Loved the open ended possibilities

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2009)

I really enjoyed this movie, specifically the points where things were not explained surrounding Chris Johnson (is that his name?). He was clearly more knowledgeable than many other aliens which lead me to think of him as either the only surviving leader or just an extraordinarily capable member of the worker class. There's no way to prove that, but based on the relationship with his son, the fact that his friend seemed to have difficulty identifying his own alien technology, his understanding of legality and the reaction he had to the surgical experiments it was just easy to see him as someone with a lot of regret and an ability to forgive.
Some posters want everything explained, what was wrong with the ship?, why didn't the workers fight back? It was more interesting for me the think about plausible reasons those things might happen. Some movies are lazy and just ask you to makes leaps of faith. I don't think District 9 was one of them. It just made you work a little bit.