very good in the beginning, thats basically it

Rating: 6/10 (14 September 2009)

As of now (09/09/14) this movie is rated an average of 8.6 with ~58k votes. This is ridiculous and I don't know how anyone can rate District 9 better than a 7/10.
I mean, the story is brilliant, no doubt about it. The acting is good, too, as are the visual effects. And I liked the end. But there are so many things I have to criticize:

the character development is ridiculous. At first Van De Merwe is this naive, harmless guy who gets appointed for this whole evacuation mission because he is married to the daughter of one of the bosses. He certainly doesn't seem to be smart, but he ain't stupid either. Still, many of the decisions he takes during the movie make absolutely no sense whatsoever - there are way too many logical mistakes. I mean, that's pretty common in SciFi movies. Still, you have to compare District 9 with films like Alien or Serenity if you rate it an 8. And neither of these films has so many logical mistakes like District 9 - besides that there are technical or dramaturgical mistakes like the music building up while nothing happens which are really annoying

These are the things that bothered me the most. The fact that the main characters live WAY too long I won't comment since that is a common flaw in my opinion, as are a few other things. So, all in all District 9 is a very fresh, very ambitious movie. It reminds me a bit of The Fountain which is also conceptually brilliant.