District 9: Hug an alien today

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2009)

A science fiction movie that makes one relate more to the aliens which remain mysterious from beginning to end, still should have explained why the aliens were on Earth in the first place. Not knowing that bugs the heck out of me. But in the end, as it was in the beginning, my attention was never lost.
My admiration for this movie is unexplainable to say the least. I can truthfully say that this movie has the realism that sci-fi often understandably lacks. A spaceship from outer space? Yeah, its there! Why? Who knows? We just accept it because the real story is going on all around it and us. We get to see the documentary build its tale of "truth", which is one dimensional because the truth is only what we humans know. When one of ours is forced into a life never expected and inconceivable to everyone(including aliens), we then become involved by trying to relate to what we do not understand and understand what we cannot deny.
The action is not a big part of this movie because this movie has too much going on for any one aspect to get all of the attention. But what action there is, will keep you engrossed and distract you from reason as I am sure it was intended. But, action or not, I was seat-bound in hope for resolution. Watching one man trying to remain a part of his heritage but forced to accept an unforeseen destiny was, for me, the biggest part of this movie.
These aliens did not seem so foreign to me which is why I loved their look and the way they moved. I think the creators of this movie did a great job of making them "?loveable?".
There is nothing wrong with this movie that I can think of other than the one point I made earlier - I don't know why they were here. Maybe that will come up in the prequel or sequel if there is one or the other.
I gave it a 9 because it deserved more than an 8 and because a 10 would be pointless without a certain explanation. I really hope to see a continuance.