I couple of days ago I went to see “District 9“. I’ve been waiting for the movie and finally it hit the Cyprus cinemas.  I’ve seen the trailer and heard a lot of people spreading good word of a mouth about the film, but wanted to see it for myself.
It turned out to be an excellent movie. First of all, it didn’t follow those typical Hollywood storylines. It actually had an orignal story, which it told in a rather original way of pseudo-documentary. Not that we didn’t have pseudo-documentaries in the movies before, but I don’t remember the genre used for an alien story.
Secondly, it was nice to see action taking place somewhere else. Not New York, not London, not Paris. Not even US or Europe. Not even Mexico. Africa.  And not the bushmen Africa, but a rather large city of Johannesburg.
Thidly, there was plenty of good acting. Most of the actors are not the mainstream well-known faces. But the talent is there. Interesting, how unknown actors together with an original story make this film so much more realistic and believable.
Fourthly, there is a whole lot of special effects and CGI. With Peter Jackson being one of the producers, you wouldn’t expect anything else. But all those effects were integrated in the film in a very natural way. After all, the film was about people and aliens, and not about special effects.
Overall, I enjoyed the film quite a bit. It was engaging, original, entertaining, and gave me something to think about. And I don’t ask for anything else from a movie. 5 stars.