Tonight I went and saw District 9 and I was pleasantly surprised. The movie, which is based off of a short film by Neill Blomkamp, is about a city in South Africa that gets visited by an alien ship. The movie starts 20 years later, after they were taken and put into man-made camps and forced to live there. As the movie progresses, violence and chaos break out and decisions have to be made. Full of intense action and well placed special effects make this movie a must see. Peter Jackson and Neill Blomkamp do not disappoint.
Okay, okay, so I havn’t seen District 9 yet, so this isn’t going to be a movie review. But I am looking forward to seeing it. Basically, in a few words, it looks amazing! Below is the Original Short Film – District 9, which the box office movie was based off of.
District 9 will be in theatres August 18 of this year, and shot by Neill Blomkamp. Blomkamp was the producer of the movie Halo, until it went on indefinate heitaus. The combination of Peter Jackson (King Kong, The Lord of the Rings trillogy) and Blomkamp (lots of small documentary style films) is simply, amazing. I’m not a big Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter fan, so I wasn’t at the begining of the line, at the midnight showing of these movies. But you can almost count of me seeing it if not opening day, opening weekend.
Don’t forget to check out the site: d-9.com. The site has the official trailer, a satellite map that shows where the aliens live and other restricted areas, links to MNU (Multi-national Union) [which currently have career openings now] and a 800 number to report any aliens out of zone, or exhibiting improper behavior.
–Tim
