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Date Posted: Sun, August 16 2009, 15:30:27
Author: Don Poss
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Film Review: "DISTRICT 9"

Gents:

It�s been a long time since I walked out of a movie because it stunk worse than Mamasan�s clothes washing-water.

I was hoping to see a good action movie along the line of �Independence Day� and thought �District 9� might fill that bill. So very wrong! You might like the movie if you like events from the point of view of a drooling milk-sop liberal as portrayed by today's drooling milk-sop left-wing media types -- I don�t, and I didn�t like the movie. Every other word is the F-bomb, and in case you missed that, there are sub-titles spelling out the F-bomb for you in BOLD letters.

"District 9" is without a coherent plot. There are no interaction between actors/characters. Even the nasty marooned space aliens want to leave Earth (and the theatre)! There simply is no reason to go and see the film. It is presented entirely from a media newscast viewpoint of those events, and worse yet, seen through the eyes of the news camera pointed at talking media-heads who are definitely a C-rated News-Team.

I am not sure if the film was foreign made, but it certainly comes off at that low level of quality and feeling (perhaps if it were filmed in black-and-white it would have had a more artsy-trashy appeal?).

I do NOT recommend going to see �District 9�. I do NOT recommend renting the DVD (it will probably be available in a week or two). And no, I still do NOT recommend reusing Mamasan�s clothes washing-water. Thumbs definitely Down.

Don Poss

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Re: Film Review: "DISTRICT 9" -- Harry Larsen, Tue, August 18 2009, 9:34:17 (75-172-77-45.tukw.qwest.net/75.172.77.45)
- Re: Film Review: "DISTRICT 9" -- Patrick (Beanie) Camunes, Fri, October 02 2009, 21:56:32 (cpe-68-203-162-31.satx.res.rr.com/68.203.162.31)