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District 9 (2009) – Daily Movie Wallpaper – Great Science Fiction

blake — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:00:39 +0000

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Friday, August 14, 2009

Freshly back in from having finally seen District 9 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar. The lines wrapping around the building and crowds there to see it was pretty overwhelming and not to mention great seeing a first time filmmaker in Neill Blomkamp get this type of response. Not to mention earlier in the day all the shows for District 9 had already sold out. Seeing this reminded me of older days when a movie like Predator would come along and unless you wanted to wait in line several hours, forget about it. If you are going to try and see District 9 in Austin (South Lamar) this weekend you better buy your tickets way in advance.

I thought this movie was great science fiction. It’s really rough around the edges and its imperfections make it even more wonderfully unique. For a first time filmmaker under what seems like a 1/10th of a budget Hollywood makes similar budgets on this scale… Neill Blomkamp more than delivers. He also plays against convention of sci-fi vehicles of late in not trying over explain every aspect of the movie, if anything he leaves a hell of a lot of unanswered questions and rather intentionally so I would think. I noticed a couple of answers to key points already in the movie but many are blink and you will miss variety. The other interesting aspect of District 9 is that it doesn’t have the typical 3 act story, much more of a 2 act movie, which to me largely indicates this will ultimately be part of a trilogy (box office willing). And like others have said this movie is so good and done so well on its budget that whomever pulled the plug on Halo will go down in infamy.

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Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film. © 2009 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

District 9 (2009) – Daily Movie Wallpaper – Sharlto Copley

blake — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:11:03 +0000

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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The gun we see Sharlto Copley carrying here in District 9 I luckily have no idea how it works so I can be surprised when I see the film this Friday. It does look like something straight up out of of Halo though and I like how everything I’ve seen from this film has looked distinct which is no easy feet for a film with this tight of a budget.

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Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film. © 2009 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

District 9 (2009) – Daily Movie Wallpaper – More Images + Behind the Scenes

blake — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:28:40 +0000

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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The buzz for District 9 (opens this Friday) keeps building. I’m doing my best to try and avoid every trailer for the film so I can see it as fresh as possible. These images to date look great and hopefully aren’t giving much away!

Image Source:
Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film. © 2009 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

District 9 (2009) – Daily Movie Wallpaper – Opens Friday

blake — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:25:19 +0000

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The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Monday, August 10, 2009

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District 9 opens this Friday and it looks great. Can’t wait to check this one out. The directors take on HALO might not ever be realized but you know the people that shot that down will be forever re-thinking that decision (Neill Blomkamp’s proof of concept for it here)

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

A Town Called Panic (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – The Funnest Film You Will See This Year

blake — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:50:03 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Who knew plastic toys in feature length form could be this much fun!?!?!? I caught this at the 62nd Cannes and it was without a dull moment to be found. The biggest fear going into a film like this is that it runs out of steam early and starts to either repeat itself or run out of ideas. A Town Called Panic is a non stop assault of pure fun, although one deliriously wild and very charming ride from start to finish for old and young audiences alike.

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Official still that were used in the original international release of the film.