Ingeniuous, but some silly plot elements

Rating: 9/10 (16 August 2009)

loved it, very entertaining, but the ending is far too much of a setup for District 10, the sequel! Also, some core plot elements are either trite, or you just have to laugh at, or both. For example *** SPOILER ALERT *** the fact that this is in essence an intergalactic buddy movie, is a bit silly.
Also, there are only two women in the cast - now really! Not a huge issue, but there could easily be some powerful women in the film. I enjoyed Peter Jackson's film-making, he didn't try to make it too much of an epic film. But the constant camera movement for the hand-held effect was annoying and stopped being effective over the length of a movie after Blair Witch Project!