10 Reasons Why You Should Watch…

dir. Neill Blomkamp

Starring Sharlto Copley, Robert Hobbs, Jason Cope

Ushering in a new era of sci-fi alien invasion cinema. The little movie that could. Tripling its budget in a mere weeks of opening, you damn well know what District 9 is. If you don’t, get reading. These are ten reasons why you should watch the best sci-fi of 2009 (so far).

10. It’s not Hollywood. So it can’t be shit to begin with anyways.

9. Peter Jackson & Neil Blomkamp. Producer & Director. Mentor & Protégé. Only one may be recognizable, but both represent quality filmmaking. Everything Peter Jackson touches seems to get famous. Neil Blomkamp’s babies will probably be computer-generated in some form or another.

8. Computer Generated Imagery. You’ll have trouble telling out the fake from the real. Hovering alien motherships, laser beams and appendages of all sorts. Real or CGI, it looks awesome.

7. Computer Generated Aliens. No, these aren’t real, but I wish they were. Their eyes are big and their claws are lobster-y. Their kids look freakishly adorable. ET meets The Fly meets…Monsters Inc.?

6. South African accents. ‘FOOK!’

5. Sharlto Copley. Pfff, who needs A-list actors? Just look at the guy.

What a stud.

4. Alien-powered biomechanical battle suits. With a gravity gun attachment.

3. People vaporizing into little bits. Pew pew! Pop!

2. Interspecies bromance. Not the prostitution, surprisingly. You can’t get more bromantic than a South African and an alien refugee laying waste to corrupt government headquarters. Shit gets real.

1. It’s not hard to understand, yet it’s still intelligent. Amidst all this vaporization of people and metamorphosis (what spoilers?), it doesn’t take a sociology professor to figure out what this film is about. Power to the Prawns, before they kill us all.

If you’re not convinced yet, I’m worried. You must see this film. Or else you will be spat at on the street and dumped in garbage cans! For your safety alone, watch it! NAO, before they tear you apart!