Looked great but a bit boring

Rating: 4/10 (24 August 2013)

District 9 is a film that is shot incredibly well and it does look amazing. The action towards the end is quite good but on the whole it was just a bit boring. I thought the film was supposed to be full of violence and gore? Well the blood from the 'prawns' just didn't look realistic at all. The human characters weren't that great but I really liked Christoper and the baby prawn.
The plot was solid and the potential was there. I just think it could've been executed better. It was shot a bit 'documentary style' which I didn't really like and the camera seemed shaky. The film did get better when it got into the main story but I feel it could've been so much more, I wanted more action. The story did seem a bit mixed up as well. It was one of them films that I wanted to love, but it just didn't hit the spot for me.
Overall it was quite a disappointment, although it did look amazing. It isn't something I would watch again but I can appreciate why others rate it so highly.
5/10.