Average movie at best.

Rating: 5/10 (27 January 2010)

Because this and other movies are getting attention for Best Picture, I had to see it. I've seen the top four in most polls (Avatar, Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, and now District 9). After seeing this movie, the only ones that have a shot at getting Best Picture (in my mind) are Avatar and The Hurt Locker. The other two movies are just plan bad.
I'm not sure I buy into all the excitement and high rankings for this movie. I thought the CGI effects were nice, but the storyline took FOREVER to develop which made the movie drag, thank heaven it wasn't a 2 1/2 hour movie. If it would have been that long, I would have wanted to use one of those laser death ray things from the movie on myself. I thought the main character's performance was laughable at best, the aliens looked like over-sized cockroaches and I really felt like I was watching Cloverfield (which was another AWFUL movie) all over again because of the camera work. True the story lines were different but the camera work felt the same.
I do like Sci-Fi films but this one just really didn't do it for me. This is a film that you can get away with seeing just once and then never seeing it again. I'm glad I spent only $3.48 to rent the movie, anymore and I would have felt I was robbed. This movie is a reluctant 5/10.