The part that bugged me (just a little) is that the travel. When needed, they can walk across a busy city unnoticed until they blow up the side of a building, and at other times, they can't go two yards without catching 8,000 bullets. The keys are always left in the vehicles. I really enjoyed it otherwise. I liked the discomfort of watching the dweeb joke about their eggs popping in such a realistic, documentary- like style. I liked the transformation. Worth seeing in the theatre for the effects!
Alicia On Sep 12, 2009, at 2:07 PM, cd wrote: > > I agree! > > And I'd add that the parts that aren't sufficently hard are reasonable > for the demands of a good narrative. I'm willing to accept that > pirates got Hamlet back to Denmark, and I'm willing to accept that the > fuel turns the protag into a prawn. > > I'm very pleased that the movie is doing well, too. Box Office Mojo > estimates it cost $30million to make and has so far done $120million > box. So that matches trash like Transformers 2 for ROI. Good news! > Decent SF thriving! > > cd > > > On Sep 12, 1:09 pm, Eric Scoles <[email protected]> wrote: >> I liked it a lot. I liked that the characterization was a little bit >> unconventional (though only a little*) and thought it was really >> well done. >> Copley did a great job creating this weak, dweeby guy and making a >> plausible >> presentation of him becoming more dangerous as needed. As SF, it's >> at least >> as well thought out as most space opera, modern or otherwise (and >> much more >> so than most). I liked the ending a lot -- I know some people hated >> it, but >> to me it did a couple of things I like to see: avoided the pat feel- >> good >> ending without being outrageously bleak; and creates a clear >> connection >> between The Character Who Changes (because we ALL know characters >> MUST >> change!) and what he was before he "changed." >> A lot of people seemed to me to be disappointed by what it didn't >> do. It >> wasn't a penetrating social commentary picture with lots of >> sympathetic >> alien characters interacting with humans in Very Special Moments. >> But then, >> neither is 99% of print SF. I went in expecting an action movie with >> culturally significant subtexts, and that's what I feel like I got. >> >> -- >> *It's very much in the 'do the right thing against his better >> judgement' >> school of anti-hero characterization (like Bogie in Casablanca, The >> Man in >> Yojimbo/Fistfull of Dollars, Han Solo in Star Wars, or The >> Continental Op in >> Red Harvest). >> >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM, Alicia Henn >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> I liked it, too. As long as I didn't think about the plot too much. >>> It was gruesome in a lot of different ways, but good. >>> A damning judgement of humanity and terrific effects. >> >>> On Sep 12, 2009, at 11:54 AM, delancey wrote: >> >>>> So, I finally saw District 9 last night. I know some people (e.g., >>>> Nancy) didn't like it, but I thought it was great. About as good >>>> as >>>> big budget SF gets (granted: that's a kind of faint praise). Am I >>>> alone in this opinion? >> >>>> cd >> >> -- >> eric scoles ([email protected]) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
