Not what I was expecting...like a long commercial

Rating: 4/10 (15 August 2009)

Just came back from watching District 9, hailed by film critics as the "summer's best movie", "originality" and "best action sequence". It was nothing of the above. I did not enjoy it at all. The plot was non believable, the fuel becomes some kind of potion that turns a human into alien? There was no point in the film, at no point did I feel for the main character or the aliens. At some point I felt that I was watching a Disney film because of the interactions with the aliens, it was pretty cheesy. The acting was over the top and the shaky camera was used way too much, I felt like I was watching a long TV commercial that by the end made me feel very nauseous. The last half was just brainless shooting. Yes it had a lot of gore, but the action felt sloppy and the story was crafted very simply, not at all intelligent. The directing wasn't very good at all, no thought was put into it. This is certainly no classic. It looks like they will be making a part 2 and they probably will make some money out of this with all the action and gore, but I probably won't be coming back.