Incredible!

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2009)

From the start I haven't been taking District 9 very seriously when I first saw the posters in the cinema after watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince with one of my best girlfriends this summer. I've totally forgotten about this movie till a couple of days ago and decided to finally watch it. Now I'm sitting here on the couch and really regret my first thoughts about this film. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!
First, I really like the combination of documentary and fiction and in this case it's done to perfection. The only thing which I found a little confusing was the shifts between 'documentary camera' and 'fictional camera' and my mind was thrown a little out of the 'movie feeling'. Though this didn't last very long. You get use to it right away, also I didn't find it as disturbing as in many other films and most people probably wouldn't notice it at all so actually there's nothing to criticize. I can't point out anything about the animations. They are very convincing and composed beautifully with the real scenes and I haven't been able to point out any animation glitches at first hand. You don't sit and think it's 3D animations. The story isn't as unrealistic and 'American' far out as many other alien movies I've seen. The story takes place in Johannesburg and how many other Alien movies have ever done that? Nice idea. Like almost every other movie ever created District 9 also leave the viewer with some unanswered questions like "How can black liquid fuel mutate a human into a Prawn?" and "If the prawn's mother ship where able to move and beam things up by remote why did the prawn had to fly towards it?." But this isn't something you actually think about when watching the movie so it isn't that big a deal. I can't say anything bad about the actors. They make it really realistic and convincing that there's a 2.3 meter tall alien right beside of them. Also the actors speaking to the camera about Wikus, great work!
What can I say? I've given District 9 10/10 stars because it's a brilliant movie. Peter Jackson has done it again and Clinton Shorter has also done a great piece of work! So to all of you bored by reading this: Put on a smile and watch or re-watch District 9! It's incredible!