haiku move review: District 9
¶ by Rob Friesel
Documentary!
No, wait! It’s an action flick!
Vaporized blood? Ick!
Still unpacking District 9. I was a little jarred by the fact that they start it out as a faux documentary (which I loved immediately) and then cut to scenes that were more a bit more “traditional action film”; but I can’t say that I can see how they would have accomplished what they needed to with this film had they gone exclusively with the former format. So… all is forgiven?
Regardless, it’s bloody and violent but that’s just a veneer for what is otherwise a story about tolerance and redemption. It’s well-structured (despite the conflicting formats) and I’m hoping that it stands the test of time to enter the canon of Great Sci-Fi Films.
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