ChainsawAsh said:
Just got back from District 9 - it was about a hundred different kinds of amazing. It might just be the high of seeing it for the first time, but I'll go out on a limb and say that it's easily the best action sci-fi film I've ever seen - yes, it's better than Aliens. And the CG never once stood out to me as being CG, which is extraordinarily rare these days.

I highly recommend it to everyone here. Amazing.

Alright, just got back from seeing District 9 myself. It was most certainly different. Still not sure how I feel about it, guess it hasn't completely sunk in yet.

It was definitely different from your typical tired Hollywood film, but I still think it carried on a lot of the issues I have with the typical Hollywood movie, namely not very well thought out plot points (wizard did it kind of stuff) and over long action sequences.

However, it was refreshing to have a plot that actually takes itself seriously (seems like many action/sci-fi flicks these days have a hard time with this one, resorting to over the top moments for comic relief).