Friday, January 1, 2010
District 9 Movie Review
It is a good movie to watch with an open mind and have a nice movie after a sociological discussion. To parents: I have seen the worst PG-13 movies than in terms of blood / combat "and" sex ". I hope that the academy recognized a diamond with some Oscars.
Thirty years ago, foreigners made first contact with Earth. People waiting for a hostile attack or a giant advances in technology. None came. Instead of being foreigners, refugees, the last survivors of their world. Beings are created in makeshift home in the area of South Africa 9, of the world argues over what to do with them.
Now, patience over stranger situation is over. Control over foreigners is assigned to the Multinational United (Mnu), a private company interested in the welfare of foreigners - they will receive huge profits if they can do to foreigners working great weapon. So far they have failed; weapons requires activation of an alien DNA.
Tensions between foreigners and people came to head when the field Mnu functioning, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) contracts a mysterious virus that starts changing their DNA. Wikus quickly became the most hunted man in the world, and most valuable - it is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friends, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.
Director: Neil Blomkamp
Cast: Ken Kamins
Avatar Movie Review
MovieFanatic
Great film with ample symbolism. Old story, new setting with amazing technology to support it. There are numerous "tellings" of this same story, both historical and contemporary from our own world. See what you want, see that it is in conflict with the present civilization, attempt to trade/bargin for what you want, if unsuccessful then take what you want, justify it as the other culture/government being less civilized/human/important than yourselves.
Examples: African slave trade to support economies in the Caribbean and southern US, European colonialization of Africa/India/Asia, expansion of the west (USA and Canada) into aboriginal territories, western occupation in the middle east, fossil fuel extraction from the oil sands at the expense of the environment.
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