District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
08-08-09, 08:39 PM
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Not exactly on topic, but doesn't Peter Jackson own Bungie and the rights to make a Halo movie if he wishes?
This movie looks cool BTW.
This movie looks cool BTW.
08-08-09, 10:39 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
I'm not sure about all that. I know for sure he doesn't own Bungie. Doesn't Microsoft own it?
08-09-09, 12:18 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Jackson doesn't own bungie or the rights to the movie. I believe Microsoft owns Bungie and the rights to the movie. Jackson was producing the movie and he wanted Blomkamp to direct, but eventually the film died in development. From a couple of interviews Blomkamp and Jackson admitted District 9 came out of the failure of the Halo movie, which after you guys see it; i'm sure you'll agree it's for the best.
08-09-09, 04:21 AM
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Has anyone called the number on the posters outside theaters? 1-866-666-6001
The 'report' non-human option is there clever way of getting free ad soundbites, however, if you press
'0' to speak to an operator, you're in for a treat.
The 'report' non-human option is there clever way of getting free ad soundbites, however, if you press
'0' to speak to an operator, you're in for a treat.
08-09-09, 11:50 AM
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08-09-09, 01:14 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Ha - dialing that number was awesome. I love marketing like this. Definitely press 0 when prompted with the choice.
08-12-09, 01:55 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Just got home from a screening of this. I'll post more thoughts later, but quick synop: 4.5/5, fantastic film, awesome effects, great story, easily in my top 3 this year.
08-12-09, 11:08 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
I am pretty stoked that this is an R rated film. Blood and guts are cool. I would also be more hesitant if the movie was at the hour and half mark, I like development in my sci-fi.
read the review in Rolling Stone, which was orgasmic, as everything Travers reviews is, but still, just because they say it's good, doesn't mean it's bad.
read the review in Rolling Stone, which was orgasmic, as everything Travers reviews is, but still, just because they say it's good, doesn't mean it's bad.
08-12-09, 01:33 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Haven't been to the movies since T4 but that drought will end if I see this next Wednesday. 
Will report back if I make it there.
Still 100% at RT right now too. 20 Fresh/0 Rotten
Will report back if I make it there. Still 100% at RT right now too. 20 Fresh/0 Rotten
08-12-09, 01:46 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Near universal acclaim on rt so far, Armond White being the noted exception ("It's exploitive, insensitive to South Africa, Peter Jackson is a juvenile, blah blah blah.") Oh, and then he praises District B13 - a movie I enjoy but only on a surface level - as doing social commentary correctly.
08-12-09, 01:49 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Armond doesn't like it? I can now almost guarantee that I'll like or love it.
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08-12-09, 01:53 PM
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Crap, I jinxed it. Ah well, it was bound to get a negative review sooner than later.
08-12-09, 02:44 PM
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Positive reviews on RT - 0 comment, 0 comment, 2 comments, 0 comments, 3 comments, 12 comments, 0 comments....
Negative review - 90 comments and counting...
Negative review - 90 comments and counting...
08-12-09, 02:56 PM
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Another case I am sure of doing a negative review to get attention.
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08-12-09, 03:06 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
From the review:
lol wtf. This from the guy that liked Dance flick and War inc?
produced by the intellectually juvenile New Zealander Peter Jackson.
08-12-09, 03:10 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
He had this to say about 500 days:
It is so annoyingly cute about the smartness of middle-class young white people in love that one quickly realizes it is only about that—not love nor passion as everyone experiences it
08-12-09, 03:16 PM
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Here is a fun article (His look back on 2008):
http://www.nypress.com/article-19237...list-2008.html
Transporter 3 BETTER THAN The Dark Knight Olivier Megaton, Jason Statham and Luc Besson reinvent the action movie as kinetic art, but impressionable teenagers mistook Chris Nolan’s nihilistic graphic novel for kool fun.
CJ7 BETTER THAN Wall-E
Stephen Chow endowed a poor kid’s action figure with numinous potential (a tribute to the still-extraordinary E.T.), while Pixar twisted its standard formula into ugly, end-ofhistory cynicism.
Shotgun Stories BETTER THAN The Wrestler Jeff Nichols’ moving Red State family feud tragedy was ignored by Blue State critics who prefer white-trash WWF stereotypes to encourage their sense of class superiority.
RocknRolla BETTER THAN Slumdog Millionaire Guy Ritchie comes into his manhood with this rich, Dickensian gangster comedy, while Danny Boyle gives colonialist Britain the last laugh in his epic Indian game-show travesty—a defilement of what Dickens revealed about character and society, humor and pathos.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull BETTER THAN Iron Man Steven Spielberg’s par excellence genre expertise wrung fresh amazement out of the Indy Jones franchise; it exposed Iron Man’s dung-like banality.
http://www.nypress.com/article-19237...list-2008.html
Transporter 3 BETTER THAN The Dark Knight Olivier Megaton, Jason Statham and Luc Besson reinvent the action movie as kinetic art, but impressionable teenagers mistook Chris Nolan’s nihilistic graphic novel for kool fun.
CJ7 BETTER THAN Wall-E
Stephen Chow endowed a poor kid’s action figure with numinous potential (a tribute to the still-extraordinary E.T.), while Pixar twisted its standard formula into ugly, end-ofhistory cynicism.
Shotgun Stories BETTER THAN The Wrestler Jeff Nichols’ moving Red State family feud tragedy was ignored by Blue State critics who prefer white-trash WWF stereotypes to encourage their sense of class superiority.
RocknRolla BETTER THAN Slumdog Millionaire Guy Ritchie comes into his manhood with this rich, Dickensian gangster comedy, while Danny Boyle gives colonialist Britain the last laugh in his epic Indian game-show travesty—a defilement of what Dickens revealed about character and society, humor and pathos.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull BETTER THAN Iron Man Steven Spielberg’s par excellence genre expertise wrung fresh amazement out of the Indy Jones franchise; it exposed Iron Man’s dung-like banality.
08-12-09, 03:23 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
His thoughts on Little Man and Norbit are just...well...insane.
I would legit like to know how he still has a job as a reviewer.
I would legit like to know how he still has a job as a reviewer.
08-12-09, 03:27 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — Ex-Halo director fleshes out "Alive in Joburg"
Here is a fun article (His look back on 2008):
http://www.nypress.com/article-19237...list-2008.html
http://www.nypress.com/article-19237...list-2008.html
Twilight BETTER THAN Let the Right One In Catherine Hardwicke finds her métier in an outsiders’ romance disguised as a vampire movie; she turns Stephenie Meyer’s book series into a Brontë-esque vision, especially compared to the dismal Scandinavian J-horror rip-off.
08-12-09, 03:35 PM
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So check this out.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author...&sortby=tmeter
Look at all the rotten reviews yikes.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author...&sortby=tmeter
Look at all the rotten reviews yikes.
08-12-09, 03:43 PM
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loved these classics such as:
Bedtime stories:
Confessions of a Shopaholic:
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Dance Flick:
Bedtime stories:
That Skeeter benefits from what he does for his niece and nephew is an object lesson in responsibility and benevolence -- and it blesses the audience, too."
" Australian director P.J. Hogan is one of the most original contemporary comic filmmakers -- better than the chick-flick genre ever had.
Dance Flick:
" It isn’t highbrow -- or encumbered by scruples -- but the Wayanses retain their vulgar, adolescent derision of sex, class and race. In this bow down to Hollywood millennium, their irreverence is almost subversive." —
08-12-09, 03:46 PM
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