Great Arc!

Rating: 10/10 (28 February 2013)

I like the way it starts out easy going in the beginning, documentary style, continually intensifies almost to the end where it then eases back into documentary mode bringing it home softly. Like a good song.
Also got a kick out of their South African accents not to mention the irony of the humans' names vs. the aliens' names. From an American's perspective anyway.
I saw a few complaints about plot. It seems to me if you can accept the biggest unexplained plot point, How did the aliens solve the problems of deep space travel, you can accept other unexplained plot points and just chalk it up to sociological differences between the species.
To address one such complaint I saw: why did Chris become bonded to Wikus after being betrayed? I didn't find this surprising. Towards the beginning the prawns were depicted as gullible. In other words trusting when it is undeserved. In the end, Wikus sacrificed for the principle and Chris was the beneficiary of that, Chris's trust more easily returned than a human would trust again.
Another complaint I recall: why was Wikus's access code still good at the lab? It wasn't his own personal access code. That door only required a pass code. All such doors I have had experience with there is only one pass code that everyone knows. Much like a combination lock on your bicycle. It's much harder to change that and get the word out to everyone who needs to get in. Had it been badge authentication or badge and pass code then it is usually personalized.