Finally, a new movie that exemplifies the title of "movie classic"

Rating: 7/10 (26 August 2009)

I must say that even when I saw the first preview to this movie I knew that this movie would be at least mildly entertaining. After viewing it, I have no problem in saying that it makes my top ten list of greatest movies of all time and this is why: 1. the aliens: for the first time in the age-old genre of alien sci-fi, District 9 presents the audience with a new vision of aliens--not the creatures that attack or harvest humans, but rather the exact opposite. This movie actually makes the aliens seem "real" and in doing so give the audience a sense of emotional attachment towards them. 2. political background: this movie was, in essence, a dramatization of the actual events that took place in Johannesburg's District 6 with the forced removal of black Africans from their homes to keep them away from whites. I honestly believe that this movie showed apartheid in a way no other movie has and it also showed how evil humans can be, no matter what year we are in. 3. realism: this movie also made the aliens and the story seem believable. At the premise, humans were not sure what to think about an extremely large mother ship that lands on earth and then took in the aliens and went from trying to accept them to basically enslaving them in order to gain use of their weaponry. The scene when Wikus is used as a medical and biological experiment was done both emotionally and brilliantly. 4. actors: finally, this movie offers very good acting from a group of performers that had totaled less than 100 hours of previous acting. Shartlo Copley's first blockbuster was a huge success and I would not be surprised if he receives an Oscar nomination.
Finally, the ending was probably the weakest part of the movie. However, it did set up very well for a sequel and I would be interested to see if Jackson would consider a return of Christopher Johnson and how the plot line in that event would pan out. This movie was easily the best of the summer and one of the best sci-fi movies to come out in years. A must see and when released a must own.