Very Entertaining!

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2010)

Amazing to sit and read some of the reviews here. Either people love it or they really have some vitriolic sniping against it!!!
Why all the worry and seriousness?!
I watched this film with my girlfriend and we expected a sci-fi movie about aliens. We hadn't looked up any further information or read any reviews so we were pretty much at the mercy of the movie.
Yes there were nods to apartheid, racism and other slight slithers of social commentary... I didn't expect too much as it was a sci-fi film, NOT a documentary!
At the end we both agreed that it was a great movie, it made you feel good. It brought out something human in you whilst you watched. It was a feel good movie with a few feel bad parts in it.
I think it said a lot more about the human condition and our tribal/selfish ways ... how WOULD we react in a situation like the film puts us in?
The answer could very well be quite similar to the way the film's characters acted...not exactly welcoming!!
All these people saying 'Go watch Gandhi' or other silly comments ... No one is here to watch a film like Gandhi! They were looking for a good Sci-Fi film.
That is what this is.
A GOOD SCI-FI FILM.
So go and enjoy it and please, don't take life so seriously!