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Just was thinking about watching District 9 since is on Redbox now. Anyone like it?


How gory was it?

When I saw the previews, I was interested in the concept but then I noticed it was rated R so I couldn't talk anyone to going to the theater to watch it.
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I do. I have it on Blu-Ray and it's amazing. Very gory in the second half, to answer your question.
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Very good, I consider it to be in the top 3 of movies I saw last year.
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Turned it off after 10 minutes.
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Not entirely what I was expecting from watching the promo's.
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It was a very unusual movie. If, by the look of it, you can stand it, it is worth watching.
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good movie but not enough action for my tastes
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Pretty good movie. More about racism and the way Africans were treated than about aliens. I guess it had a good message about human nature. I just wish it had more \"alien\" events instead of human ones disguised as alien. It's worth a watch though.
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Xamindar wrote:Pretty good movie. More about racism and the way Africans were treated than about aliens. I guess it had a good message about human nature. I just wish it had more "alien" events instead of human ones disguised as alien. It's worth a watch though.
Uhmm probably why I haven't watch it yet, they say you should be proud of local stuff, especially if it gets international recognition but somehow I feel that this card have been pulled once to many and gets to the point where it disgusts me so I will rather opt to spare me a couple of hours and not get frustrated.

Well that's what I'm getting from some of the rant and reviews I read :wink:
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Found my self entertained by it, second time around felt weird but old already.
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FireFox wrote:Uhmm probably why I haven't watch it yet, they say you should be proud of local stuff, especially if it gets international recognition but somehow I feel that this card have been pulled once to many and gets to the point where it disgusts me so I will rather opt to spare me a couple of hours and not get frustrated.

Well that's what I'm getting from some of the rant and reviews I read :wink:
Either you're in South Africa (which I'm guessing you are?) or you didn't know the movie is set there.
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The lightning and concussion guns alone were worth seeeing it :P
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DarkHorse wrote:Either you're in South Africa (which I'm guessing you are?) or you didn't know the movie is set there.
That's correct DarkHorse I life in South Africa :wink: The movie is set in Johannesburg if I'm not mistaken. I'm the other dot on the map thou :lol:
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The other dot? There's Cape Town and Durban, at least. :]

Bloemfontein and Pretoria I couldn't pick out on a map without looking them up, though I think one of them was just down the road from Jhb.
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The other dot I'm referring to is that one on The ClusterMap on the forum index at the bottom give or take a 140km :lol:
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