Which Movies Have You Seen Lately? V for Five

[Newbunkle]

But I couldn't help but to finally get pissed off when it won the Critics' Choice award for best action movie instead of District 9. I thought critics were supposed to be more discerning.

Who says they're not? District 9 wasn't very good.

 

[AesronDrosseli]

Who says they're not? District 9 wasn't very good.

It was an alright movie. I always wondered why the aliens, if they were as smart as that one alien being, didn't just gang up, organise an army, use their kickass weapons and take over Johannesburg. Then they could've used it as a base to launch their subsequent attacks against the world.

As for a recent movie I really liked.. I recently watched Forrest Gump for the first time (technically I watched it before but only caught a middle portion). I loved it. So much.

 

[Shekwan]

I'd say they couldn't have taken much of Johannesburg considering they were all starving and reliant on the humans for any food they could get.

 

[Kyriakos]

Surely the spaceship they had could utterly destroy the city. I wish it had btw

 

[Shekwan]

Maybe because they weren't human, their first instinct wasn't to obliterate everything different from them that they could.

 

[AesronDrosseli]

Still... Why would they allow humans to place them in an unruly ghetto? They should have had superior intelligence to us surely..

 

[Shekwan]

Probably because they were on a completely alien planet and had no idea how else to get cat food. They were completely addicted to that stuff.

 

[Kyriakos]

Maybe because they weren't human, their first instinct wasn't to obliterate everything different from them that they could.

Well the prawn that got to the spaceship had seen his brothers dissected in the thospital facility, so he should have been quite enraged.

 

[AesronDrosseli]

Probably because they were on a completely alien planet and had no idea how else to get cat food. They were completely addicted to that stuff.

Well, that then proves how stupid they were. If I were a prawn I'd get myself and my alien brethren properly nourished and then it'd be viva la revolucion baby! With me as prawn leader of course.

 

[Shekwan]

Yeah I guess you guys are right. I don't think the international community would stand for an independent nation of Prawns though. Eventually they'd get f'd up. After all, we've only defined human rights...

 

[aelf]

Who says they're not? District 9 wasn't very good.

And you think Avatar was better?

I think it was mentioned in District 9 that those aliens were some sort of worker drone types and not the smart ones. Also, I'm not sure, but I suspect starving and destitute people don't exactly make a good organised army.

 

[AesronDrosseli]

That probably explains it. Still.. I must admit that it certainly put a twist on the sci-fi genre.

 

[Kyriakos]

Has anyone seen The Descent II?
It looks very repetitive from the trailer, i was wondering if it was any good.

 

[jUmpSt0p]

just watched Moon

absolutely. phenomenal. film.

 

[Shekwan]

Just watched Waltz With Bashir, and Israeli animated movie. It follows a Ari Folman as he attempts to uncover what part he played in the Sabra and Shatila massacre as a 19 year old infantryman in the invading IDF. I highly recommend watching this movie, poignant stuff.

The scene with the Israeli officer watching German porn in a palatial Lebanese home whole dispensing counter terror tips is priceless.

 

[Lord Parkin]

Watched District 9 on a long-haul plane journey recently. Thought it was okay but not great... the overly evil and experimental government seemed somewhat cliched, but then again maybe I've played too many video games.

Also saw Up, and thought it was entertaining but lacking something. Then again I was pretty tired and bored while viewing both of these movies, so maybe my opinion was somewhat biased against them.

 

[Yeekim]

Well, District 9 did have some serious plot holes. Does anyone really believe that a giant alien spaceship would just be left to "rot" on top of Johannesburg for 20 years?

The thing should have been teeming with scientists (and tourists). Also, didn't they originally cut a hole into it? I imagine it should have made interstellar travel just a bit more complicated...

 

[dirtyparrot]

Saw Whiteout, it's nothing special, but doesn't deserve to get torn to pieces like it was by the critics.

 

[aelf]

Well, District 9 did have some serious plot holes. Does anyone really believe that a giant alien spaceship would just be left to "rot" on top of Johannesburg for 20 years?

The thing should have been teeming with scientists (and tourists). Also, didn't they originally cut a hole into it? I imagine it should have made interstellar travel just a bit more complicated...

What gave you the impression that there weren't scientists who went up to it? And the inside didn't look too appealing to tourists. And what would anyone have done to remove a spaceship that big?

Also, we have no idea how the thing really flies in the first place, so whether the hole really matters or not is moot.

If you want big plot holes try Avatar.

 

[Annex]

I saw Inglorious Basterds last weekend. Was coo...

And you think Avatar was better?

I think it was mentioned in District 9 that those aliens were some sort of worker drone types and not the smart ones. Also, I'm not sure, but I suspect starving and destitute people don't exactly make a good organised army.

Right, the majority of the prawns (with the exception of the main one who could read and understand the eviction notice) were some sort of unintelligent drone class who seemed to really only care about themselves.

What gave you the impression that there weren't scientists who went up to it? And the inside didn't look too appealing to tourists. And what would anyone have done to remove a spaceship that big?

Also, we have no idea how the thing really flies in the first place, so whether the hole really matters or not is moot.

I thought there were scientists in the ship Plus, it required the fuel developed by the main prawn and the controls section buried under district 9 to move the ship.