What I Saw Was What You Got

Last Wednesday I went with an ex-colleague to see District 9. A movie which another ex-colleague suggested to be the best movie of 2009. What I experienced was absolutely not what I expected...
District 9 indeed is excellent stuff and I rate it also among one of the best movies of 2009. This science fiction picture is wonderful. It draws you in and doesn't let go until the end of the credits.

The movie opens documentary-style, which style is used more often later on during the movie. Above the city of Johannesburg, South-Africa, a huge space vessel has been hanging there for the past 20 years. The aliens, clumsy and useless, are put and kept inside the slums, which in the past have been shelter to a lot of native South-Africans. We see the racism and neglect these aliens have to endure and immediately we feel sorry for them and start to connect with them. Then, a mission is initiated by an organisation to move all these aliens from the slums to a camp with better shelter (tents) and housing. This is where it starts and the movie kicks in...

Surprising, exciting, humorous, action-filled and totally different from what we've seen so far this year. This is a movie not to be skipped and especially recommended to lovers of good old science fiction!

And to finish with a line from the movie:"When dealing with aliens, try to be polite, but firm. And always remember that a smile is cheaper than a bullet". Take that as a blink to the "old" Apartheid!

My rating: 9 out of 10