Posts Tagged ‘reviews’

Calling out a few more reviewers

Friday, August 21st, 2009

It seems like most of the people who wanted to see District 9 have done exactly that. We’ve been following the reviews – so thanks for sending in yours as well as others that have caught your attention. Plenty of you have suggested we explore the movie’s online game, which has now taken up more of our time than we’d like to admit. We’ve also received quite a few micro-reviews through twitter, so here’s a few shout-outs to you who sent those in:

Blake: Great story telling. I thought the trajectory of the characters was believable. Special effects were terrific. The gritty world we were thrust into by the film makers felt real. I was blown away.

Hosai: I believe it had a message to spread in it as well….to treat everyone humane and equally

Lastly, we thought that one commenter on io9’s comment board caught our attention… for obvious reasons: “Biotechnology is the highest standard for any science. Nanobots seem cool, but mitochondria have been doing tough work for millenia.”

Nice.

More District 9 reviews pour in

Monday, August 17th, 2009

It’s pretty clear that there’s a wide-ranging reaction to District 9 at this point.  Whereas we have people calling for an Oscar nod, we also have people saying the film’s importance and quality are completely overblown. There are even folks looking for a sequel nod from Director Neill Blomkamp. So, which is it?  What do you think? Tweet us at @D9Fx or send us an email to let us know what you thought about District 9.

Also, keep your eyes peeled for some fun new District 9 mashups we’ll be posting very soon!

District 9 takes the box office

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Well, the numbers are in and people voted for District 9 with their feet this weekend, making it the number 1 movie in the U.S. box office. We also see a wide variety of reviews: from the glowing; to the man on the street; to the less-than-glowing. Nonetheless, there hasn’t been much mention of the science behind the movie, so we’ll keep looking out for anything that pops up on our radar screen. If you see anything, please tweet us a link at @D9Fx so we can post it here – along with any of your reviews you’d like to send.

Wow. Serious action for a matinee

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

That was one mind-blowingly, action-packed film… and clearly one that’s going to get a lot of folks excited for the future of Neill Blomkamp – especially after all the hard work it took getting around to direct District 9 in the first place. As anticipated, there were many explosions, a ton o’ gore, and a smidgen of biotechnology thrown in as a fun plot device. In other words, great summer scifi.

So to sort things out, we were pretty glad we had Dr. Wach with us to run through some of his immediate post-film thoughts. Check it out below.  And please email us with your reviews (text/audio/video) of the science in District 9… and we’ll watch for outside reviews & tweets in the meantime.


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