I saw it Saturday and really enjoyed it! However, I too will reserve my comments for a few more days.
Angela --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Augustus Augustus <jazzynupe_...@...> wrote: > > well Keith i saw it yesterday, and i am not going 2 say anything about it > until a few more people see it. i had a few issues with it, but it was an > o.k. sci-fi picture...........liked g.i. joe better though (but that is just > the Marine in me). Although they did show a very nice trailer for 'Percy > Jackson and the Lighting Thief' movie due in february of next year. i > originally bought the books 4 my son. he enjoyed them so much that he asked > me 2 read them, and they are actually quite good. > > Fate. > > --- On Sat, 8/15/09, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > From: Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 12:22 AM > > > > > > >  > > > > > > He's white, right? Not surprised though: I think even Peter > Jackson and his friends are from New Zealand, South Africa, etc., and > probably have a circle of friends and acquaintances that are mostly like them. > > I hope to see the movie tomorrow, but also want to see the new Miyazaki film! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Arterberry" <brotherfromhoward@ yahoo.com> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:22:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > > > > > > > >  > > > > > > I've been following this for months.I'm just glad to see my > favorite vacation spot (South Africa] in a so-called major Hollywood > movie.Still even though filmed in south Africa the major hero/star of the > movie is of what color??? > > --- On Thu, 8/13/09, C.W. Badie <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: C.W. Badie <astromancer2002@ yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 10:23 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  > > > Oh well...That kills my speculations about District 9 going > to be a tongue in cheek comedy... > > --- On Tue, 8/11/09, Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> wrote: > > > From: Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:04 PM > > >  > > > I knew about it, but never made the connection until I heard it on Slice of > SciFi. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker013@ lycos.com> > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:00:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > >  > > > > > > > > Thanks for that, Keith. I really didn't know about the Halo movie. > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > Subject : Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > Date : Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:41:07 +0000 (UTC) > From : Keith Johnson <KeithBJohnson@ comcast.net> > To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > I heard on the podcast "Slice of SciFi" a fan call in and say how District 9 > reminded him of ID4 and the videogame "Halo". The hosts said, "yeah it looks > a lot like 'Halo', down to the aliens". They said that this is the case > because, if you remember, Peter Jackson was initially engaged to do a movie > version of "Halo". Ultimately that project fell through, but the rumour is he > was so far into planning for "Halo", he decided to do a different concept, > and gave the project over to another guy to direct as "District 9". Not sure > if this is true, but I do remember Jackson was working on a "Halo" movie. So > i guess > it's not a big stretch to think that the production setups he might have had > in place for that were then moved to this flick. > > I need to do some research for the truth of this... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 7:51:36 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [RE][scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > > > > > > > Keith, I'm hyped for it as well. I've been avoiding any websites that hawk it > in anyway, primarily because of my aversion to critics. All but one person > I've spoken to regarding it are keen to see it as well. (That one refers to > it as an " 'Alien Nation' ripoff".) > > > > > > > ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- > Subject : [scifinoir2] Looking forward to "District 9" > Date : Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:55:00 +0000 (UTC) > From : Keith Johnson > To : scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > > The "District 9" flick has me really intrigued. with its locale of South > Africa (so different from usual Hollywood story locatons), it's gritty look, > and the fact that it's a Peter Jackson joint, i have high hopes. Indeed, I'm > actually looking forward to it more than I have any other movie so far this > year, including Star Trek. Anyone heard any early buzz? I did find favorable > reviews via jumping from Rotten Tomatoes (something I loathe to do, but as > local newspapers fire more critics, I'm having to venture further afield to > even find real critics). > > http://www.rottento matoes.com/ m/district_ 9/ > > ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* > ********* > http://boxoffice. com/reviews/ 2009/07/district -9.php > > > > District 9 is about the apartheid struggle in South Africa. For those under > the age of 35 or so, apartheid was the system of racial segregation legally > established by the government > of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. No matter what else it seems to be > about, District 9 , a film made a young, white, South African director, is > about apartheid. Co-writer/director Neill Blomkamp spent his formative years > living under the system of apartheid and has conscientiously insinuated the > issue into his film. The attitudes, ideals and actions of the characters, > from everyday citizens to government officials and those in business, reflect > those that were common during the apartheid regime. The filmmakers, including > producer Peter Jackson, have stealthily laid the artifacts of these dark days > beneath the guise of an Alien invasion movie that is intense, graphically > novelistic (though itâs an original story) and just funny enough to keep > you thoroughly entertained, even while the s! ! ubtext is of a very serious > nature. Buzz and an also clever marketing scheme suggest this should be worth > a few bucks at the box officeâ"especially if the > audience is mostly under 35. > > The film is told using a number of cinematic modes including documentary > footage, mockumentary footage, newsreel accounts, surveillance cameras and > the standard story elements of narrative fiction. This is actually less > chaotic than it sounds and serves to move the narrative along at a brisk > pace. Thereâs little need here for filler. The filmmakers can justify any > narrative exposition by putting a camera on the action (any potential camera) > and just showing us, or having the characters explain the action to the > cameramen. When all else fails Blomkamp inserts a movie moment and presses > on. Lovely. Mister Blomkamp is a fine director who cut his teeth on > commercials and music videos, and at the knee of director and special effects > guru Peter Jackson. Between the two of them (Jacksonâs company was employed > for the effects) theyâve come up with the best CGI effects film to date. > The spacecrafts, the cityscapes, the > weapons effects and the aliens themselves (which we are! ! told are 100 > percent CGI) are all exceptional. But the best thing in the movie is lead > actor Sharlto Copley, a long time friend of the director and fairly novice > actor. Copley is pitch perfect, delicately straddling the line between > ordinary Afrikaans racist and empathic hero. > > The narrative of District 9 revolves around a giant alien spacecraft that > came to rest above downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, some 20 years before > the story began. Inhabited by one million crawfish-like, cat food and raw > meat eating, humanoid aliens, little can be discerned about where the ship > came from or who the creatures are. They are simply here. They are strong but > without direction or purpose, mostly docile and apparently of little use to > humanity. So we warehouse themâ"in District 9. Then, we decide to forcibly > move them to a different, shoddier, interment camp. > While other nations are far from > guiltless of such cruelties, the emphasis here is on the South African > history. Still, the structures the film employs are incisive and direct and, > if youâre over 35, they might piss you off. > > Distributor: Sony Pictures > Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, William > Allen Young and Robert Hobbs > Director: Neill Blomkamp > Screenwriters: Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell > Producers: Peter Jackson > Genre: Science Fiction > Rating: Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language. > Running Time: 113 min. > Release date: August 14, 2009 > > > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds > > > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=JQdwk8Yntds >
