Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-19-2009, 10:54 PM

I'll just ditto everything LS said about Julia & Julie (the movie, not the books on which its based since I haven't read those).

District 9 is original and amazing, emotional and intelligent, heart racing and heart stopping. There were times when I was actually at the edge of my seat biting my fingers, and I was not the only one. One dude to our left kept scooting closer and closer to the screen. It was a very well written and substantial story. As said elsewhere by Jesse (or friend of Jesse), most alien movies are about what they would do to us; this movie asks what we would do to them.

I'm sure it had an outlined script but my understanding is a lot of the work was improvised. They filmed a ton of footage, much of it landing on the cutting room floor. Really looking forward to the DVD extras. I like that the scene from the teaser trailer wasn't in the movie, though I suspect it's some of the footage that was shot for the film and later cut.

Was so moved and convinced by the lead alien character I couldn't see it ("it" because I don't think gender was defined) - or any of them - as anything other than very, very real. So impressed that they were able to accomplish something like that with only CGI and sound effects.

Can't really sing praises loud enough for Sharlto Copley.

08-19-2009, 10:54 PM	#11
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I'll just ditto everything LS said about Julia & Julie (the movie, not the books on which its based since I haven't read those). District 9 is original and amazing, emotional and intelligent, heart racing and heart stopping. There were times when I was actually at the edge of my seat biting my fingers, and I was not the only one. One dude to our left kept scooting closer and closer to the screen. It was a very well written and substantial story. As said elsewhere by Jesse (or friend of Jesse), most alien movies are about what they would do to us; this movie asks what we would do to them. I'm sure it had an outlined script but my understanding is a lot of the work was improvised. They filmed a ton of footage, much of it landing on the cutting room floor. Really looking forward to the DVD extras. I like that the scene from the teaser trailer wasn't in the movie, though I suspect it's some of the footage that was shot for the film and later cut. Was so moved and convinced by the lead alien character I couldn't see it ("it" because I don't think gender was defined) - or any of them - as anything other than very, very real. So impressed that they were able to accomplish something like that with only CGI and sound effects. Can't really sing praises loud enough for Sharlto Copley.
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