The Lord of the Rings of scifi

Rating: 10/10 (3 September 2009)

I saw this movie yesterday evening and it's definitely one of the best scifi-action-adventure movies ever made!!! Before I went to the cinema, I'd heard that the film contains a lot of blood and guts and it might be unsuitable for some people. I agree with this, but at least for me it was far from a too violent movie, because the gore scenes are quite gritty and blurry. This is why I'm honesty recommending this to the majority of adults. It has so much to offer.
First: the plot. Despite you've seen the trailers and read the synopsis, the plot has many twists to surprise you. And unlike in the case of 24, the twists are pretty reasonable and humane. Besides, it's not hard to recognize the connection between the alien community problem and the global social issues of the real world (just think about this after watching the movie).
Second: the CGI's. This is probably the first film including so realistic CGI effects that they are actually hard to separate from the "real" objects. Also, the rugged documentary-like picture enhances this vision very well. Nonetheless, the explosions and the other such visual effects were cutting edge. Still, I was a bit surprised to see that the film wasn't completely shot in this documentary-like manner, though only some individual scenes were.
Third: the action sequences weren't presented too frequently and that's why they worked so effectively. Despite this I didn't find myself bored in any part of the movie, probably because the action scenes were highly intensive and simply super-exciting!
Fourth: Sharlto Copley. This guy was incredible. He played his character (Wikus van de Merwe) extremely well, which reminded me of Borat (by Sacha Baron Cohen): so innocent and well-meaning person, but still people see him as a goofy (which appears to be a false assumption, when it's about his survival). But maybe the most impressive thing about him was the South African accent, it's simply unforgettable when you hear him swearing (and that's what you'll going to hear a lot in this movie).
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was "the overwhelming necessary evil" character that they had to include to the movie for some mysterious reason. Maybe this will make it look more Hollywood style, but still I think it's a bad cliché.
Bottom line: don't miss this film, if you respect good scifi entertainment. It's like the Lord of the Rings of science fiction movies, one of the best movies of it's genre. Last, but not least: respect for the co-operation of Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson.