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Despite having not seen it at the time, I was rather surprised about how good people are saying it is. After hearing this, I had to check it out myself to see what the hype was about this film. Also, Peter Jackson was the producer of this film and he is one of my all-time favourite directors and I love his films particularly Lord Of The Rings. When I saw this film at the cinema, I was blown away by it! There were moments in the film that made my jaw drop due to the amazement of the film. District 9 is obviously one of the most unusual films that I have ever seen but it is one of the most realistic films that I have seen in a long time too. I am really glad that they made this in a documentary-like sort of style because that is the main thing that made it realistic. If it didn't have that, it would have failed just like Cloverfield did and War Of The Worlds slightly did. I was a little worried about the CGI effects on the Prawns in the film but I thought the CGI on them were perfect and flawless. It was very violent as well which is what I loved about the film as well.
Sharlto Copley's performance as Wikus Van De Merke was absolutely amazing! I find it to be one as well as the film itself to be underestimated and turned out to be a massive surprise. Wikus is an ordinary man who loves his family and his job but when he accidentally sprays some Prawn fluid in his own face, that all changes and he becomes a science experiment as well as a fugitive. He becomes half-alien and half-human due to this. I find it to be a tragedy because Wikus inadvertently sprayed himself in the face and then that ruins his whole life and could lead to drastic actions.
Neill Blomkamp's debut is absolutely terrific! He is now a director that has caught my attention. His work on this film feels like it can be an inspiration to people because the way he sends the message out that the way the humans treated the Prawns were like how the white people in Africa treated the black people and it shows that they have equal rights no matter on difference. Peter Jackson did an absolutely fantastic job at producing such an extraordinary yet mindblowing film. I find this film very special because it was made in three different countries of three different continents of the world: USA, South Africa and New Zealand.
Overall, District 9 is an intense, explosive, heart-racing yet gut-retching and gruesome thrill ride that proves itself to be one of the best science fiction films in a long time and one of the best films of 2009.
9/10
