District Fine!

Rating: 9/10 (3 February 2010)

There is a cohesive adjudication by many that Writer-Director's Neil Blomkamp's "District 9" is the most original film of the year. I think I will also reside in that judgment district. I could "yada yada" about how much I enjoyed this film, but there is no experience like visiting "District 9" yourself to get the real zest of the movie. Many of you have inhabited the plot of "District 9"= Twenty years ago, an Extraterrestrial race made their way to Johannesburg, and consequently are forced to live in a slum area in the city called District 9; all while their massive standstill spaceship occupies the Johannesburg sky above. Twenty years later, a munitions corporation called Multi National United (MNU) is contracted to forcibly evict the aliens (which they call Spawns) of District 9 and use them for weaponry experimental purposes. They delegate the clumsy operative Wilkus Van De Merwe to head the mission. Even though at first, Van De Merwe is doing a "gran de mierda" job with the mission, he turns out to be a very engaging hero whose broad personality & antics does wonders to the film's success. Sharlto Copley's dynamic starring performance as the resilient Wilkus was definitely not one of charlatan material. I can't cope with the fact that Copley was not nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award. The aliens (spawns) of "District 9" were also (how can I put this?) Far Out!!! Christopher Johnson is the premier spawn character in the film which might or might not have the long searching fluid for the aliens to be able to disembark the slums and return home. In other words, Chris Johnson wants to be the main Spawn Titan to get them out of there. Oops! Wrong Chris Johnson! Blomkamp's outlandish direction and imaginative scribe of "District 9" were one of the elites of the year. I think many Hollywood studios will be "kamping" out for Blomkamp's services for some time to come. Some other film-making experts of "District 9" also contributed to its highly-legal grand cinematic residency: Emilia Roux's art direction, Julian Clarke's editing, Clinton Shorter's score, Trent Opaloch's cinematography, and the entire makeup & special effects crews. So make your way to "District 9" and see Wilkus & the Slumprawn Alienaires duke it out with the nasty (it's not all about) the MNU. ***** Excellent