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by Hydro033

Instead of a single-member of theChez.net doing this review, we decided to do a conglomerate and average it. We all saw it, and we all loved it, but just how much is the question? Each one of us did a short little review with a rating that I then averaged.  Be sure to click past the break to see what each of us had to say about the film.

Average and Chez.net Final Rating:     0.25/5 Chezwicks

kturt133′s Review

District 9 was one of those movies that comes around once in a while that makes everyone think about the future, and what we would do in a similar situation. While it’s surely not as plausable as a movie such as “V For Vendetta” is, it makes you wonder how you would feel about aliens in a similar situation.

In the District 9, the aliens, referred to as Prawns, are treated as less than scum.Everyone; blacks, asians, spaniards, you name it, are all racist towards them and want them to either leave Earth, or die. They all think that it’d be a wonderful solution to reduce the crime rate that the Prawns have brought to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Without ruining most of the movie, I can without a doubt say that it is an enjoyable movie to say the least. It has everything you look for in a man movie, except the bitches. It has explosions, aliens, explosions caused by aliens, human vapoizations, some black shit getting shot into a guys face, metamorphasis, and tons of kickass alien weaponry that seems like something straight out of the Ratchet and Clank games.

But it’s also something much deeper than that. Beyond this obvious dude flick exterior lays something much more serious. It’s a story of the man who was once heartlessly dealt with the Prawns, eventually had to rely on them in a time of need. There was tons of great moral undertones in the movie, and I walked away from the theater wondering about the future, and smiling so that hopefully I get to shoot one of those kickass lighting-emitting grenade launcher thingies.

In conclusion, District 9 is a great movie. I give it 0.25/5 Chezwicks.

mikexuanle’s Review

Science Fiction movies are like grains of sand, stars in the sky, number of court cases OJ has:  innumerable and ever growing.  Most of these movies are photocopies of one another and very rarely do we get the pleasure of watching the exceptions… something so original come out of something so cliche. Believe this: District 9 is THE exception.

It is a fanciful rollercoaster ride of emotions that is only experience in the best of  entire Science Fiction genre.  At any point of the movie, you feel torn up inside.  You are angry, wanting to throw your hands up ans scream.  You are pitiful, wanting to crawl up in a ball and sob.  You are happy, wanting to dance gleefully and smoke a bowl.  You are empowered, wanting to grab an alien blaster and shoot that mother fucking gangster who wants to eat your arm.

District 9.  The best district there is.

Rating: 0/5 Chezwicks

dukemich’s Review

Before I get to the review I just have to say this. As we all know when you go to see a movie previews are shown before the movie begins. In all the years that I’ve paid to go see a movie in the theatre, I’ve NEVER seen worse previews in my life. I did not want to see one movie. Legion, Surrogate, Halloween II (Apparently we need to see all of them again), The Final Destination, Saw VI, Zombieland, and Cirque Du Freak. C’mon we can do better. Moving on

I’ve never seen anything like this movie. From the limited previews, I really didn’t know what to expect. I was in shock when I left the movie theatre and had no idea what I thought about the movie. District 9 takes you on an emotional roller coaster with plenty to process in about two hours time. District 9 was informative, funny, disgusting, awesome, sad, and shocking. The films use of the documentary format made it seem that the events occurring in the movie were actually happening. The TV cameras took you into District 9 so you could see where the aliens were living. You could see their lifestyle. You could see the slums. You could see the gangs. You could see the horror. You could see the relationship that the humans have with the aliens. For about two hours I was in District 9. District 9 transitioned between documentary format and regular movie format very well. The acting was great even though I’ve never heard of any of the actors.

The only flaw that I had with the movie is the fact that very little is explained. How did the humans learn the alien language? Why did the alien ship land in Johannesberg? What planet are the aliens from? However, if all this was explained the movie would have been six hours long so I understand why a lot of questions were left unanswered.

I really don’t know what else to say. This movie was incredible. Go see it. I can’t explain it. You really have to see it for yourself.

I’ll give this a 1/2 chez.

ssjrem’s Review

District 9 is easily one of the best movies of the year thus far. Though I don’t think it quite matched up to Watchmen, the intense moral overtones and the incredible journey of the main character makes this a fascinating movie. I loved the way in which this film turns the usual alien invasion plot completely on its head. I feel as though it portrayed it in a much more realistic way than we’ve previously seen in movies like Independence Day or War of the Worlds. And considering the fact that the budget for the film was only 30 million dollars compared to a budget of more than 200 million dollars for Transformers, the special effects are amazing. It’s remarkable what people can do with limited funding sometimes. Niel Blomkamp might very well become a very well-known name in years to come. He’s certainly set the bar pretty high.

0.5 chezes out of 5.

phil0s0rapt0r’s Review

This was the best movie I’ve seen in a long, long time.  The previews looked amazing… but the movie– I didn’t expect it to actually be as good as the previews made it out to be.  The storytelling was itself was worth the anal raping I took to get into the movie. The character of Wikus was portrayed excellently by Sharlto Copley. Instead of your typical badass who goes apeshit on the aliens, unleashing thousands of rounds of bullets or somehow uploading a virus to the mothership, Wikus is more or less incompetent; an antihero if I’ve ever seen one. Furthermore, the moral and ethical questions that this movie raises are fascinating. Without going into too much detail, let’s just say I give it two tentacles up!

0.25 / 5 chezwicks

Hydro033′s Review

Smart, disturbing, action-packed, and interesting. District 9 had it all. Although not a perfect movie, District 9 comes up as one of the most solid science fiction films of the decade (a genre I’m very partial and biased towards). I couldn’t help but love the idea of aliens that were simultaneous hazardous and humane. At first you hate them, then you know them, then you question your opinion, as did the main character, Wikus. The film raised a very difficult question: how would we treat organisms that are so like us, but so different at the same time? Going back to ssjrem’s post about sapience, how would we react to encountering it? Would we be hostile? Accepting? Mutualistic? Or Parasitic? The question will remain.

Technically, the movie was astounding. The special effects, the acting, and the sound, the characters, and the dialogue were all fantastic. A few things I did dislike. The “Stone Cold Steve Austin” villain character – it was just cliche. The story was great, but a government with a bad intention is getting old. Like dukemich, I would like a few questions answered – especially the language thing, I think they just blew by that for the ease of the film. I think the documentary style to add realism was very poorly implemented. It should either of been dropped or used more often. For a sci-fi film, then ending was rather emotional and heart-wrenching, at least for me. I don’t want to ruin the movie for you, the reader. So, please go see it for yourself and enjoy it, because you will. 0.5/5 Chezwicks.