hmmm I will avoid your avatar review.

You match the sounds made to the behaviour, look for patterns, then come up with an outline of the structure of their language.


For example:

An alien says "click-clo-click" while observing a new object
The alien then bites the object, says "lick-clo-click", and throws the object away.


The alien moves on to a new object, a can of food, says "click-clo-click" again, bites the object, and gets to the food. The alien then says "nick-clo-click"


You've observed that scenario, and now you try to make a guess as to what those sounds mean. For example:

"Click-clo-click" = "Is this food? I want food"
"Lick-clo-click" = "No, this is not food/I don't want this object"
"Nick-clo-click" = "Yes, this is food/I want this food"


Then you test it out. You take a can of food, then yell "Click-clo-click" to the alien. The alien looks up, approaches you, looks at the can, asks "Nick-clo-click", you say "Nick-clo-click". So, "This is food"; "Is this really food?", "Yes, this is food"

If you play around with the language, you can try to guess that "click-" means "I want" or "Is this?", that "lick" means "no/not", that "nick" means "yes."

The alien eats it, and says "Ick-Ock", and goes away. You make a guess that "Ick-Ock" means "thank you" or "I am satisfied"

Next time, an alien gives you an object. You say "Ick-Ock", and the alien looks happy. So it seems "Ick-Ock" really does mean something like "thank you"


And so on.

This post made me really laugh LOLOL

hA! Great stuff Box.

for Fantastic Fantasy Fiction Film

Box is a brilliant man!!!

That post made LESS sense than Box's post.

Well they had 20 years to decipher the language so it wouldnt be so hard as putting 1 and 1 together. Their culture is more evolved than human beings and if humans are able to communicate with chimps and gorillas through sign language, I guess its possible to make out sounds from one another. Maybe that Michael Scott guy had a very good ear

I thought it was a mess.

Original sci-fi story + Aliens that feel + humans to deeply hate and care for + bodies blowing up + African gangsters + crazily cool alien guns + breathtaking alien ship shots + docu style + awesome CGI/action = BEST FILM OF THE YEAR

Every aspect of this was really stunning, the only "good" part I'd consider was when Wikus combined with the robot. It also succeeds in becoming unpredictable with the help of strategic marketing. It was worth the long wait for me to see a straight up awesome film for this year.

A

4/10.

Edit: It got worse.

is this the new version of CCOBB for the snobs?

please do not use acronyms for forgotten movies

The above reviews are quoted in their entirety.

I find it interesting how all the negative reviews for this film are so short...





I gotta tell ya, District 9 really surprised me in it's relationship to outmoded political thought too! Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the theatre, I ended up being bombarded with neo-classical existentialistic crap like this. Even though I saw it over a month ago now, in the distant twinkle of August, it only just now came to me as I was walking down the boulevard next to my local coffee shop. The depths to which the director sinks here is a monument narcisstic ennui! To say that it's an underestimate of the verity of this scenario, is itself an underestimation - - it is Kubrickian in it's misrepresentation of the reality herein involved. And then, didn't I go and dig into an underutilized corner of my cortex and find a nugget of unvarnished you-whotitude. It was there waiting to be discovered and I only just realized that the scope of this picture is modelled on the original schema of The Maltese Falcon (not the Humphrey Bogart version). It is all laid clear for anyone with half a wit of sense to see - - the origin of subconscious wishes, the foundation of alien tropes, the roots of science fiction weather representations on extra-solar planets - - Yep! - - it's a monumental ironic coup... If only if all films were this transparent in their drive for goodness and light. What a world we'd share! But I digress, I must return to the main thrust of my missive: the shocking manner in which District 9 was purveyed upon an unsuspecting public. Honestly, it's just madness that such a travesty is permitted in our so-called free society. Why would the producers receive permission from the theatre companies to purportedly screen their product unseen? Who was in charge of this? Why did it slip by the corporate media watchdogs? Where were the interests of the powerless in our democratic society? When will the retribution ever commence?

It all certainly bears witness to the fact that logic has become an outmoded means of reasoning nowadays. It is situations like this District 9 debacle which illuminate the background and allow the foreground to drop to the literal ground. It is a shining example of hierarchy debunked and deflowered in the cause of a wisdomectomy. We shall henceforth walk forward with pride and hope for the future mornings when we shall be free to saunter, nay lope towards the rising sun of certitude. We will take wing as a flock of true believers and fly the seemingly random patterns of the predator escaping species we have become. Not until the last telephone wire, nor the last fiberoptic communication cable have been sullied will we rest. This is a clarion call to action to everyone who has seen District 9 - - do not be misled - - this is the time to move! Resort to retort, if need be. Don't allow yourself or your compatriots to be silenced. Speak, whether you have been spoken to or not. Reply globally. Bring your words to the table and speak with your mouth full. It's not rude when it's in the service of a cause as critical as the one before us all. Send forth thy vowels and consonants in a neverending flow that shall rise to be a tidal wave of verbiage! Talk the talk...

Without this type of resolve, this problem will only fester and continue to get worse until we have to amputate the withered limb. But if worse comes to worst, be strong and bite down on the proffered wad of cloth, while the surgeon goes about his work. For even then shall we hobble forth in our righteous quest. If need be, we will drag forward our devastated remains in a neverending crawl towards ultimate victory.

Rest no more, fellow KJer's - - don't let this District 9 situation be repeated ad infinitum with future film enthusiasts. Without us all focusing our psychic energy on the goal before us, we will perish. It is the final turtle in the stack. One false move and it all topples. Keep your balance and we will all be the upright citizens that we know we can be in the perfect World of King James. Fight the good fight, dig in your heals, and go with the flow-ers.

The above reviews are quoted in their entirety.

I find it interesting how all the negative reviews for this film are so short and undescriptive without any explanation as to why they thought it was such a bad movie...





I gotta tell ya, District 9 really surprised me in it's relationship to outmoded political thought too! Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the theatre, I ended up being bombarded with neo-classical existentialistic crap like this. Even though I saw it over a month ago now, in the distant twinkle of August, it only just now came to me as I was walking down the boulevard next to my local coffee shop. The depths to which the director sinks here is a monument narcisstic ennui! To say that it's an underestimate of the verity of this scenario, is itself an underestimation - - it is Kubrickian in it's misrepresentation of the reality herein involved. And then, didn't I go and dig into an underutilized corner of my cortex and find a nugget of unvarnished you-whotitude. It was there waiting to be discovered and I only just realized that the scope of this picture is modelled on the original schema of The Maltese Falcon (not the Humphrey Bogart version). It is all laid clear for anyone with half a wit of sense to see - - the origin of subconscious wishes, the foundation of alien tropes, the roots of science fiction weather representations on extra-solar planets - - Yep! - - it's a monumental ironic coup... If only if all films were this transparent in their drive for goodness and light. What a world we'd share! But I digress, I must return to the main thrust of my missive: the shocking manner in which District 9 was purveyed upon an unsuspecting public. Honestly, it's just madness that such a travesty is permitted in our so-called free society. Why would the producers receive permission from the theatre companies to purportedly screen their product unseen? Who was in charge of this? Why did it slip by the corporate media watchdogs? Where were the interests of the powerless in our democratic society? When will the retribution ever commence?

It all certainly bears witness to the fact that logic has become an outmoded means of reasoning nowadays. It is situations like this District 9 debacle which illuminate the background and allow the foreground to drop to the literal ground. It is a shining example of hierarchy debunked and deflowered in the cause of a wisdomectomy. We shall henceforth walk forward with pride and hope for the future mornings when we shall be free to saunter, nay lope towards the rising sun of certitude. We will take wing as a flock of true believers and fly the seemingly random patterns of the predator escaping species we have become. Not until the last telephone wire, nor the last fiberoptic communication cable have been sullied will we rest. This is a clarion call to action to everyone who has seen District 9 - - do not be misled - - this is the time to move! Resort to retort, if need be. Don't allow yourself or your compatriots to be silenced. Speak, whether you have been spoken to or not. Reply globally. Bring your words to the table and speak with your mouth full. It's not rude when it's in the service of a cause as critical as the one before us all. Send forth thy vowels and consonants in a neverending flow that shall rise to be a tidal wave of verbiage! Talk the talk...

Without this type of resolve, this problem will only fester and continue to get worse until we have to amputate the withered limb. But if worse comes to worst, be strong and bite down on the proffered wad of cloth, while the surgeon goes about his work. For even then shall we hobble forth in our righteous quest. If need be, we will drag forward our devastated remains in a neverending crawl towards ultimate victory.

Rest no more, fellow KJer's - - don't let this District 9 situation be repeated ad infinitum with future film enthusiasts. Without us all focusing our psychic energy on the goal before us, we will perish. It is the final turtle in the stack. One false move and it all topples. Keep your balance and we will all be the upright citizens that we know we can be in the perfect World of King James. Fight the good fight, dig in your heals, and go with the flow-ers.

my review is short because I did not see the movie

Between District 9 and The Hurt Locker, you seem to have plenty of opinions about films you neglected to see - - are you turning into the new BKB?






Though not directly referencing the comments above, I must bring attention to the thorough ineptitude with which reviewers are examining District 9 - - it is both shocking and reassuring at the same time. Based on the film theory of Laura Mulvey, we can be certain that director Neill Blomkamp was frimly ensconced on the path of neo-turpitude that informed all of the later works of Stephanie Heinrich. It is, however, only through the longitudinal study of psychoanalytic materialism in South African intellectual circles that we can even begin to assess the damage that Sharlto Copley has wrought in his choice in the role of Wikus van de Merwe. Without rhyme or reason he bludgeons his way through the part and severs whatever tenuous link the audience has with Colonel Koobus Venter, not to mention the entire Nigerian gang. What incredible lack of foresight engulfed Copley when he was nursing this part? Why wouldn't Blomkamp have stepped in and provided the necessary background materials for his preparation? These questions are very difficult to answer now in retrospect, but with the proper discipline may be probed by future archeologists. Still, we have to live with the results and it is only through repeated viewings of District 9 that we can approach an acceptable resolution to this problem.

The matter of the secondary localized effects provided by Weta are a different story all together. The confused nature of the thematic influences is made solid in latex. And further compounding this issue, is the inorganic source references for the carbonic chains of synthesis. Yipes! What was Peter Jackson thinking when he signed off on that?!?

Luckily, we are left with only the tertiary claims that the music of Johann Pachelbel provided an inordinate amount of leverage for the primary theme on the soundtrack. This can be easily dismissed as the ravings of the effete elites behind the musical mafia of Malawi. Those bastards have caused more than their share of trouble, and it is about on par with the ridiculousness of their claims here yet again. Let's revel in the fact that it isn't more universal!

I do not need to see movies to rate them now that Netflix can successfully predict my grades with startling accuracy.

besides, i have heard there are not enough explosions...

Fuck. Yeah. Very likely this ends up in my top 3 this year. It's a perfect blend of high octane action, a great on the run thriller, and smart social commentary. I like how the characters actually felt in danger, it was refreshing. I thought Christopher was about to die 3-4 times, and contemplated Blankomp could go with a downer, nihilistic, humans defeat the aliens as usual ending. I also thought it was possible Wikus would go down at some point and Chris would escape himself. The scene of Christopher's partner dieing really set up the danger throughout the piece for both characters

As for the commentary... I love never beats the audience over the head with exposition... it respects their ability to put the message together themselves.

The action is AWESOME. Again not only is the splatter and alien weapons cool, but it maintains a superb amount of tension and suspense throughout now that you're not sure if Wikus and Chris will survive or win. The human villains are fairly one noted and mwhahahah moustache twirling admittedly, but I saw them more as caricatures anyways and as blank and evil as the usual alien villain in these films are

A truly engrossing sci-fi and action blockbuster from start to back. Love it

5/5

I think it is none of it.

because it is a mess.