Does not suck

Rating: 9/10 (22 August 2009)

A lot of recent sci-fi action movies tend to have the same predictable problems. District 9 doesn't.
There is a plot. Really. There are a couple of moments where you'll need to suspend disbelief, but no obvious plot holes that a truck can drive through.
Aliens are, well, alien. And different. They don't even speak English.
Bad guys act in their own best interests, not just try to make life difficult for the good guys.
CGI doesn't yell "look at me". It's there, lots of it, but you just don't notice.
Nothing looks artificial. There is no excessive camera shake a-la Bourne trilogy. Footage that is supposed to look "documentary style" is quite believable. Not easy to do, as demonstrated by Cloverfield.
The movie starts slow and gradually builds up the speed towards the crescendo at the end, never slowing down.
All in all, very impressive. Best movie of the year so far.
Looking forward to District 10 (the story is clearly not over, there is a nice set-up for the sequel).