Seriously good film-making.,,

Rating: 10/10 (22 August 2009)

From the beginning of this film, you get the feeling that you're watching something that's addressing big ideas. South African Apartheid, Slavery, The Tuskegee Experiments, corporate and governmental interests in profits and technology as opposed to humanitarian concerns. Those are things I thought about when I watched this powerful movie.
The acting was great and the CGI was remarkably well-crafted. When I heard that the budget was $30 Million I almost didn't believe it, I couldn't. The Dark Knight and The Half-Blood Prince both cost over $250 million. It just goes to show, that the artists involved know what they're doing. Jackson and Blomkamp got it done.
Originally (or so I've read) Jackson was going to use Blomkamp for a film based on the game Halo, but the project and the money fell through. Well, Jackson, being the stand up guy that he is, wanted to keep his promise to the director, and scrounged up $30 Million for a film. This was the result, and it was fantastic. Big ideas, big effects, big performance by Sharlto Copley, small budget. I will definitely see this one again.