For those who didn't like district 9, why? (SPOILER ALERT)

Just didn't like the story at all and was curious as to why the aliens would trade superpowered weapons for fricking cat food when instead they could hold up a 7-11.

also why did he have to be a little pussy and just chop off one finger..FWIW i would have chopped off my arm to save my human life

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Film couldn't decide what it would be.

The actuality-video threat of The Blair Witch Project, or unstoppable violence like ID4 plusS pielberg’s otherworldly benevolence:fa ctitiousness, killing and cosmic agape.

This is how cinema gets turned to trash. Just throw everything in a pot and hope something sticks.

There is also the comic book type logic that fuel for a ship somehow possesses the ability to genetically morph a human into an Alien.

Not to mention that the horrible plot which makes no sense in the film and is an insult to South Africa's history of Apartheid. The alien's, possessors of great weapons and technology humans can't even operate, refuse to stand up for themselves and thus ignoring the issues of self-determination that were prevalent in South Afria like at the Soweto's riots

I guess I am more pissed that people are taking this movie for some type of deep, meaningful movie with a social message, when in reality it is just a another Hollywood popcorn flick

The only thing that really bugged me about the movie was it was entirely shot with hand held cameras for the most part. That's fine for a tv show but not a motion picture.

also, though the story was too dull to matter - some finer points is that the style/mood of the film was lacking. The setting sucked bad. The music wasnt good.

Some directors can take pretty much any idea and make it at least interesting by creating a certain mood to the movie via things like colors, lighting, music, setting, etc.

I like Peter Jackson but this movie just was "empty" to me.

also - i thought aliens looked sort of silly. almost comedicaly silly.

The ones on this ship were the worker aliens. They were
the bottom of the alien foodchain. That's why they behaved
the way they did.

The one higher alien operates the weapons and the ship at
the end.

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First. Why did they ever leave the mother ship?

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They were out of food.

In addition the aliens who were left except the main character's friend were the worker class. The fry cooks of their race if you will. They don't have the brains/drive to organize resistance.

Cat Food had some psychological effect on them. Much like Cat Nip does on cats(Which why Cat Food in particular was chosen I assume)

cat food was a lame choice as well.