DISTRICT 9 (2009) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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  @DeejayWilson7500 · 3 years ago

  As Vikus became less human physically, he became more human emotionally.

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  @Star-qc4br · 3 years ago

  "DISTRICT 9" is without question one of the MOST relevant and substantially meaningful pieces of Sci-Fi cinema to come out in decades! There also really hasn't been anything quite like it since... Such a pleasure to see a film that carries this kind of weight AND is this entertaining! THIS is what you get when true artists are permitted to put real love and thought into their work without being hamstrung by "money people" and other outsiders with different interests who don't have even the capability to see, understand or care about the filmmaker's vision! Truly a rarity!

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  @spaulagain · 3 years ago (edited)

  Neill Blomkamp is an incredibly unique director. He's so good at immersing you so much that it feels real the whole time.

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  @ErnestAllen · 3 years ago

  &quot;It feels so unfair when the media can say whatever they want, and everyone believes them. That&apos;s scary.&quot; <br>Truer words have never been spoken.

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  @swordmonkey6635 · 3 years ago

  District 9 was such a success because it had a great story and VFX and was made by a South African crew outside of the Hollywood Machine. It&apos;s what happens when creativity isn&apos;t hampered by focus groups and studio execs. The movie was a gut punch when it came out. Nothing like it since.

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  @Dtronic2 · 3 years ago

  It feels like a documentary because deep down, most everyone knows this is how governments would treat aliens if they didn&apos;t wipe us out. Its all about money and profit. <br><br>This movie really makes you think. Love it and thanks Cassie for watching. I know it was hard for you.

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  @PhDeCaliBadger · 3 years ago

  This is one of the most visceral, disturbing, and fascinating films I’ve ever seen. &nbsp;You can’t even describe it to people who haven’t seen it it’s such a unique experience. &nbsp;It is honestly shocking how real this movie feels, and I thin a large part of that is due to the believability of this hypothetical situation. &nbsp;One can easily believe that this would be the human response to this situation.

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  @thedink5 · 3 years ago

  Two weeks before the film had even released, Blomkamp was already talking about a sequel, and had said that he would go ahead with a follow-up if District 9 was successful. After its release, he continued to talk about the project, though there was no official announcement until 2021, when he revealed on Twitter that he was moving ahead with the script for District 10. He also announced that Copley was writing the film alongside him.

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  @kurtfrancis4621 · 3 years ago

  Holy Cow, Cassie watching District 9? &nbsp;Getting adventurous!

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  @B_B-420 · 3 years ago

  &quot;That&apos;s what I mean, they could have done this all along?&quot;<br><br>No, they couldn&apos;t have done it all along, that&apos;s why they didn&apos;t. &nbsp;The &quot;command module&quot; (the buried &quot;ship&quot;) is what did it. &nbsp;Christopher had to spend 20 years collecting the fluid to make the command module work. &nbsp;Without the fluid getting put in the command module, the mothership just sits there. &nbsp;Once the command module had fluid, Christopher&apos;s kid could control anything connected to it. &nbsp;Which includes both the mothership, and any alien exosuit. &nbsp;The reason why they didn&apos;t do it sooner is just because they didn&apos;t have any fluid to power the command module.

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  @ofthenearfuture · 3 years ago (edited)

  This was an incredible film, and take on the sci-fi genre. It really is an exploration and commentary on apartheid, especially in South Africa. About the terrible things humans are capable of doing to each other, especially when we&apos;ve completely dehumanized a group of people (represented by the aliens). About greed and the military industrial complex. As Wikus changes from human to alien, he also changes from oppressor to oppressed, and eventually in the end finds more humanity in himself than he had at the beginning.

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  @GoblinHunter87 · 3 years ago

  This is not how people treat aliens, this is how people treat each other.

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