Nominated for Best Picture and some audiences thought it should even win, District 9 is an instant science fiction classic that looks beautiful and entertaining.
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the human are starting to get annoyed by the aliens and want them gone. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley, newcomer) in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends. Although this is his first official acting role, Copley is the best at it. Playing the role like he was an experienced actor, Sharlto Copley was unfortunately snubbed from the Oscar race.
The visual effect amazingly vivid and the make up is stunning, but perhaps what is more important is the writing. Writing alien/human interaction is obviously not new, but there is something incredibly refreshing about District 9's script that made the movie all the better. Nominated for an Oscar, Neill Blomkamp's first major writing job is quiet impressive and he's definitely got a career in writing ahead of him.
District 9 was absolutely deserving of the Best Picture nomination and perhaps the best science fiction film of 2009.
In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the human are starting to get annoyed by the aliens and want them gone. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley, newcomer) in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends. Although this is his first official acting role, Copley is the best at it. Playing the role like he was an experienced actor, Sharlto Copley was unfortunately snubbed from the Oscar race.
The visual effect amazingly vivid and the make up is stunning, but perhaps what is more important is the writing. Writing alien/human interaction is obviously not new, but there is something incredibly refreshing about District 9's script that made the movie all the better. Nominated for an Oscar, Neill Blomkamp's first major writing job is quiet impressive and he's definitely got a career in writing ahead of him.
District 9 was absolutely deserving of the Best Picture nomination and perhaps the best science fiction film of 2009.