District 9

Racial tensions in modern Africa WITH ALIENS! And Peter Jackson is involved.

Weirdness. Is odd of me that I tend to automatically take a dim view of anything that has a Viral Marketing campaign?

I lol'ed.

I wouldn't say anything definitive about it yet though, The Dark Knight had a viral marketing campaign...

I'd like to see it, myself. This one one of the few times that I was completely convinced to see a film because of its trailer.

https://www.facebook.com/emileunmedicatedanduncut

I don't think it'll be bad, but I find Viral Marketing gimmicky at times.

Then again, I think that's mainly because my first experience with Viral Marketing was ilovebees with Halo 2. God, I got so tired of hearing about that.

New trailer.

This changes a few things.

edited 12th Jul '09 5:36:40 PM by Charlatan

@Moogi: Never Trust a Trailer

edited 16th Jul '09 12:05:45 AM by Ba Thyr Neftu

Back for no reason whatsoever!

Tell me about it. Based on this newest trailer it seems it shall be Ye Typical Action Movie, as opposed to a weird documentary like I thought from the first trailer.

am I the only one who remembers LittleBigPlanet-esque sackboys in the preview?

<(-_-<)(>-_-)> "FUSION HA"

I remember no such thing, unless they were maybe stuffed animals the extraterrestrials kept.

Psuedo, you're think of 9.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.

If it was 9, I think that looked good to, but has no place here.

I love explaining District 9 with the phrase "the titular district"

<(-_-<)(>-_-)> "FUSION HA"

I'm pretty excited for this movie.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."

So far so good.

I am actually rather interested in this movie now. I enjoyed the fake propaganda.

Williamette Week seems ambivalent about it, Portland Mercury is positively gushing over it.

Really good stats at rottentomatoes right now.

I may see it.

I'm going to see it. It's just a question of when. The answer to that question seems to be either today or Sunday.

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"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."

Just saw it. It is not as advertised. It is a normal film in a normal format. But whoo boy it is awesome.

It started in mud, as many things do.

Yeah, truth be told I was kinda let down by the second trailer. I was like, "Oh, so it turns into shootee kaboomee. Boo."

I think I may actually just wait for the DVD of this one and wait for the library to get it.

I still thought it was a mockumentary when I was about to watch it. The shift threw me off at first, but around the time I lost count of people exploding, I decided that I liked this just fine. I advise that you don't wait for the DVD. The CG is stunning.

It started in mud, as many things do.

Saw it. Loved it.

So much better than all the other crap in theaters right now.

It's got a great mockumentery feel for the first part, then steadily transitions into a hollywood style, then begins integrating mockumentery elements again at the film's climax and resolution. Great stuff.

At least I know I'll get more out of it than Transformers II or Terminator: Salvation. (God, T4 left such a bad taste in my mouth.)

There's Powered Armor. That's winning me there.

I kind of liked T4. Kind of.

With all the great things I have to say about it, a (big) part of me wishes that it either stayed as a documentary, or if it was never like that at all so we would all be in the proper mindset to witness the asskickery.

It started in mud, as many things do.

I disagree. Without that element it wouldn't be nearly as entertaining. If it was just a documentary-style, you couldn't know key parts of the story, and you wouldn't see as much character development. If it was a hollywood action movie, the theme would be too diluted.

Well I don't place much value in the core plot, and I wouldn't have minded if it were completely different. It's not the best part of the movie.

edited 14th Aug '09 9:38:14 PM by Amitai

It started in mud, as many things do.

One of those "the journey is more important than the destination" type things?

...Sorta?

Except I hate that notion when applied literally. I wouldn't be going on a journey if I wasn't going somewhere. Otherwise what's the point? Also Stephen King used it as justification for ending The Dark Tower in such a crappy way.

It started in mud, as many things do.