thought that it had the potential to be great. However, the satirical aspects of the movie (alien wearing a pink bra, phrases like "sign here that you understand the eviction notice") really cheapened it.
I thought it was pretty good, but the cheap, satire parts really undermined what could have been a much better film.
PS I have been to South Africa, including the township of Soweto, and let's just say, I don't think they needed to build any sets to shoot these movie.
There were elements as allegory not only to apartheid, but also colonialism / WWII (i.e. ghetto'izing a population deemed to be undesirable by moving them to a ghette or "reserve", medical experiements, etc.).
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Umm.. the setting of district 9 was not a built set. It was a recently abandoned ghetto that people actually lived in. I thought the movie was great. I really enjoyed it.
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12-25-2009, 05:35 PM
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It looks fuckin awesome.
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And it was.
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Saw this movie Friday night - I thought the story was excellent (kstar is right about the Apartheid parallel). The violence was a bit too much for me in places, and the language was atrocious, but as a whole, I thought the movie was solid. Undoubtedly one of the best movies this summer, IMO.
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I finally saw this and I cosign with the above. Goodness gracious it was so freaking good!
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