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"Buy District 9 on Blu-Ray, Get GOW3 Demo"
"Blu-Ray, Get GOW3 Demo"
"Blu-Ray" #ps3
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2 plus 2 is 4. #ps3
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Doesn't necessarily mean the demo would be blu ray. #ps3
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"I really had high hopes coming into the movie but was left vaguely disappointed. I think my biggest issue wasn't the silly acting, the inconsistencies, or the poorly written dialogue. What really disappointed me was how the director trivialized an inherently disturbing issue (apartheid) with giant mechs and alien butt sex. I'm all for outlandishness (as is often the case with sci-fi movies, the suspension of belief is a must) but what this movie lacks is any substance. I felt no connection to the characters, I didn't feel the weight of the deeper, more fundamental issue (although I recognized them for what they were- who couldn't?) and yet my deepest qualm with the film wasn't that it was unrealistic, but that it slowly devolved into a monty-pythonesque parody of a deeper issue it so desperately wants us to take seriously. All in all, it was an okay film by a first time director but it shows, the film was amateur at best. I would give it a 7/10 and I would definitely see more from Blomkamp as he could only get better. However, I can't help but feel his first time out would have been better served directing the Halo movie."
In my opinion, I thought Inglourious Basterds and Moon were much stronger movies than District 9. Bill Murray, however, takes my pick for best acting this year for his role in Zombieland. #ps3
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Inglorious Basterds and Moon were light years ahead of this movie in all aspects. It's too bad Moon will probably be overshadowed for anything and most people haven't even heard of it. #ps3
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but w/ all that said. District 9 was a much better move than Halo would have been. and there were a few neat ideas burried in the garbage pile of a movie that is District 9. #ps3
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The eating of an enemy to gain its power is a common tribal act.
Also be aware that Blonkampf actually lives in Johannesburg. Many of the cast were hired form Johannesburg.
So ever thought that the movie was actually portraying a twist on what South Africa is actually like? #ps3
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Was Hotel Rwanda a racist movie too?
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District 9 was an allegory for the apartheid that occurred in South Africa. This isn't me making it up, this is Blomkamp saying as much. I'm not gonna sit here and lecture you on one of the most well known human rights violations of recent times. There is plenty of information on it all over the web. #ps3
10/29/09
lets start w/ humans (for the most part) = white people, and aliens = black people. im tired of this metaphor. by reinforcing the idea that black people are monsters or its difficult to relate to them we take a major step backwards!
the aliens are in danger. the only entity that can save them is a white man. why not have the fucking aliens save themselves if this is some big racial metaphor?!
the aliens (black people) are stupid and savage. iirc the only one that wasnt was the one who behaved like a white man! #ps3
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I think this is a situation where you're seeing things that are not there. Yes i agree that some of the stuff in the movie were truly meant to be symbolic, but to retort after someone took offense to the particular way Nigerians were portrayed with that flimsy comment just shone a light to your masked ignorance. #ps3
10/28/09
Just because Blomkamp and Jackson were supposed to work on the Halo movie doesn't mean that District 9 had anything to do with it. It was only a matter of time before they turned Alive In Joburg into a full-length film anyway. #ps3
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I have seen that short, but I don't think it's annoying at all that people have never seen it. Just because some people aren't hardcore fans, doesn't make them annoying. #ps3
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Oh, okay, I misunderstood you before. Yes, I agree that it is QUITE idiotic to compare Halo to D9. #ps3
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Irony. Thy name is BluRay.
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Demo's are promotional material. This is like selling a movie trailer yet people eat this shit up with a smile on their face. It's like the "Commit to buy a game at Gamestop and play the demo before everyone else". Seriously have we gotten so dumb that corporations can sell us glorified advertisements? #ps3
10/28/09
Or is it just going to be limited to NA like all ways?
Loving the fact I found out theres a Directors version of Watchmen. Only in NA. hoorah #ps3
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Thats cos its America as a whole.
Canada is part of Region A, you can get the same Blu-rays as US,South America, and Japan and some odds n sods.
Europe/Africa/Australia get Region B and Asia in Region C. #ps3
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@Farleaf: ?
I mentioned South America. It's Region A, with US and Canada. #ps3
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Which means I cant buy and watch the Directors Cut of Watchmen. and I'm not rebuying it. Kinda annoying (cos both went on sale at the same time, but for an arbitrary reason it wasn't sold in Europe) #ps3
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Just pointing out that at least you have the choice. #ps3