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Originally posted by ecgordon:
There's another thread about this around here somewhere.

I've seen it twice already but I'm still working on my review. It's tough trying not to spoil stuff.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:

I see folks talking about "obvious" flaws and plot holes, but I really don't see it. All the science that "didn't work" was alien tech, so how can you judge? It certainly had its own logic and its own internal consistency. But in a lot of ways the sci-fi was just a disguise for a film that manages to touch on most of the geopolitical evils of our day. I loved how the despicable Blackwater stand-in was presented as a quasi-humanitarian organization with uniforms reminiscent of UN Peace Keepers. Or how the aliens' love for catfood recalls the morbid news stories of the elderly poor eating pet food that were so popular back in the 80's.

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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
All the science that "didn't work" was alien tech, so how can you judge?

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Originally posted by AURaptor:


The camera work wasn't in the least bit a problem for me, and I wish Cloverfield had incorporated some of that style. Having 1st hand video shots for 100% of the movie, for 2 hrs on the big screen, is a bit much.

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Originally posted by Mangolo:
Like I wrote, this is a great first film. You gotta remember this guy has NEVER directed a feature film before. Peter Jackson had directed 7 films before LOtR.

Does it deserve all the critical acclaim? IMHO, not really, but in the context of what most of the sci-fi that is being handed out these days who can blame them for being a little excited? Compare it to GI Joe that cost 5 times as much?

Your thoughts?

BTW You won't see me pull any punches on Avatar though. $300 million and more than 20 films under his belt. It had better live up to the hype.

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Originally posted by Mangolo:
In order:

In the Loop
Moon
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Food, Inc.
Up
District 9

Transformers would be at the bottom of my list next to GI Joe

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:

Alien tech it might be, but there are certain laws of physics to be considered. I mean, I enjoyed the movie well enough, but I spent a good portion of it wondering how the ship could just hover there if it was broken. "Oh, the ship doesn't function, they can't fly back home or indeed anywhere, but despite not being capable of moving or opening for lack of some sort of transport pod, this huge ship is perfectly capable of hovering in the air over District Nine, impervious to gravity for twenty some-odd years."

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I'm sorry if that sounds a bit scornful, but it took me out of the movie a lot, even moreso when I found out that the whole problem was that the lander transport pod thing was missing. That's it? Really? Talk about poor design. Alien tech or no, I thought that didn't work very well on a science level.

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And all of that aside from the fairly main plot point that rocket fuel could somehow change the genetic structure of a human being. Rocket fuel. Rocket fuel not being injected, but with a bit splattered on the skin and quickly mopped up. This can turn a human into an alien. Successfully. Really? You think that science 'works,' because it's 'alien technology?' Alien technology, alien rocket fuel, which has presumably never encountered humans before, but can perfectly alter their genetic structure? I found that very hard to swallow. I know it's all secondary to the actual content and obvious commentary of the film, but no, the science didn't work. There's only so far my suspension of disbelief can get on simply, 'alien.'

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Originally posted by JaynezTown:
this movie and its clever writing made Avatar seem very average

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