District 9 is an alien movie done in a very unique way. It's like a mixture of your usual movie, Blaire Witch (since it's an alien movie, Cloverfield), and a documentary.
District 9 is a unique alien movie altogether. Instead of the usual alien movies that we have seen in the past (killer alien, happy alien, benevolent alien, dumb alien, human-eating alien), here we see oppressed aliens. And by who? By humans. Interesting, isn't it? Another interesting one would be the aliens' chosen contact site. It's not the usual US of A, Japan, or Europe. It's Africa. This movie showed the raw human traits of greed, selfishness, arrogance, and the ever present mob mentality. The traits were very well portrayed. The movie didn't have your usual 'faith will save you,' or 'word of honor,' or 'the cavalry arrives just in time.'
The aliens' mother ship hovered and stopped over Johannesburg. They settled below their mother ship and the settlement was called District 9. Two decades have passed and they never left and District 9 turned into a slum. A shanty town. Like the hand-held camera type movie fashion (though the entire movie isn't really shot that way), the end leaves much for the imagination. Lots of possibilities at to what might happen after three years. You might want to watch the movie know the actual events.
This being my first movie review in quite a long time, lets give them ratings. Visuals: 8 out of 10. Well, this pretty much covers CGI, costumes, mattes, etc. Audio: 8 out of 10. Though there were portions of the movie that I didn't hear well but it was mostly the fault of the theater (that would be Robinson's Movie World at Bocolod City).
