thread: 2009-08-17 : District 9
On 2009-08-19, Brand Robins wrote:
Having just watched it, I liked it. But I think the action movie formula kept it from being all it could be. It did transcend it at some points, but had its legs taken right out from under it at others.
So, all in all, I'd say it was about 65% of the movie Children of Men was. However, there are some ways in which it may have aimed for an even higher target, in terms of sheer difficulty of material, than Children of Men did, and I have to give it props on that. Even when it failed.
