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08-17-09, 07:35 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I don't know why you'd put Abrams on the list of "pros". Star Trek and MI: 3 were pretty awesome and well thought out with cool action scenes.
08-17-09, 08:17 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I can just see those execs. that shot down Halo kicking themselves right now.
08-17-09, 08:28 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I actually hope D9's success gets the Halo film going now. With Blomkamp returning to his once positioned director's seat along with PJ producing.
08-17-09, 09:05 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
according to EW the reason for Halo not being shot by Blomkamp was between Fox and Universal not Blomkamp's inability or no name status as a director.
08-17-09, 09:07 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I read that Blomkamp is no longer interested in Halo. Anyway, Spielberg is developing a Halo movie now. As much as I love Spielberg, his heart is just not into this sort of thing anymore. The old Spielberg would never have let his name be attached to TF 2. So, I'm dreading Halo now. We'll never know what Blomkamp would have done with it.
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08-17-09, 09:11 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
No longer interested, damn. When did Spielberg start developing a Halo film? That's news to me.
08-17-09, 09:14 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
Blomkamp worked on Halo for several months and apparently it was such a bad experience he has no interest in returning to the project.
08-17-09, 09:23 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I read about it on several sites. I believe Spielberg lost TF3 to Paramount and needed a new franchise and then came across Halo. His movie will be based on The Fall Of Reach.
08-17-09, 11:39 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I read that Blomkamp is no longer interested in Halo. Anyway, Spielberg is developing a Halo movie now. As much as I love Spielberg, his heart is just not into this sort of thing anymore. The old Spielberg would never have let his name be attached to TF 2. So, I'm dreading Halo now. We'll never know what Blomkamp would have done with it.
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08-18-09, 12:10 AM
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08-18-09, 12:13 AM
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I just saw District 9 and I give it 5/5 stars. Awesome movie! I'm a little late to the party, so pretty much everything about the movie has been discussed already.
So, I will just post some observations:
1. I can't believe it only cost $30 million. There wasn't one fake or cheesy moment (how the hell could G.I.Joe have cost $175 million?!). Since D9 has already made its money back, I guess a sequel is guaranteed!
2. To me, it seemed obvious from the beginning that the documentary style was only meant as an intro. and a clever way of presenting exposition. So the movie changing styles back and forth didn't bother me at all.
3. This movie really had me on the edge of my seat (seriously). From the beginning, it was established that we were in a cruel world where anything could happen to anyone. So I was really afraid the whole time for Christopher and his son. That leader of the MNU troops was not fucking around.
4. I've noticed that some people have a problem with the movie not having any "good guys." These must be the same people that love bullshit romantic comedies. Good guys and bad guys is purely Hollywood bullshit. We are all varying degrees of good and bad, depending on the situation. Some people want to do the right thing, some don't. But self-preservation comes first. And, as far as governments and corporations, they are not so much evil as amoral.
5. As far as plot holes, I don't really think there are any big ones. For there to be a plot hole, something has to be clearly explained, and later contradicted. In this movie, we're just thrown into the middle of things and we have to play catch-up. Many things are left unexplained or ambiguous. I did notice that certain passwords were never changed and keys were left in a certain vehicle. But I accepted this long ago as standard in the "movie world."
6. I don't know about others, but I felt an intimate, visceral connection to Wikus, Christopher and his son (warts and all). And that, I was not expecting. I can't imagine doing anything differently if I had been in their situation.
7. As emotional as the movie was, it was also the best action movie I've seen in a while. When Wikus climbed in the Mecha suit and started using all its different weapons, I almost shed a tear. It was so fucking cool.
8. I love it when 2 "nobodies" (Blomkamp and Copley) pop up out of nowhere and show the "pros" (Abrams, Bay, Sommers, McG, etc.) how its done. Those other guys look like clowns right about now.
I guess that's about it. All I can say is that there is finally a movie from 2009 that I will be buying on DVD (or hopefully, Blu-ray). All summer I've been walking out of theaters with my head held down in shame. Today, I wanted to go skipping out of the theater.
So, I will just post some observations:
1. I can't believe it only cost $30 million. There wasn't one fake or cheesy moment (how the hell could G.I.Joe have cost $175 million?!). Since D9 has already made its money back, I guess a sequel is guaranteed!
2. To me, it seemed obvious from the beginning that the documentary style was only meant as an intro. and a clever way of presenting exposition. So the movie changing styles back and forth didn't bother me at all.
3. This movie really had me on the edge of my seat (seriously). From the beginning, it was established that we were in a cruel world where anything could happen to anyone. So I was really afraid the whole time for Christopher and his son. That leader of the MNU troops was not fucking around.
4. I've noticed that some people have a problem with the movie not having any "good guys." These must be the same people that love bullshit romantic comedies. Good guys and bad guys is purely Hollywood bullshit. We are all varying degrees of good and bad, depending on the situation. Some people want to do the right thing, some don't. But self-preservation comes first. And, as far as governments and corporations, they are not so much evil as amoral.
5. As far as plot holes, I don't really think there are any big ones. For there to be a plot hole, something has to be clearly explained, and later contradicted. In this movie, we're just thrown into the middle of things and we have to play catch-up. Many things are left unexplained or ambiguous. I did notice that certain passwords were never changed and keys were left in a certain vehicle. But I accepted this long ago as standard in the "movie world."
6. I don't know about others, but I felt an intimate, visceral connection to Wikus, Christopher and his son (warts and all). And that, I was not expecting. I can't imagine doing anything differently if I had been in their situation.
7. As emotional as the movie was, it was also the best action movie I've seen in a while. When Wikus climbed in the Mecha suit and started using all its different weapons, I almost shed a tear. It was so fucking cool.
8. I love it when 2 "nobodies" (Blomkamp and Copley) pop up out of nowhere and show the "pros" (Abrams, Bay, Sommers, McG, etc.) how its done. Those other guys look like clowns right about now.
I guess that's about it. All I can say is that there is finally a movie from 2009 that I will be buying on DVD (or hopefully, Blu-ray). All summer I've been walking out of theaters with my head held down in shame. Today, I wanted to go skipping out of the theater.
08-18-09, 12:20 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
Wikipedia has this
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While there have been rumors that director Steven Spielberg was in talks to produce Halo,[113] Microsoft has responded that the film is still on hold.
While there have been rumors that director Steven Spielberg was in talks to produce Halo,[113] Microsoft has responded that the film is still on hold.
08-18-09, 12:25 AM
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08-18-09, 02:11 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I was at the Comic-Con panel for "District 9" and while the whole "Halo" fiasco left a bad taste in his mouth, he sorta hints he might be interested in the future. The YouTube video cuts off at the very end, unfortunately. Go to time 6:19 for the question about "Halo" getting rebooted:
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08-18-09, 02:14 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
This has been on Yahoo movies, Ain't it Cool News, Darkhorizons, etc. When Dreamworks left Paramount, they lost alot of projects, including TF3. Which is why Spielberg has latched onto Halo.
08-18-09, 02:19 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
OK how's this, to me J.J. has only been ok so far, but he has potential. The others are hacks. I enjoyed Terminator Salvation, G.I. Joe and Star Trek. TF 2 was pure shit for 2 1/2 fucking hours. But D9 blows all of those away. I wanted to see D10 as soon as it was over! I haven't walked out of a theater feeling giddy in a long time.
08-18-09, 03:33 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
OK how's this, to me J.J. has only been ok so far, but he has potential. The others are hacks. I enjoyed Terminator Salvation, G.I. Joe and Star Trek. TF 2 was pure shit for 2 1/2 fucking hours. But D9 blows all of those away. I wanted to see D10 as soon as it was over! I haven't walked out of a theater feeling giddy in a long time.
08-18-09, 11:20 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
And the storyline in Star Trek wasn't that sci-fi anyway. Just because space ships, laser guns, and time traveling is involved, it doesn't automatically make it good sci-fi. Eventhough Star Trek didn't have a good or interesting story, the great thing about that new Star Trek movie was the acting and the chemistry among all the actors.
District 9 is such a greater film...
On a different note, for directors that make awesome, expensive-looking epic films for little money (such as $30 million), have they ever made even bigger/better films with even more money for their next films? There's always that thing that everyone says "wow, he made a $30 million dollar movie look like a $100 million dollar movie, I wonder what he can do if he actually got $100 million dollars for his next film?" All I can think of is James Cameron and Peter Jackson who seem to make quality films if they get tons more money put into a film.
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08-18-09, 11:50 AM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
I love Spielburg as much as the next person, but after what he did to Transformers, I would be dissapointed if he did end up gettting the Halo movie. He's lost his magic. He just has. It's sad, it sucks but it's the truth. I'm not a fan of the Halo video game (but then again, I hate video games) but after reading about it and playing the game a little bit, it does seem like a very interesting world that could make a great movie. But it could easily go bad and turn into a Transformers 2 and GI Joe type of movie. If Jackson and Blomkamp did Halo, it would have all the action, and a great story. If Spielburg and ********* did Halo it would turn into a movie relying on it's explosions.
08-18-09, 11:51 AM
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08-18-09, 11:55 AM
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08-18-09, 12:11 PM
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Re: District 9 (Blomkamp, 2009) — The Reviews Thread
Peter jackson's king kong was good though! Better than all those other versions, including the holy classic one. It's a giant monkey movie anyway.