My District 9 review

My District 9 review 

 

Intro: So we trade a Halo movie for this OK. 

Distract 9: This movie is about aliens called Prawns who arrive on Earth in the 80’s. We learn that there ship is broken so the find refuge in Johannesburg locate in South Africa. Over twenty years later the people of Johannesburg find it difficult to co exist with them so a group call the Multi National United a.k.a MNU are sent the relocate the Prawn with Wikus Van de Merwe leading them. During this process something happens to him that attracts the MNU attention and he’s a fugitive because of it. So he has to clear his name before it’s too late.

I’m surprise that this movie isn’t Box Offices hit because this movie is different from most of the alien movies I’ve seen so far. In other alien movies they invade earth or we welcome them with open arms, that does happen in this movie (as far as welcoming them.) however we have ulterior motives. This movie deserves it’s R rating because of how bloody the violence is in this movie. I’m impress with the production value of this movie because it doesn’t have a big budget. Also this movie was filmed like a documentary for the most part. Most of the Prawns are not bright however there not safe to be around at times. Despite that you do feel sorry for them because how humanity treats them. The message of the movie may be obvious but it’s needed because we still have a hard time not seeing thing from someone else perspective.

Wikus Van de Merwe is a average joe. I don’t have anything else to say about him because we don’t know much about him, we know he like to drop F bombs like there no tomorrow. We do feel sorry for him do to how he became a fugitive. The only gripe I have with him is he’s inconsistent with the Prawns, I mean one minute he shows compassion for them and the next minute he despises them.

Christopher Johnson (One of the Prawns.) is one of the smartest Prawns who help’s Wikus out of his situation.

The problems I have with this movie are there are some disturbing scenes in the movie, the way the Prawns look may freak you out and how can the humans and Prawns understand each other if they speak two different languages? Also we don’t know why the Prawns are on earth? With all that said this is a good sci-fi movie. If you wonder what Men in Black would be like if they didn’t care if humanity knows that aliens exist and they didn’t have alien weapons I would recommend this.

 Rating = Treasure chest         

My review of The Iron Giant

My review of The Iron Giant 

 

Intro: I still can't believe this movie bombed at the Box Office due to bad marketing. 

The Iron Giant: This movie takes place in 1957 during the cold war, it is centered on a boy name Hogarth. One day he runs into a Giant robot that crash land on earth and the two form a friendship. Meanwhile a Government agent name agent Mansley becomes aware of the robot and suspect that Hogarth knows where it is. So Hogarth has to protect the giant from him before things get out of hand. 

The fact that this movie is underrated is a crime against animation! One of the many reasons why I feel this way about this movie is because it's different from Disney movies like it has mild language, intense action and suspenseful scenes. This movie deals with life and death in a way that doesn't scare them. The theme of this movie is identity, it's refreshing that kids' movies address something that isn't about sharping, keeping the environment clean, treating other with kindness and follow the rules. The relationship between Hogarth and the Giant is one of the best things about the movie! It's similar to John Connor's Relationship with the Terminator in T2 however it's done better. This movie did a good job at capturing what it's like during this time period, like sci-fi, fear of bombings and not knowing what's going on in other countries. I forgot to mention this movie also has funny moments.   

Hogarth is a rebellious and adventurous. I find it odd that he doesn't talk about his father.  

The Giant is a little kid as far as being curious and not knowing any better. I'm also fond that he's an enigma. 

Dean is an outsider who's into art and he helps Hogarth keep the Giant under control. 

Agent Mansley is arrogant and paranoid. 

There are only two problems I have with this movie, one of them is the last scene of the movie. My issue with it is that it undermines the climax. Second the toilet humor, I don't understand why that's suppose to be funny? Overall this is not only one of the best 90's movies but the best-animated movies. I would recommend this if you like 1950's Sci-if. 

Rating = Worth Seeing