1.000.000 Times better than Avatar

Rating: 9/10 (1 June 2010)

This movie could have won the Oscar considering the favorites were Avatar and Hurt Locker. In my opinion both did not deserve to even be nominated actually. Maybe after you watch District 9 you will think that even District 9 is not good enough to win the Best Movie Award but at least it deserved to be amongst the nominees, and it would not be an unfair Award to this Fantastic Film as it was to Hurt Locker or Avatar, if it had won.
What I like the most about the film is that it increasingly gains momentum throughout, starting out as a weird documentary, but then evolves into more mainstream thriller territory, before culminating in some thoroughly entertaining action set pieces.
If you were hoping for a lot of Human vs Alien action, wait for the second half where you will see just enough for the movie not to become a War of the Worlds crap.
I wish I had seen this movie before the Oscars because I would definitely be cheering for it!