District 9 (2009)
I really liked it, but it didn’t live up to my expectations. The first half of the film was borderline perfect, with it’s great, original concept, subverting of cliches, and fun and interesting characters. The second half was disappointing, as the film forayed into a rather generic (yet still very fun) shoot-em-up brawl between the main character and several faceless goons. I feel that if the whole film had been in the same vein as the second half, I would have liked it more, as I wouldn’t have been as disappointed, because of the stellar first half. But Sharlto Copley’s main character was excellent and the story was very good, and overall the good bits far outweigh the bad bits.
7/10