District 9

First of all I would like to start out by saying this movie as a concept
in general was AWESOME!!! And Btw this piece contains spoilers so if you
have not yet seen the film I will need you to do 2 things
1. go see the film
2. come back to contribute to this in depth discussion of District 9.
^_^

Secondly, there are a few things I missed about the movie.... When the
Aliens spoke, how did the humans understand them if they weren't
speaking english?? And how did the Aliens understand the humans that
spoke to them ??? Another thing I am having trouble with is how much of
a wretch Wikus van der Merwe was. I seriously doubt he could have been
any nastier, this affected me because it reminded me of apartheid and
what South Africans went through during that oppressive period.

I can't understand why they never once mentioned the actual name of the
Alien's species, they were only referred to as "P" words which is a
derogatory term that won't be tolerated here at Leiomi Nala's Corner.
The fact that the Alien cared so much for his son was cute. The way
Wikus acted when he found out his treatment would take three years was
childish and extremely irrational, almost so much as to flaw the plot.
Why would Wikus try to fly the ship alone??? And how was he planning on
fixing himself?? He has no knowledge of their technology. Why did he
try do cut his arm off?? At that point his teeth were already falling
out so clearly w.e was affecting him was in his system smh

I hated it and had a hard time watching when MNU made him shoot the
weapons. The Alien experimentation was horrifying and so was the idea
that the corporation was going to murder and scrap Wikus for parts. It
was scary how all MNU was concerned about was profiting from the Alien
weaponry.

In the beginning it was interesting how Xenophobic the South Africans
were to the Aliens and all the non sense they believed about the Aliens
being thieves and violent meanwhile the Aliens were shuffling through
trash to eat, and they were selling everything they could for cat food.
I enjoyed the movie and am looking forward to seeing more. I expect to
see the sequel next summer. There must be more to the story because it
took over two hours to just scratch the surface of the foundation.
There are so many unanswered questions about this movie, the plot, the
Aliens and the one Alien is supposed to come back in three years he
promised.

Uhmm if Wikus was intelligent he would have begged to go with the Alien
because he already knew what MNU planned to do with him if he stayed on
earth. All we know of their planet is that it has seven moons, and
really cool technology. I wonder where this film will go as far as
popularity, I wonder if it will be as popular as star wars.. I must say
one thing I like the most about the movie is the fact that it took place
in South Africa. This movie is great I hope to see more.

What did u think about District 9?

Talk to you soon!!!