It's a grower!!!

Rating: 9/10 (5 September 2009)

I went to see this film not believing the hype as I wasn't all that impressed with the trailers that had been released and the fact that all Peter Jackson really had to do with the film is provide second hand special effects from his dropped "Halo" from game to screen project.
Perhaps 20 minutes had passed and I was starting to think that my initial thoughts were correct and found myself slightly disappointed. Then before I realised it I was hooked. The story is intriguing and all be it the special effects are a bit un finished looking the clever directing and filming cover this up very well.
I have to say I did enjoy District 9. Perhaps it's not as good as the hype and lets face it there is a lot of it but it is a lot better than most of the films coming out of Hollywood recently.