District 9. [ Spoilers, perhaps? ]

[Mr Pantomime]

I liked the move. But the main character pissed me off. He fucked up the first escape attempt and really hurt that guy.

Still, the name Witcus just redeems everything

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

Thought it was great. I really enjoyed it, I don't think it would rise to my top 5 movies of the decade, but maybe #6. Heh.

 

[legion431]

At the and of District 9 there was information that the Prawns would all be moved to a concentration camp called District 10.

So yes, there will be a sequel...I hope.

 

[Zirat]

I thought it was quite enjoyable, and sequel would be nice to see

 

[T-Bone24]

Well, they've certainly dropped enough clues for a sequel.

1) Christopher said that he would be back in 3 years, ample time to produce a sequel.

2) The aliens have been moved to District 10, so you have your title and setting.

3) Christopher made a promise to Wikus and said that he would return with reinforcements, so there's the general setup.

I'm sure that there's more I've missed/forgotten, but there you go. I really enjoyed District 9, I'm sure that there will be a sequel.

 

[Mr. Grey]

The main character has the idiot ball. That ruined the movie.

Spoiler

Given the options: go to the mothership and get cured or get dissected by your own species, Wikus wisely decides to knock out Christopher, pilot the aircraft, destroying it and any real hope of curing himself. Fucking idiot.

No, he had the Irrational Moment.

Spoiler

Because he'd be stuck on an alien craft for three years and on their planet for however long before getting back to Earth with the chance that they want to extinguish the human menace. Not to mention that that said alien race would probably treat him the same way we have them, even the dissections.

He wanted to be cured within the same day, but being forced to wait three years before being able to return is a bit much which brought on his Irrational Moment... and the man was clearly traumatized. I don't think anyone could act rational after going through what he did and just wanting everything to return to normal -- no strings attached.

Besides, the anti-aircraft missiles would have done the same regardless of who piloted it.

The idiot ball moment was when Wikus retreated from Colonel Koobus Venter while he commanded the giant exo-suit, but he redeemed himself shortly after... so not much to complain there.

The Idiot Ball moment is that he doesn't use the forcefield that the exosuit has used just seconds before he entered it.

Spoiler: Technical stuff that's revealed later on.

I don't recall a forcefield, but if there was one it was brought on by the exosuit itself or by the genius intellect of the kid. Hardly the fault of a guy that doesn't know how it works. That's more ignorance than idiocy.

Unless it synced up with him the knowledge of it, but I have no idea if that actually happened and even if it did, the forcefield would have been constant even after he entered it with a small window of said entrance. Unless it powers down and resets after every pilot's entrance, which is a stupid design - considering it was activated to save his hide in a time of crisis - and no wonder those poor bastards got stranded.

I don't think it had a forcefield, though, I think you're talking about the gravity gun that can fling a pig at somebody or collect mass amounts of gunfire and shotgun it back.

 

[LaughingAtlas]

It was pretty good, but by God, how I hate cliffhangers.

 

[Xaryn Mar]

The main character has the idiot ball. That ruined the movie.

Spoiler

Given the options: go to the mothership and get cured or get dissected by your own species, Wikus wisely decides to knock out Christopher, pilot the aircraft, destroying it and any real hope of curing himself. Fucking idiot.

No, he had the Irrational Moment.

Spoiler

Because he'd be stuck on an alien craft for three years and on their planet for however long before getting back to Earth with the chance that they want to extinguish the human menace. Not to mention that that said alien race would probably treat him the same way we have them, even the dissections.

He wanted to be cured within the same day, but being forced to wait three years before being able to return is a bit much which brought on his Irrational Moment... and the man was clearly traumatized. I don't think anyone could act rational after going through what he did and just wanting everything to return to normal -- no strings attached.

Besides, the anti-aircraft missiles would have done the same regardless of who piloted it.

The idiot ball moment was when Wikus retreated from Colonel Koobus Venter while he commanded the giant exo-suit, but he redeemed himself shortly after... so not much to complain there.

The Idiot Ball moment is that he doesn't use the forcefield that the exosuit has used just seconds before he entered it.

Spoiler: Technical stuff that's revealed later on.

I don't recall a forcefield, but if there was one it was brought on by the exosuit itself or by the genius intellect of the kid. Hardly the fault of a guy that doesn't know how it works. That's more ignorance than idiocy.

Unless it synced up with him the knowledge of it, but I have no idea if that actually happened and even if it did, the forcefield would have been constant even after he entered it with a small window of said entrance. Unless it powers down and resets after every pilot's entrance, which is a stupid design - considering it was activated to save his hide in a time of crisis - and no wonder those poor bastards got stranded.

I don't think it had a forcefield, though, I think you're talking about the gravity gun that can fling a pig at somebody or collect mass amounts of gunfire and shotgun it back.

Hmmm, that might be. It just looked like a forcefield to me though.

 

[Lord S. Binkleheimer]

I loved it.
Like Shutter Island, it was not what I expected.
And it pleased me.

 

[Mr. Grey]

The main character has the idiot ball. That ruined the movie.

Spoiler

Given the options: go to the mothership and get cured or get dissected by your own species, Wikus wisely decides to knock out Christopher, pilot the aircraft, destroying it and any real hope of curing himself. Fucking idiot.

No, he had the Irrational Moment.

Spoiler

Because he'd be stuck on an alien craft for three years and on their planet for however long before getting back to Earth with the chance that they want to extinguish the human menace. Not to mention that that said alien race would probably treat him the same way we have them, even the dissections.

He wanted to be cured within the same day, but being forced to wait three years before being able to return is a bit much which brought on his Irrational Moment... and the man was clearly traumatized. I don't think anyone could act rational after going through what he did and just wanting everything to return to normal -- no strings attached.

Besides, the anti-aircraft missiles would have done the same regardless of who piloted it.

The idiot ball moment was when Wikus retreated from Colonel Koobus Venter while he commanded the giant exo-suit, but he redeemed himself shortly after... so not much to complain there.

The Idiot Ball moment is that he doesn't use the forcefield that the exosuit has used just seconds before he entered it.

Spoiler: Technical stuff that's revealed later on.

I don't recall a forcefield, but if there was one it was brought on by the exosuit itself or by the genius intellect of the kid. Hardly the fault of a guy that doesn't know how it works. That's more ignorance than idiocy.

Unless it synced up with him the knowledge of it, but I have no idea if that actually happened and even if it did, the forcefield would have been constant even after he entered it with a small window of said entrance. Unless it powers down and resets after every pilot's entrance, which is a stupid design - considering it was activated to save his hide in a time of crisis - and no wonder those poor bastards got stranded.

I don't think it had a forcefield, though, I think you're talking about the gravity gun that can fling a pig at somebody or collect mass amounts of gunfire and shotgun it back.

Hmmm, that might be. It just looked like a forcefield to me though.

It can act as one so I think we're both right here.

I just don't think it's constant or a full coverage of protection and any time damage was done it was when his back was turned and they used something with a little bit more bang for their buck. And considering Wikus isn't a soldier - yet going up against private military(?) - I don't think he'd be that good at combat. So it's not so much he had the Idiot Ball, more like the worst luck ever.

Spoiler: Even when...

... he redeems himself, only to be trapped on Earth for another three years as a prawn.

 

[Vinylsiding]

I absolutely hated this movie. I was bored through most of it, and the rest of the time I wanted to shoot the main character myself. Yes I understand the deeper issues brought up by this movie, but I still don't care. I thought it was a terrible movie.

 

[reg42]

I thought it was very good, though I'm perhaps a bit biased...

 

[Sanguinius- The Angel]

Okay, some of you loved it, some of you hated it. But we all have to agree on one point. When Wikus launches the pig at that guy, it was fucking cool.

 

[HK_01]

Great movie. I hope there will be a sequel, but to say the truth I'm not quite sure how that could work without it becoming your generic aliens vs humans flick.

 

[Oilerfan92]

I really liked it too. One thing i really liked was how it was the main characters first movie or whatever, and he does a fine job. Heck, it got him into the A-Team movie, that says something.

 

[Jark212]

I loved the movie but apparently I'm the only one in my family who does, my dad and sister thought it was boring...

 

[ICanBreakTheseCuffs]

best sci-fi movie ever made until well, they make a movie of metro 2033 (oh please let it happen)