A very good movie

Actually, I wasn't really interested by this flick but when I saw that it was on the IMDB top 250, I was intrigued and I thought I should give it a shot. Eventually, I thought it was a very interesting and entertaining movie. I especially enjoyed the 1st half which was just great. Then, the 2nd half was little too much action-oriented for my taste but still it was a very good and original picture. The other day I watched it again with Nick, my step-son, who really loved it and it still holds up pretty good. One of the best thing about this flick was also the main character, Wikus Van De Merwe. I mean, the guy is a total moron and I thought it was really refreshing, in contrast with all the stereopycal heroes you get in your usual commercial productions. It's too bad Wikus wasn't so interesting in the second half when, suddenly, he got himself a conscience. In my opinion, it is still rather exagerated to put this movie in the top 250 best movies ever made. I mean, it is definitely an interesting flick and it may belong to the best movies coming out in 2009 but it is definitely not a masterpiece, at least, not in my opinion. To conclude, for a directing debut, in spite its flaws, it was still pretty impressive and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

8/10