DISTRICT 9 - Full Length Reaction!
Added 2026-01-22 17:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Sci-Fi is always at its best when it uses the medium to hold up a mirror to our own society.
JBK405
2026-01-27 20:39:32 +0000 UTCDo Elysium!
JESSEMLR1
2026-01-24 17:44:28 +0000 UTCim so glad you went in blind, this is such a great movie, cool note the guy who place Wikus was a producer who did some stand in shots while they were working on the movie to test thing and was so good they just cast him as the character, it was his acting debut and he did amazingly. i also love how much effort they made to make sure the Alien's were both extremly strange (tentacle mouths, carapace ect) but at the same time they made sure you could tell emotion on them, it really made so many scenes hit harder when you go from being disgusted by the weird biotech of the alien eggs attached to the cow corpse to the emotions on Christopher's face when he talks about his son, it shows us how easy it is to think of something we dont understand as Other. phenomenal movie, and im so glad you put it on the poll, even more that the fans came out to make sure you watched it haha, thanks for the reaction as always, and absolutely thank you for a reason to watch this movie again. (also side note, i grew up with the whole 'dont cry during media' being the default setting, this was one of the first movies that helped open the flood gates, that scene when his wife on the phone says she doesnt want him to hold her broke me down and i was bawling so many times the rest of the movie after that lol, now these days im on a hair trigger for crying in movies xD)
Tesh
2026-01-23 05:04:12 +0000 UTCAddie seeing a person lose their fingernails, teeth, eat cat food - meh Addie seeing a snake for a fraction of a second - Freaks the eff out! π JK Nice reaction Addie! Sadly, I think this film is pretty accurate on how humans would treat aliens in this situation I sometimes do wish they made a sequel to see what happens next. But I guess leaving things open ended like that is more poignant
Robert da Spruce
2026-01-23 04:35:31 +0000 UTCSeriously. I liked when they started adding more noms and widening out the genres.
Joe Blankenship
2026-01-23 03:45:53 +0000 UTCI was pleasantly surprised how well this movie did in the Sci-Fi poll, I knew it was a great movie but I always thought it wasn't as well known as some of the other titles. Glad to see I was wrong about that. π
Doug
2026-01-23 02:14:35 +0000 UTCI didn't know what I was in for my first time watching this either. Just knew there was good word of mouth. I was pretty blown away. The CGI is really good. And the part-documentary style really helps sell that this could really happen. It feels really real. Because if an alien spaceship did breakdown, the odds are slim that it would be hovering above NY or LA like a big studio movie would do.
Joe Blankenship
2026-01-22 23:11:21 +0000 UTCYes. I want confirmation that Chris came back and helped Wikkus.
Joe Blankenship
2026-01-22 23:06:58 +0000 UTCI was gonna say Tenet until I saw District 9 was a choice. And, yes, I would trade the entire Fast/Furious franchise for just one sequel to this film...
Abraham Blea
2026-01-22 21:34:21 +0000 UTCCHAPIE must be the next
Dedalus SR
2026-01-22 21:26:05 +0000 UTC2009 had a lot of great best picture nominations: The Hurt Locker Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air
Steve SG-1
2026-01-22 19:00:14 +0000 UTCThe marketing for this back in 2009 was so good. They were MNU commercials reporting βnon-humanβ activity
Adrian Duenas
2026-01-22 18:05:21 +0000 UTC
