But really, though, if we had seen them hot wire a car, and then sneak through the city carefully avoiding detection -- all of which could be done -- would that have added anything to the movie?
On Sep 12, 3:53 pm, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
